News India Live, Digital Desk: IPL 2025: In the 57th match of IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 2 wickets in the exciting match. Although Chennai Super Kings have already been out of the playoff race, this victory recorded the third success in his season. On the other hand, with this defeat, Kolkata’s playoff hopes have suffered a major setback and now they will have to win the next two matches as well as depend on the results of other teams.
Emotional moment of national anthem at Eden Gardens
Kolkata captain Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and decided to bat. Prior to the toss, the players of the two teams came together on the field and saluted the Indian Army personnel who run ‘Operation Sindoor’ against Pakistan. The national anthem was played on the occasion, which was sung together by thousands of spectators in the stadium, and the entire Eden Gardens resonated with the national anthem.
What is ‘Operation Sindoor’?
In response to the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir on 22 April, the Indian Army took action under the ‘Operation Sindoor’ on terrorist bases in Pakistan and PoK in the early hours of Wednesday. In this campaign, 24 attacks were carried out at a total of 9 places including Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM) headquarters at Bahawalpur.
Match highlights
Kolkata Knight Riders, batting first, scored 179 runs losing 6 wickets in 20 overs thanks to the innings of Ajinkya Rahane (48 runs), Andre Russell (38 runs) and Manish Pandey (36 runs). In response, Chennai Super Kings won the match by scoring 183 runs for 8 wickets in 19.4 overs. For Chennai, Dewald Bravis scored a brilliant 52 runs off 25 balls. Shivam Dubey played an important innings of 45 runs. In the end, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored an unbeaten 17, including the decisive six off the ball of Andre Russell in the last over.
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