May 08,2025: KKR vs CSK Highlights: Kolkata Knight Riders lost to Chennai Super Kings by a margin of two wickets. The reigning champions, KKR, won the toss and batted first in Wednesday’s encounter at Eden Gardens, scoring 179 runs in 20 overs at a cost of six wickets. In response, CSK recorded their third victory of the year with 183 runs at a cost of eight wickets in 19.4 overs.
A Hit to KKR’s Playoff Hopes
KKR’s hopes of making the playoffs have been severely damaged by this loss. After 12 games, Ajinkya Rahane’s squad has six victories and five losses, placing them in sixth place. Their account balance is 11 points, and their net run rate is 0.193. Chennai has six points at the same time. This squad is already out of the running for the playoffs.
The Chase of CSK and Important Performances
Chennai’s opening duo of Devon Conway and Ayush Mhatre chased the target but failed to open the account and went back to the pavilion. Urvil Patel then made some excellent hits before being removed after hitting 31 runs in 11 balls. While Ravindra Jadeja was removed after 19 runs in an innings, Ravichandran Ashwin, who batted at number four, was only able to score eight runs.
KKR vs CSK: Dewald Brevis Is Outstanding with His First Half-Century
Against Kolkata, Dewald Brevis, who batted at number six, gave an outstanding performance. He achieved his first career half-century in 22 balls. Before being removed, he scored 52 runs in 25 balls with four fours and as many sixes. Together, he and Shivam Dubey scored 67 runs off of 41 balls. Following this, Mahendra Singh Dhoni backed Dubey. 43 runs in 39 balls were added by both. Dubey was unable to finish his half-century, though. With two fours and three sixes, he amassed 45 runs. Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored 17 runs while Anshul Kamboj scored four in this game, keeping him undefeated.Harshit Rana and Varun Chakraborty both claimed two victories, while Vaibhav Arora claimed three wickets for Kolkata. Moeen Ali took one wicket at the same time.
The attacking performance of the Kolkata Knight Riders
Ajinkya Rahane’s 48-run effort earlier helped Kolkata reach 179 runs. They began with a start. After Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored eleven runs, Anshul Kamboj took him out. Ajinkya Rahane and Sunil Narine then had a 58-run partnership for the second wicket. Narine scored 26 runs in 17 balls before being removed. Rinku Singh scored nine runs, Angkrish Raghuvanshi scored one, and Andre Russell scored 38 for KKR. Ramandeep Singh scored four runs and Manish Pandey scored 36, keeping him undefeated. Noor Ahmed claimed four wickets for Chennai, while Anshul and Ravindra Jadeja both claimed one.
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