IPL 2026, CSK beat KKR: Kolkata Knight Riders wait for their maiden win this season continues while Chennai registered their second successive win.
At the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Tuesday (14 April), Chennai Super Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 32 runs in their Indian Premier League (IPL) faceoff.
Chennai completed their first innings at 192/5 with Sanju Samson highest scoring for them with 48 off 32. Ayush Mhatre also scored 38 off 17 while Dewald Brevis chipped in with 41 off 29.
Kartik Tyagi picked 2 wickets for 35 runs while Sunil Narine only conceded 21 runs in his 4 overs, picking up a wicket for Kolkata.
In the run chase, Kolkata Knight Riders could only score 160/7 with Noor Ahmed in his 4-over spell picking 3 wickets for 21 runs. For the Kolkata Knight Riders, 35 off 25 of Ramandeep Singh was the highest individual contribution.
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CSK had arrived at their home following a masterclass performance by Sanju Samson, whose century in the last match proved the Samson storm has officially reached the coast of Tamil Nadu.
For Kolkata Knight Riders, they are searching for their maiden win in the IPL 2026 season continues. Still not win single match in IPL 2026. Men of Ajinkya Rahane will be desperate to earn their first win of the IPL 2026 season, specially with them running out of matches.
Still no MS Dhoni in CSK
As expected, MS Dhoni is not in CSK. He is suffering from an injury and even though before the match Dhoni was spotted at the nets, he could be fit for next match of Chennai in time. Sanju Samson has been keeping wickets in his absence.
Lineups of CSK vs KKR
Batting-first XI of Chennai Super Kings: Sanju Samson (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad (Captain), Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Sarfaraz Khan, Jamie Overton, Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmed, Khaleel Ahmed, Gurjapneet Singh.
Bench Of CSK: Matthew Short, Akeal Hosein, Kartik Sharma, Prashant Veer, Matt Henry.
Bowling-first XI of Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (Captain), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wk), Cameron Green, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Ramandeep Singh, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Varun Chakravarthy, Kartik Tyagi, Vaibhav Arora.
Bench Of KKR: Manish Pandey, Finn Allen, Tejasvi Singh, Navdeep Saini, Tim Seifert.
