Csk vs kkr: 57 matches have been played so far in the Indian Premier League 2025. The 57th match was played yesterday (7 May) between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings. Prior to the match, KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and decided to bat first. After this KKR scored 180 runs. The Chennai team reached this score with two balls remaining. This defeat has also made it difficult to playoffs in Kolkata’s IPL 2025. Dewald Brevis was the hero of Chennai’s victory. He made Chennai to the target by scoring a faster half -century and in the end captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, in his style, ensured the team’s victory by playing an unbeaten 17 runs.
Kolkata failed to defend 179 runs against Chennai. Young bowler Vaibhav Arora sent three Chennai bowlers to the pavilion. But, in return he had to lose a lot of runs. He gave 48 runs in three overs. Apart from this, Harshit Rana and Varun Chakraborty took 2-2 wickets but they could not stop Chennai till the end.
Dewald Brevis’s explosive innings
In Chennai’s victory, young batsman Dewald Brevis played a brilliant innings and saved Chennai from embarrassment. He played a brilliant innings of 52 runs from 25 balls against Kolkata. He scored 30 runs in an over of Vaibhav Arora. It became very easy for Chennai to achieve a target of 179 runs thanks to his innings. Apart from this, Urvil Patel scored 31 runs off 11 balls at a strike rate of 281. Shivam Dubey also scored a significant 45 runs. Meanwhile, Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni remained unbeaten after scoring 17 runs and won his team.
Kolkata’s innings
No Kolkata batsman could score a half -century against Chennai. KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane scored the highest 48 runs. He faced 33 balls in his innings, hitting 4 fours and 2 sixes. Apart from this, Andre Russell contributed 38 and Manish Pandey contributed 36 runs. Apart from this, opener Sunil Narine scored 26 runs in the beginning. On the other hand, young batsmen Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Rinku Singh failed to make an impact in the match.
In bowling, spinner Noor Ahmed performed brilliantly for Chennai, taking 4 wickets for 31 runs from an economy of 7.80 in four overs. Apart from this, Anshul Kamboj and Ravindra Jadeja took 1-1 wickets.
