Kolkata, on the basis of explosive innings of Dewald Brevis and Shivam Dubey and a brilliant innings of MS Dhoni, Chennai Super Kings defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by two wickets in the 57th match of IPL 2025. This is the first time in the history of IPL that Chennai has won after losing 5 wickets in the powerplay.

Kolkata batted first at Eden Gardens and scored 179 runs for 6 wickets, which Chennai won the match by scoring 183 runs for 8 wickets. This is Chennai's third win in 12 matches while Kolkata has faced its sixth defeat in 12 matches. Kolkata is at number six with 11 points and it seems very difficult for the team to reach the playoffs.

Chennai at one time lost its five wickets for a score of 60 runs within the powerplay itself. But then Dewald Brevis kept the team in the match by scoring 52 runs with the help of four fours and four sixes in 25 balls.

After this, Shivam Dubey also played an innings of 45 runs with the help of 2 fours and 3 sixes in 40 balls. At the same time, Urvil Patel, playing his IPL debut match, played an innings of 31 runs with the help of 1 four and four sixes in just 11 balls. Captain MS Dhoni scored an unbeaten 17 runs with the help of a six in 18 balls and gave Chennai its third victory.

Earlier, after captain Ajinkya Rahane's excellent innings, Andre Russell's flamboyant innings helped Kolkata Knight Riders score 179 runs for six wickets against Chennai Super Kings here on Wednesday in the Indian Premier League.

Rahane gave the team a quick start by scoring 48 runs in 33 balls with four fours and two sixes, while Russell increased the run rate in the last overs by scoring 38 runs in 21 balls with three sixes and four fours.

Manish Pandey also scored an unbeaten 36 off 28 balls with a six and a four. Left-arm spinner Noor Ahmed was the most successful bowler for the Super Kings, taking four wickets for 31 runs.

Rahane won the toss and decided to bat and gave the team a quick start by adding 58 runs for the second wicket with Sunil Narayan (26), due to which the Knight Riders scored 67 runs for one wicket in the power play. Rahmanullah Gurbaz (11) hit a four off Khalil Ahmed's first ball of the match. He hit a six off Anshul Kamboj (one wicket for 38 runs) but returned to the pavilion after being caught by Noor Ahmed one ball later.

Rahane and Narayan then scored runs quickly. After opening the account with a four on Kamboj, Rahane also hit two fours on Khalil. Narayan welcomed Ravichandran Ashwin with two fours and a six and completed the team's half-century in the fifth over. Rahane hit a six and a four on consecutive balls of Kamboj in the next over.

Noor broke this dangerous looking partnership by getting Narayan stumped by Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Angkrish Raghuvanshi (01) also got caught by Dhoni in the same over, taking the score of Knight Riders to 71 runs for three wickets. Rahane hit a six on Ravindra Jadeja (one wicket for 34 runs) but got caught by Devon Conway on the ball of the same spinner.

Super Kings bowlers curbed the run rate in the middle overs while the Knight Riders batsmen failed to hit boundaries. The century of runs for Knight Riders was completed in the 12th over. Amid mounting pressure, Russell increased the run rate with two fours and a six off consecutive balls of Jadeja in the 15th over and then hit a six and a four off consecutive balls of Mathisha Pathirana in the next over.

Russell hit a four and a six in Noor's next over as well but was caught by Dewald Brevis after waving in the air on the last ball. Manish Pandey opened his account by hitting a six off Pathirana while Rinku Singh also hit a four off this fast bowler. Rinku, however, became Noor's fourth victim when he was caught by Ayush Mhatre.