KKR vs CSK IPL 2025: In the 57th match of IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 2 wickets and made their playoffs difficult. The match between the two teams took place at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Kolkata, batting first, set a target of 180 runs, which Chennai achieved by losing 8 wickets in 19.4 overs.
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and scored 179 runs for 6 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs. Captain Ajinkya Rahane played a brilliant innings of 48 runs, while Andre Russell added 38, Sunil Naren 26 and Manish Pandey added 36 not out. For Chennai, Noor Ahmed took 4 wickets while bowling the best, while Ravindra Jadeja and Anshul Kamboj took one wicket each.
Chasing the target, Chennai started poorly, but innings of Dewald Brevis (52), Shivam Dubey (45) and Urvil Patel (31) brought the team closer to victory. The team needed 8 runs in the final over. Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit a six and killed his life in the match and then changed the strike with a single. After this, Anshul Kamboj gave the team victory with a four.
For Kolkata, Vaibhav Arora took 3 wickets, while Harshit Rana got 2 wickets. Varun Chakraborty, Moin Ali and Andre Russell also sent one batsman to the pavilion.
Both teams playing-11 (KKR vs CSK IPL 2025)
Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (Captain), Sunil Naren, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Moin Ali, Varun Chakraborty, Vaibhav Arora.
Chennai Super Kings: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain and wicketkeeper), Ayush Mhatre, Urvil Patel, Devon Conway, Ravindra Jadeja, Dewald Brevis, R Ashwin, Anshul Kamboj, Khalil Ahmed, Noor Ahmed, Mathisha Pathirana.