Chennai Super Kings secured a two-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in Match 57 of the Indian Premier League 2025 on 7 May
In a match that swung from one team바카라™s favour to another till the very end, Chennai Super Kings managed to secure a two-wicket victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in Match 57 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 at Eden Gardens on 7 May 2025. (Highlights | Full Coverage | Points Table | More Cricket News)
The defeat effectively knocked out the defending champions from IPL 2025 playoff contention, thus wrapping up a poor season for Ajinkya Rahane바카라™s side.
On Wednesday바카라™s outing at their home stadium, KKR won the toss and opted to bat first, but lost openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz (11) and Sunil Narine (26) cheaply. Rahane stabilised the innings with a well-measured 48-run knock, but lost his wicket after an audacious reverse sweep attempt at Ravindra Jadeja.
After that, Andre Russell added 38 runs quickly before poor shot selection cost him his wicket, and Manish Pandey showed patience to bat through the innings with 36 off 28, taking KKR to a competitive total of 179/6.
Chennai바카라™s spin department was superb at the Eden pitch, with Noor Ahmad shining particularly in his four-wicket spell, conceding 31 runs in four overs.
Chasing 180, CSK lost both openers, Ayush Mhatre and Devon Conway, to ducks, while debutant Urvil Patel바카라™s 31-run knock off 11 deliveries came to an end because of Harshit Rana.
With KKR looking in control of the game, on came Dewald Brevis, who scored a quick 52 off 25 runs before a good catch from Rinku Singh sent him back to the pavilion. Rinku took another diving catch to send back Shivam Dube, who anchored the innings with a 45-run knock off 42 deliveries.
With the chase entering the final over, captain MS Dhoni started with a six, and tailender Anshul Kamboj ended with a boundary to seal a comfortable win for CSK with two balls to spare.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (w), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Moeen Ali, Ramandeep Singh, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy
KKR Impact Subs: Harshit Rana, Anukul Roy, Luvnith Sisodia, Anrich Nortje, Mayank Markande
Chennai Super Kings: Ayush Mhatre, Urvil Patel, Devon Conway, Ravindra Jadeja, Dewald Brevis, Ravichandran Ashwin, MS Dhoni (w & c), Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Matheesha Pathirana
CSK Impact Subs: Shivam Dube, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Jamie Overton, Deepak Hooda