KKR vs CSK IPL 2023: Full List of Award Winners, Man of The Match, Post Match Presentation, Stats and Records

Openers Ruturaj Gaikwad (35 off 20) and Devon Conway (56 off 40) once again gave CSK a cracking start. Also, Shivam Dube smashed a 20-ball fifty to completely demolish the KKR bowling attack.

In reply, hosts Kolkata just failed to get going, after losing their first two wickets for just one run. Jason Roy scored 61 runs off 26 balls, while Rinku Singh carried forward his form with unbeaten 53 off 33 balls, but 186/8 is all that they could manage in 20 overs.

Tushar Deshpande and Maheesh Theekshanap picked two wickets apiece. Akash Singh, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja and Matheesha Pathirana picked one wicket each. With the 49-run win, CSK have now jumped to the top of the 10-team IPL 2023 points table.

KKR vs CSK IPL 2023 Match 33 Award Winners

Player Of The Match: Ajinkya Rahane

TIAGO.ev Electric Striker Of The Match: Ajinkya Rahane, for scoring 71 runs of 29 balls at the strike rate of 244.83

Herbalife Active Catch Of The Match: Ravindra Jadeja

Visit Saudi Beyond The Boundaries Longest 6: Jason Roy (92 metres)

RuPay On-The-Go 4s: Ajinkya Rahane for six fours

UPSTOX Most Valuable Asset Of The Match: Ajinkya Rahane

Dream11 Gamechanger Of The Match: Ajinkya Rahane

Note: All the prizes carried a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh

KKR vs CSK IPL 2023 Match 33: Who Said What

Nitish Rana (KKR captain): Tough to digest. Always going to be difficult chasing 236 especially if you don’t have a good powerplay. Have to give credit to Rahane. As I said, it’s tough to digest that we conceded a score like that. We do have some positives. But if you don’t improve. If you keep repeating mistakes against such a big team, you’ll lose.

MS Dhoni (CSK Captain): I will just say thanks for the support, they came in big numbers. Most of these guys will come in a KKR jersey next time. They are trying to give me a farewell, so thanks a lot to the crowd. Fast bowlers are doing their job, so are spinners in the middle. The wicket was short on one side so we needed to get early wickets and keep the pressure. They have plenty of power hitters, so we had to give the respect to the opposition. I have a clear funda, if someone is injured he can’t do anything. You just move on and motivate the youngsters to perform. We have been fortunate that all the guys coming in are performing. (On Rahane) We realise the potential of someone when we allow him to bat the way he bats. We give him the freedom, give him the best position. In a team environment, someone has to sacrifice his slot to allow the others to get more comfortable, and allow the team to succeed.

Ajinkya Rahane (Player of the Match): Just had a clear mindset. If the thing between your ears is right, your mind is right then you’ll be fine. I’m just trying to enjoy my game. The wicket was a bit sticky, but once you are in you have a great chance. We had a great start, and after that I wanted to play my shots and keep the momentum. I’ve enjoyed all my knocks so far, I still feel the best is yet to come. It is a great learning, I’ve played under Mahi bhai for India for many years, and now even at CSK it has been a great learning. If you listen to whatever he says, you will more often than not perform.

Stats and Records

421 in Sunday’s match between KKR and CSK is the third highest match aggregate at the Eden Gardens in IPL. 433 between KKR and SRH in this season earlier is the highest.

KKR’s Jason Roy smashed the joint second-fastest fifty of the IPL 2023 off 19 balls

KKR have lost 17 wickets in powerplay this season – the most by any team

235/4 is the highest total by any IPL team at the Eden Gardens

Shivam Dube smashed a 20-ball fifty – joint third-fastest for CSK in IPL