IPL 2025: Dominant Kolkata Knight Riders Thrash Chennai Tremendous Kings By 8 Wickets At Chepauk
Chennai Tremendous Kings on Friday suffered a humiliating eight-wicket defeat to Kolkata Knight Riders, because the MS Dhoni-led facet, for the primary time, misplaced three matches in a row at their hallowed dwelling floor of Chepauk of their proud Indian Premier League historical past.
It was yet one more dismal batting efficiency by the five-time champions, who had been fully dismantled by a scientific KKR facet, slumping to their fifth straight lack of the season.
The disappointing displaying got here in a match the place the legendary Dhoni took cost of the workforce after common skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad was dominated out of the rest of the IPL as a result of harm. Dhoni managed only one run off 4 balls earlier than being dismissed within the sixteenth over, having are available in to bat at quantity 9.
Invited to bat, a totally disoriented CSK may handle solely a paltry 103 for 9, their lowest complete at Chepauk, as KKR dished out a scientific bowling present. It was CSK’s third lowest complete within the IPL and the bottom by any workforce on this version thus far.
Chasing a paltry 104 for a win, KKR cantered dwelling in 10.1 overs with opener Sunil Narine bludgeoning his solution to a 18-ball 44 studded with two fours and 5 sixes.
Captain Ajinkya Rahane additionally performed his half with a stable 20 not out off 17 balls, whereas Quinton de Kock, the opposite opener, contributed 23. Rinku Singh additionally remained not out on 15 off 12 balls.
Narine greeted Khaleel Ahmed with a six within the first over itself earlier than de Kock did the identical to Anshul Kamboj as runs got here pouring. De Kock then punished Ahmed with two sixes.
Narine didn’t spare former India spinner R Ashwin, hitting him for a six and a 4 within the fourth over. De Kock fell within the fifth over however one-down Rahane didn’t give any respite to the CSK bowlers as KKR reached 71 for 1 after powerplay overs.
KKR wanted simply 33 runs after powerplay they usually misplaced Narine within the eighth over however achieved the goal with none fuss. Rinku Singh completed the chase in type, hitting a six off Ravindra Jadeja within the eleventh over.
Earlier, Narine (3/13) grabbed three wickets, whereas Harshit Rana and Varun Chakaravarthy bought two every after CSK had been invited to bat. Nothing went proper for CSK of their dwelling floor as they might hit simply 9 boundaries (4 or 6) in your complete innings.
Shivam Dube top-scored with an unbeaten 31 off 29 balls, whereas Vijay Shankar made 29 after dwelling a charmed life. Solely two different CSK batters made runs in double-digit figures.
CSK’s powerplay woes continued as they made 31 for the lack of two wickets, the second lowest by any workforce in six overs this season. It may have been a lot decrease however for the 13 runs scored within the sixth over with back-to-back fours from Shankar off Chakaravarthy.
Moeen Ali eliminated Devon Conway (12) within the fourth over, whereas Rana bought the wicket of Rachin Ravindra (4) within the fifth. The house facet would have been three down throughout powerplay had Narine not dropped Shankar within the fifth over, failing to carry on to a sitter at mid-off.
Shankar’s luck lastly ran out within the tenth over as he holed out to Moeen, leaving CSK at 61 for 3 on the midway stage.
Wickets continued to tumble because the struggling Rahul Tripathi (22) was clean-bowled by Narine, Ravichandran Ashwin was out for one run from seven balls and Ravindra Jadeja (0) additionally lasted simply two balls. The house facet had been 71 for six at that stage. After Deepak Hooda (0) fell within the subsequent over, Dhoni got here out to bat with CSK at 72 for 7 in 14.2 overs.
The writing was on the wall for CSK and the Chepauk crowd fell silent when Dhoni was adjudged LBW off Narine. Dhoni opted for a overview, seemingly indicating there was bat concerned, however the resolution stood. Greater than 4 overs had been left after Dhoni’s departure and CSK went previous the 100-run mark, thanks primarily to Dube.
