CSK vs KKR, IPL 2025 LIVE updates: Kolkata Knight Riders restricted Chennai Super Kings to 103/9 in 20 overs after skipper Ajinkya Rahane opted to bowl first. Sunil Narine led the bowling attack with figures 3/13 at an economy rate of 3.20 in four overs. Varun Chakravarthy and Harshit Rana picked two wickets each, while Vaibhav Arora and Moeen Ali scalped a wicket each. For CSK, Shivam Dube led the batting with an innings of 31 off 29 balls, while Vijay Shankar scored 29 off 21 balls.
WICKET! Noor Ahmad bowls a googly that comes in from outside the off stump and hits the middle and off stumps. Sunil Narine (44) tries to slog it across the line but misses completely and gets bowled. KKR need 17 off 72 balls to win.
Rinku Singh joined Ajinkya Rahane at the crease.
Score: KKR - 87/2 after 8 overs (Rahane 16, Rinku 1)
WICKET! Anshul Kambhoj bowled a length ball that angled across towards the off stump and moved in slightly after pitching. De Kock (23) went for a big shot across the line but missed it. The ball beat his inside edge and hit the top of the off stump. KKR need 51 off 90 balls to win.
Ajinkya Rahane joined Sunil Narine at the crease.
Score: KKR - 53/1 after 5 overs (Narine 21, Rahane 7)
Chasing a 104-run target, Kolkata Knight Riders' openers Quinton de Kock and Sunil Narine gave the visitors a great to their innings. The duo together smashed five sixes and a four. KKR need 58 off 96 balls to win.
Score: KKR - 46/0 after 4 overs (de Kock 23, Narine 21)
Kamboj put in a terrific effort at deep backward square-leg, but he couldn’t hold on to the catch. He moved to his right and stretched out his right hand, but the ball hit his wrist and fell to the ground. It would have been a brilliant catch if he had taken it. The ball was full on middle and leg, and de Kock heaved it, hitting it flat.
Score: KKR - 20/0 in 2.1 overs
SIX! Sunil Narine kicked off Kolkata Knight Riders' 104-run chase with a maximum. Khaleel Ahmed bowled a short delivery outside off stump. Narine moved his front leg out of the way, made some room, and pulled the ball deep into the stands over mid-wicket. KKR need 97 off 114 balls to win.
Score: KKR - 7/0 after 1 over (Narine 6, de Kock 1)
After opting to bowl first, Kolkata Knight Riders successfully restricted Chennai Super Kings to 103/9 in 20 overs. The visitors will need 104 runs off 120 balls to earn third win of the season.
WICKET! Vaibhav Arora bowled a back-of-a-length delivery outside off stump. Noor Ahmad (1) wasn’t in a good position to play the pull shot but still went for it. He got a top edge, and the ball flew up. Varun ran to his left from short fine leg, stretched out his hands while diving, and took a very good catch.
Anshul Kambhoj joined Shivam Dube at the crease.
Score: CSK - 79/9 in 17.2 overs (Dube 14. Kambhoj 0)
WICKET! MS Dhoni (1) had a short stay at the crease on his return as CSK captain. He tries to play a full off-break delivery by Sunil Narine around the off stump but misses. The ball hits his pads, and it’s clearly not going down the leg side. It’s hitting the leg stump directly — all three lights are red. The fans at Chepauk are stunned.
Noor Ahmad joined Shivam Dube at the crease.
Score: CSK - 77/8 after 16 overs (Dube 11, Ahmad 1)
After the fall of Ravichandran Ashwn's wicket, Ravindra Jadeja (0) and Deepak Hooda (0) fall in quick succession, dismissed by Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy, respectively.
MS Dhoni joined Shivam Dube at the crease.
Score: CSK - 74/7 after 15 overs (Dube 9, Dhoni 1)
WICKET! Harshit Rana bowls a short ball, and Ashwin (1) tries to pull it from outside the off stump. But he doesn't time it well, so the ball doesn't go far. Arora is at long-on, gets into position, and takes an easy catch.
Ravindra Jadeja joined Shivam Dube at the crease.
Score: CSK - 70/5 after 13 overs (Dube 6, Jadeje 1)
WICKET! Tripathi (16) never looked to get a hang of the surface. He plays all around this off-break, makes room and attempts to drive against the turn, gets beaten on the inside edge and the ball takes out the off-stump.
Ravichandran Ashwin joined Shivam Dube at the crease.
Score: CSK - 65/4 after 11 overs (Dube 3, Ashwin 0)
WICKET! Varun Chakravarthy bowling short of length throughout this over and continues to do so. Shankar (29) tries to create a shot but ends up getting out. He goes down to play a sweep but doesn’t connect it well, and the ball goes straight to deep backward square where Moeen takes an easy catch.
Shivam Dube joined Rahul Tripathi at the crease.
Score: CSK - 61/3 after 10 overs (Tripathi 15, Dube 1)
Vijay Shankar gets lifeline not once but twice as Sunil Narine and Venkakesh Iyer dropped his catches in the 5th and 8th overs, respectively. Will it cost KKR? Let's see.
Score: CSK - 50/2 after 8 overs (Shankar 23, Tripathi 11)
Jofra Archer (RR) vs CSK
Vaibhav Arora (KKR) vs SRH
Mukesh Kumar DC) vs RCB
Moeen Ali (KKR) vs CSK
WICKET! Harshit Rana bowls a back-of-a-length delivery that moves across Rachin. Rachin (4) tries to hit it across the line but ends up getting a thick leading edge. The ball goes high in the air, and Rahane calmly positions himself near extra cover and takes an easy catch.
Vijay Shankar joined Rahul Tripathi at the crease.
Score: CSK - 18/2 after 5 overs (Tripathi 2, Shankar 0)
WICKET! Moeen bowls this one from around the wicket, sending it across the batter. Conway (12) crouches low and tries a reverse sweep but misses. The ball hits him in front of the stumps, which is why umpire Parashar Joshi believed it was going on to hit the stumps.
Rahul Tripathi joined Rachin Ravindra at the crease.
Score: CSK - 16/1 (Rachin 4, Tripathi 0)
FOUR! Vaibhav Arora bowls a wide delivery and gets punished. Conway steps into the shot and hits it beautifully through the covers. The fielder at deep point has no chance of stopping it.
Score: CSK - 6/0 after 1 over (Conway 5, Rachin 1)
Ajinkya Rahane (KKR): We'll bowl first. There were a lot of positives from the last game. We as a team played really well. It is about improving each game. This looks like a good wicket, won't change much. We are batting deep, so that's why we look to bowl first and chase things down. Play to our strengths. One change - Moeen Ali comes in for Spencer.
MS Dhoni (CSK): We were looking to bat first. Quite a few occasions where we tried to chase it down and what we realised is that the wicket slows down a bit, so if you don't get a good start then the middle order comes under pressure. (On Ruturaj) He has fractured something on his elbow, so he is ruled out of the tournament. He is a very authentic batter, someone who looks to time the ball well. So yeah, he will be a big miss. (On the importance of winning this game) It is important now, every game is important. We have lost too many matches and now it is important to do the basics right - have dot balls, take our catches. A couple of games we lost by big margins, but otherwise it was about the small things - about one over going for 20 runs. Our batters are more authentic as batters, they won't slog everything. They just need to back their instincts. It is important to start well, get boundaries early on and try to get a couple of early wickets as well. Couple of changes for us - Tripathi comes in for Ruturaj, and Anshul Kambhoj in for Mukesh.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Quinton de Kock (WK), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (C), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Moeen Ali, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy
Chennai Super Kings: Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni (C/WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Khaleel Ahmed
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and decided to bowl first against Chennai Super Kings at Chepauk.
