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Chennai recorded its second resounding win at home

Samira Vishwas | April 15, 2026 9:24 AM CST

IPL: In the 22nd match of IPL 2026, Chennai Super Kings gave a crushing defeat to Kolkata Knight Riders. In this match played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, Kolkata Knight Riders had to face defeat by 32 runs. This is Kolkata’s fourth defeat in 5 matches this season. At the same time, Chennai team was successful in registering its second win of the season.

Earlier, Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and decided to bowl first. After this, Chennai Super Kings team, batting first, scored 192 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Kolkata team could score only 160 runs after losing 7 wickets in 20 overs.

For Chennai, Sanju Samson played the highest innings of 48 runs, while Dewald Brevis scored 41 runs while Ayush Mhatre scored 38 runs. In bowling for KKR, Karthik Tyagi took the maximum of 2 wickets, while apart from this, Vaibhav Arora, Sunil Narine and Anukul Roy managed to take 1 wicket each. If we talk about Kolkata’s batting, all the batsmen disappointed. Ramandeep played the highest innings of 35 runs. Noor Ahmed took maximum 3 wickets for Chennai. Whereas, Anshul Kamboj got 2 successes.

Chennai Super Kings have tasted their second consecutive win at home after three consecutive defeats. Earlier, under the leadership of captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, the team had registered its first win of the season by defeating Delhi Capitals by 23 runs. Now after defeating Kolkata, CSK has 4 points in its account and has reached 8th position, one place above MI.

At the same time, the shameful campaign of Kolkata Knight Riders is not ending. The team has lost 4 out of 5 matches, while one match was canceled due to rain, due to which they got only one point. In such a situation, KKR will now enter the field with the intention of registering their first win in their next match.

Playing eleven of both the teams

Kolkata Knight Riders’ playing XI: Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wicketkeeper), Cameron Green, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Ramandeep Singh, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Varun Chakraborty, Kartik Tyagi, Vaibhav Arora.

Chennai Super Kings playing XI: Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brewis, Shivam Dubey, Sarfaraz Khan, Jamie Overton, Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmed, Khalil Ahmed, Gurjapaneet Singh.