abu dhabi after playing a matchwinning knock of 81 runs against chennai super kings csk kolkata knight riders kkr batsman rahul tripathi said that his innings looks better as the bowling group of the side was able to defend the score of 167scorecard points table fixtureskkr defeated csk by 10 runs at the sheikh zayed stadium in abu dhabi on wednesday batting first kkr were bowled out for 167 rahul tripathi was the only kolkata batsman to leave a mark with his knock of 81 runstripathi came out to open the innings for kkr with shubman gillread alsoipl 2020 kkr vs csk chennai super kings lose way kolkata knight riders grab a windefending a modest total of 167 kkr bowlers pulled things back after chennai openers shane watson and faf du plessis got them to a steady start with 44 needed of the last four overs varun chakravarthy 128 wrecked ms dhonis woodwork before andre russell wrapped things off as the csk inningsearlier in the tournament the dinesh karthikled side was sending sunil narine out as one of their openersi think it has been really fun there has been a belief from everyone in the coaching staff abhishek nayar has worked with us mentally and also in technique and that has helped in remaining positive when i was not playing i was enjoying the moment and i was just preparing myself thinking that whenever my moment will come i will look to contribute for the team tripathi told teammate varun chakravarthy in a video posted on iplt20commy knock has become better because you guys bowled well and we won the game winning knock changes everything my knock is good because of the bowling group really bowling well through the middle overs i was just thinking simple i was just trying to look at the wicket and time the ball i was not thinking too much i was excited to open for kkr and along with shubman he addednarine was held back during csks runchase and was brought on to bowl in the 12th over he went on pick the crucial wicket of shane watson 50 in the second over of his spell to tilt the match in favour of kkr varun chakravarthy also got the crucial wicket of ms dhoni from thereon csk were not able to get any sort of momentum despite being in a comfortable position at one stage being 991 in the 12th over