Chennai Super Kings defeated the Kolkata Knight Riders by 18 runs to mark a thrilling end to the season's second double header at the Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday and registered their third consecutive win as Andre Russell and Pat Cummins' heroics went in vain.

Chasing a mighty target of 221 runs, KKR endured a nightmare start as Deepak Chahar wrecked the KKR top-order with his brilliant four-wicket haul that restricted KKR to 31/5 inside the powerplay. Andre Russell and Dinesh Karthik tried to put up a fight back as the duo added an 81-run partnership for the sixth wicket. While the Caribbean powerhouse Russell smashed a fiery 54 off 22 balls, Karthik slammed a cracking 40 off 24 balls.

KKR almost lost hopes after Russell's dismissal, but Cummins chipped in to add 34 runs for the seventh wicket alongside Karthik. After Karthik's wicket fell, the Aussie seamer looked in great touch and smashed a sensational 66 off 34 balls to keep KKR's hopes alive in the chase till the end.

The biggest highlight of the KKR innings came when Cummins hit 4 sixes in the 16th over off Sam Curran to gather 30 runs from it. He single handedly shifted the momentum on KKR's side to pose a major threat on CSK's intentions but Dhoni & Co. pulled up a major comeback to dismiss the entire KKR team at 202 and sealed the thrilling contest by 18 runs in the final over. 

Invited to bat first, CSK were off to a rocking start courtesy of their openers Faf du Plessis and Ruturaj Gaikwad's exhilarating half-centuries. While CSK fans were delighted to see Gaikwad back in the form with 64 runs off 42 balls that featured some beautiful strokes, Du Plessis slammed the match winning 95 runs off 60 balls bedecked with six fours and four sixes.

The openers along with other significant knocks from Moeen Ali (25 off 12) and MS Dhoni (17 off 8) guided the yellow army to a mammoth total of 220 runs from their 20 overs.