New Delhi. Kolkata Knight Riders’ winning streak in the Indian Premier League has come to a halt. The team which had registered three consecutive wins was defeated by Chennai Super Kings by 7 wickets in the match on Monday 8th April. Kolkata’s batting flopped badly and the team could score only 137 runs for 9 wickets. Chasing the target, Chennai won in 17.4 overs after losing 3 wickets on the strength of captain Rituraj Gaikwad’s fifty. After the end of the match, the video of the meeting between Gautam Gambhir and Mahendra Singh Dhoni is going viral.
Former captain Gautam Gambhir, who made Kolkata Knight Riders the IPL champion twice, is working with the team as a mentor this season. The team won the first three matches by showing strong performance. In the fourth match, after losing the toss in front of Chennai, the team that came to bat could score only 137 runs. Tushar Deshpande and Ravindra Jadeja took 3-3 wickets and dashed Kolkata’s hopes of scoring big. Chennai captain Rituraj Gaikwad played an unbeaten inning of 67 runs to lead the team to victory. Shivam Dubey scored a quick 28 runs.
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Dhoni and Gambhir met after the match
Outside the field, the statements given by Gautam Gambhir on former Indian captain and his teammate Mahendra Singh Dhoni remain in discussion. When both of them came face to face after the match between Chennai and Kolkata during the Indian Premier League, everyone’s eyes were on both of them. After the match was over, Dhoni came to the field from the dugout and Gautam Gambhir shook hands with him. Both of them hugged each other. Dhoni talked to him about something and Gambhir also responded with a smile.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: April 9, 2024, 11:16 IST