Kolkata started off to bat first in the fifth match of the IPL 11 being played at Chepauk Stadium, but it was quite smoky as this time their wickets continued to fall. With two sixes in the second over of the innings, Opener Batsman Sunil Narine was out . After that Chris Lynn made Jadeja clean-bowled. Colcata's second wicket fell on 51 runs. After this, Robin Uthappa and Nitish Rana shared a 29-run partnership for the third wicket, but Watson made them run in 8.1 overs. By this time Kolkata's score was 80 runs. After this, Kolkata captain Dinesh Karthik came in to bat but at the same time, his fourth blow to Kolkata was in the form of Uthappa.

Uthappa was dismissed by Suresh Raina in a brilliant manner and confused KKR. Uthapp a scored a 29-run knock. After that Rinku Singh, who came to bat, could not even show his performance and Thakur's ball was caught by Bravo. However, no one had any idea about the stormy turn of Russell. And he together with Karthik, partnership of 76 runs created for the sixth wicket.

Even after this, he did not think of stopping, and after the dismissal of Kartik in the 18th over, Bravo showed three skylights to the Bravo who brought the 19th over. Bravo got 21 runs in this over. Russell was seen in a stormy form and scored another six in the first ball of the 20th over. Russell scored 11 sixes in total. In the end Kolkata's score was 202 runs in 20 overs, and with this, Kolkata kept a score of 203 against Dhoni's team.