CSK vs KKR Highlights, IPL 2026: Noor Ahmad, Akeal Hosein take Super Kings home; Knights remain winless
CSK vs KKR IPL 2026 Highlights: Chennai Super Kings win the match by 32 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders.
CSK vs KKR IPL 2026 Highlights: Noor Ahmad gave CSK the much-needed wicket of Rahane and then followed it up with that of Green, the very next delivery. That put the Kolkata Knight Riders under pressure in the chase. Ultimately, the Knights posted 160/7 at the end of their 20 overs and lost the match by 32 runs....Read More
The Knight Riders pulled off a surprise move at the start of the chase by promoting Sunil Narine to open with Finn Allen. However, the move did not come off as the side lost both Allen and Narine cheaply in the chase of 193. Anshul Kamboj removed Allen while Khaleel accounted for Narine. After this, Rahane and Raghuvanshi formed a great partnership, dragging KKR back in the chase. The KKR skipper, Ajinkya Rahane, looked determined to play a defining knock.
After the departure of Mhatre, Dewald Brevis joined Sanju Samson in the middle. While they tried to keep the aggressive mode going, KKR made a good comeback with defensive bowling and brought the scoring rate down. The pressure built, and Sanju Samson was bowled by Kartik Tyagi after scoring 48 runs off 32 deliveries. After this, KKR exerted their control over the game with some brilliant bowling. Chennai completely lost the momentum of their progress and could not find a way to increase their scoring rate in time. In the end, they could manage just 192/5 at the end of their 20 overs.
KKR won the toss ahead of the game and put CSK to bat. Sanju Samson provided a flying start to the Super Kings, but Ruturaj Gaikwad struggled to find his rhythm. The opening partnership had walked only 25 runs when CSK lost Gaikwad as their first wicket. Sanju Samson and Ayush Mhatre got together after this and stabilised the proceedings for their team. The partnership between Mhatre and Samson added 47 runs quickly before it was broken by Vaibhav Arora.
Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders arrive at Chepauk with more baggage than momentum, which is what gives this game its edge. Between them, eight IPL titles, but the table is showing no respect for history right now. CSK are down in the ninth with just two points from four matches, while KKR are even worse off, still winless and carrying only one point after a washout against Punjab Kings.
For Chennai, the relief came two nights ago when Sanju Samson finally gave shape to a new-look batting order, blasting an unbeaten 115 off 56 balls as CSK made 212 for 2 and beat Delhi Capitals by 23 runs. Ayush Mhatre's 59 off 36 added a layer of intent that had been missing from Chennai's start, and Jamie Overton's four wickets underlined that this side may be finding a new route to winning at home. That is the intriguing part of tonight's contest too: CSK's identity has looked less about old Chepauk spin orthodoxy and more about pace, hard lengths and scoreboard pressure.
KKR, meanwhile, have been living a far more chaotic season. They have shown enough batting to suggest danger, including a 220 for 4 against the Mumbai Indians and 181 for 4 against the Lucknow Super Giants, but neither total brought them a win. Mumbai chased 221, and LSG broke through on the last after KKR had them six down for 125. That pattern has hurt them more than a simple lack of talent ever could. The questions around Sunil Narine's role, Cameron Green's returns and the bowling group's control at the death have followed them into Chennai.
The rivalry still tilts toward CSK, who lead the head-to-head 21-12 with one no-result across 34 meetings, but the more relevant detail is that the gap has narrowed in recent seasons, with the teams sharing three wins each since 2022. So, this will be a stress test for the two teams. Chennai are trying to prove the Delhi result was not a one-night flare, and Kolkata are trying to show their season is not already leaking away through a series of almosts. That makes this one less about reputation and more about nerve, adaptibility and who handles the weight of the early-table damage better.
Playing XIs
Knight Riders Playing XI: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wk), Rovman Powell, Rinku Singh (vc), Sunil Narine, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi
Chennai Super Kings Playing XI: Sanju Samson (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Ayush Mhatre, Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dube, Dewald Brevis, Jamie Overton, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Khaleel Ahmed
Impact substitute options
Kolkata Knight Riders: Finn Allen, Manish Pandey, Tejasvi Dahiya, Tim Seifert, Navdeep Saini
Chennai Super Kings: Akeal Hosein, Prashant Veer, Kartik Sharma, Matthew Short, Matt Henry
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- 14 Apr 2026, 11:29:46 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: Four points now for CSK
CSK VS KKR LIVE: That brings us to the end of the match here. CSK have won this game by runs. That takes their points to four in IPL 2026. KKR remain winless with one point on the board, the one they got due to a wash-off against the Punjab Kings.
- 14 Apr 2026, 11:22:08 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: CSK enroute to second win
CSK VS KKR LIVE: If all the deliveries are legal from here, then this match is all but over for KKR.
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- 14 Apr 2026, 11:16:15 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: Last two overs
CSK VS KKR LIVE: Well, this game is more or less sealed. Only a miracle can save KKR from here. They need 55 runs to win from the last 12 deliveries.
- 14 Apr 2026, 11:10:35 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: Not good signs for CSK
CSK vs KKR Live Score: Khaleel Ahmed has pulled his muscle and could not complete his over. Given the way he has performed, the CSK fans will hope that it is nothing serious.
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- 14 Apr 2026, 11:01:44 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: Last four overs
CSK vs KKR Live Score: Last four overs remain in the game. KKR need 73 runs to win from 24 balls.
- 14 Apr 2026, 10:58:10 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: Ramandeep arriving for KKR
CSK vs KKR Live Score: Ramandeep Singh with a four and a six, keeping hopes alive for KKR. This is brilliant batting from the young Indian batter.
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- 14 Apr 2026, 10:56:43 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: Great spell from Noor
CSK vs KKR Live Score: Noor Ahmad finishes off is spell. It has been a game changing one. He conceded just 21 in his four overs and picked up three important wickets.
- 14 Apr 2026, 10:49:50 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: 100 up!!!
CSK vs KKR Live Score: SIX!!!! The 100 comes up for KKR. Can Powell and Ramandeep pull off a heist from here??!!
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- 14 Apr 2026, 10:42:01 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: WICKET!!!
CSK vs KKR Live Score: Noor Ahmad picks up another wicket!!!! CSK are in cruise control here. Rinku Singh goes!!! This is now slipping out of KKR's hands.
- 14 Apr 2026, 10:38:52 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: End of a brilliant spell
CSK vs KKR Live Score: Akeal Hosein finishes his spell. Brilliant job from him. 1 wicket for 26 runs in his four overs.
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- 14 Apr 2026, 10:34:15 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: BOWLED HIM!!!!
CSK vs KKR Live Score: BOWLED HIM!!!! Cameron Green goes for a golden duck!!!! This is a crucial wicket. Huge one for CSK.
- 14 Apr 2026, 10:33:42 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: WICKET!!!
CSK vs KKR Live Score: IN THE AIR AND TAKEN!!! Ajinkya Rahane also falls. This now demands a Green special.
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- 14 Apr 2026, 10:26:21 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: TAKEN AT LAST!!!
CSK vs KKR Live Score: IN THE AIR AND TAKEN!!!! One catch has been taken at last. Dewald Brevis takes the catch. Raghuvanshi departs.
- 14 Apr 2026, 10:25:40 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: Butterfingers!!!!
CSK vs KKR Live Score: Catches are being dropped for fun here!!!! Rahane survives now. This is really a poor show from CSK fielders.
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- 14 Apr 2026, 10:23:12 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: Huge over for KKR
CSK vs KKR Live Score: KKR have come launching back into the game after that time out. Two sixes and a four!!! 19 runs off it. They have jumped back in this chase.
- 14 Apr 2026, 10:21:07 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: Rahane has arrived!!!!
CSK vs KKR Live Score: SIX MORE!!! Ajinkya Rahane is changing gears here. Two sixes in three balls, just the shift KKR needed at the stage.
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- 14 Apr 2026, 10:19:45 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: Rahane launches!!!
CSK vs KKR Live Score: IN THE AIR AND SIX!!!!! What a shot!!! Innovation from Rahane. Back of a length at the off stump line. Rahane shuffles across and scoops it over the fine leg region for a maximum. The captain looks determined here.
- 14 Apr 2026, 10:15:49 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: KKR are trying to prepare a launch pad
CSK vs KKR Live Score: Raghuvanshi and Rahane are trying to build the launching pad for the batters to come later like Powell and Green. CSK are doing a good job but this game is nowhere close to over.
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- 14 Apr 2026, 10:13:11 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: Raghuvanshi survives a scare
CSK vs KKR Live Score: IN THE AIR AND DROPPED!!!! Guess what!!!?? Dewald Brevis drops it. Poor from CSK here. This could come back to haunt them later.
- 14 Apr 2026, 10:06:29 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: End of powerplay
CSK vs KKR Live Score: The first six overs have come to end and CSK will be happy with how things have gone so far. KKR are going at 6 runs per over and they have lost their two dynamic openers.
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- 14 Apr 2026, 09:58:14 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: Narine goes!
CSK VS KKR LIVE: The KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahane is struggling to get any sort of rhythm going in the middle and is struggling to get the big ones. And the pressure finally shows on Sunil Narine. CSK pacer Khaeel Ahmed makes wonderful use of the angles and the left-handed batter walks back after scoring 24 runs off 17 balls.
KKR 29/2 in 4.2 overs.
- 14 Apr 2026, 09:54:13 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: GAIKWAD drops a sitter!
CSK VS KKR LIVE: What have you done Ruturaj Gaikwad? The CSK captain drops a sitter and Sunil Narine gets a life. Anshul Kamboj bowled a low full toss and Narine has loped it towards the mid-off fielder, but Gaikwad made a hash out of it!
KKR 22/1 in 3.2 overs.
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- 14 Apr 2026, 09:50:36 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: SIX! There goes Narine!
CSK VS KKR LIVE: Khaleel Ahmed drops it short and Narine has no trouble in hitting the delivery towards long-on for a maximum! Much needed six for KKR. Narine holds the key if KKR are to have any chance of coming close to the total.
KKR 21/1 in 2.4 overs.
- 14 Apr 2026, 09:48:55 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: Ajinkya Rahane out in the middle
CSK VS KKR LIVE: The KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane is out in the middle! Khaleel Ahmed has bowled two dot balls at him and Sunil Narine isn't having much of the strike. KKR are falling behind the eight ball inside the opening few overs. A crucial few deliveries coming up.
KKR 14/1 in 2.2 overs
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- 14 Apr 2026, 09:43:44 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: OUT!!!!!
CSK VS KKR LIVE: IN THE AIR AND TAKEN!!! Big wicket for CSK. Finn Allen departs!!! A good start for the home team.
- 14 Apr 2026, 09:42:29 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: Danger for CSK!!!
CSK vs KKR Live Score: Narine is finding the rhythm. If one of these two openers click the game will be over in no time. Narine has already got a six and a four.
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- 14 Apr 2026, 09:40:14 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: THERE YOU GO!!!!
CSK vs KKR Live Score: Narine is up and running!!!! Short ball and angled into the left-hander. Pulled away for a maximum.
- 14 Apr 2026, 09:35:45 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: Surprise!!! Surprise!!!
CSK vs KKR Live Score: A shuffle in the batting order. Sunil Narine has walked out to open the innings with Finn Allen. Khaleel Ahmed to start with the ball for Chennai Super Kings.
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- 14 Apr 2026, 09:19:24 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: KKR need 193 runs to win the match
CSK vs KKR Live Score: Chennai Super Kings have stumbled and stuttered their way to 192/5 at the end of the 20 overs. After posting 72/2 in the first six overs, the Super Kings have actually thrown away the game to some extent. The Knights will believe their first win of IPL 2026 is on the horizon.
- 14 Apr 2026, 09:13:22 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: Last over
CSK vs KKR Live Score: Chennai has stumbled their way to 184 in 19 overs. The last over coming up, and KKR would look to keep it below 200.
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- 14 Apr 2026, 09:03:10 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: WICKET!!!
CSK vs KKR Live Score: GREAT JOB!!!! KKR have really dragged this game back into their court. Brevis goes. This will surely bring down what KKR have to chase in the second innings.
- 14 Apr 2026, 08:58:55 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: Magical from Narine
CSK vs KKR Live Score: What a spell from the Magician!!!! He ends his spell with 1/21, but more than the figures, it was important in dragging CSK back towards a below par total.
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- 14 Apr 2026, 08:54:50 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: WICKET!!!
CSK vs KKR Live Score: SUNIL NARINE YOU BEAUTY!!!! A wicket from Narine at just the right time. When CSK needed the duo to continue, Narine removed Sarfaraz.
- 14 Apr 2026, 08:52:33 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: Final four
CSK vs KKR Live Score: A good over for Chennai. 20 runs off it. In the next four overs, Chennai will look to score more than 40 and take the total past the 200 mark.
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- 14 Apr 2026, 08:44:19 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: Last five
CSK vs KKR Live Score: So, 15 overs done. Chennai had been dragged back in the phase. From what could have been a 220-plus total, it would be a great job if they go past 200.
- 14 Apr 2026, 08:36:47 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: Some momentum for Chennai
CSK vs KKR Live Score: Something was to give, and Chennai have at last found some momentum. The 14th over igoing in favour of the home team, allowing CSK to make a comeback.
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- 14 Apr 2026, 08:32:48 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: Chennai's progress put to a stop
CSK vs KKR Live Score: The Chennai innings is currently not going anywhere. Courtesy of brilliant planning and execution by KKR, the CSK innings has become stagnant.
- 14 Apr 2026, 08:25:25 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: GONE!!!! SAMSON DEPARTS!!!
CSK vs KKR Live Score: BOWLED HIM!!! Kartik Tyagi gets the important wicket of Sanju Samson. The pressure was building on the CSK batters and it has yielded in the wicket. Great phase of play for KKR.
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- 14 Apr 2026, 08:21:48 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: Brilliant from KKR
CSK vs KKR Live Score: While wickets are not coming, KKR are doing a great job of keeping the score under check. Given the wicket, this is the time the game may actually be silently drifting away from the home team.
- 14 Apr 2026, 08:19:08 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: 10 done
CSK vs KKR Live Score: So, half of the CSK innings is done. The home team has done decently. Though KKR will be happy with the comeback they have made after the powerplay.
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- 14 Apr 2026, 08:14:09 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: Great job from Narine
CSK vs KKR Live Score: Sunil Narine is keeping both the Chennai batters quiet here. He is also creating chances here. Defensive bowling at its best.
- 14 Apr 2026, 08:12:55 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: A slower Samson
CSK vs KKR Live Score: Sanju Samson is playing a slower knock here than he did against DC. He is probably trying to hold one end while others keep the scoreboard moving.
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- 14 Apr 2026, 08:09:50 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: CSK look to drag themselves back
CSK vs KKR Live Score: Eight overs done and 89 runs on the board for CSK. After the two wickets, this partnership here is trying to bring the scoring rate back on track while minimising the damage.
- 14 Apr 2026, 08:05:31 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: Narine's magic
CSK vs KKR Live Score: A great over from Sunil Narine, the legend. Dewald Brevis did a get six off the last ball, but it was good control shown by the experienced KKR spinner.
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- 14 Apr 2026, 07:59:02 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: WICKET!!!!
CSK vs KKR Live Score: WICKET!!! The much-needed wicket of Ayush Mhatre for KKR. That will give them some relief. He was really punishing the bowlers here. It was a great ball by Arora after being hit in the first three deliveries.
- 14 Apr 2026, 07:56:23 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: Three boundaries against Vaibav again
CSK vs KKR Live Score: Three boundaries to start the over again. Mhatre has provided an impetus to this innings.
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- 14 Apr 2026, 07:53:42 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: Good over from Anukul
CSK vs KKR Live Score: The KKR spinner was slammed for a six off the first ball, but he made a brilliant comeback. He slowed down the pace and troubled the two CSK batters. In the end just 8 runs came off it.
- 14 Apr 2026, 07:50:37 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: Great reply from Mhatre
CSK vs KKR Live Score: Mhatre gave the best reply he could. He slammed Green for a boundary and two sixes. Good batting from the young man.
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- 14 Apr 2026, 07:48:07 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: Cameron Green troubling Mhatre
CSK vs KKR Live Score: OH!!! What a delivery. A four and then a beauty. Mhatre looks to push at it, but gets beaten on the outside edge.
- 14 Apr 2026, 07:45:49 PM IST
CSK VS KKR LIVE: KKR's move pays off
CSK vs KKR Live Score: The early introduction of the spinner has worked for KKR. There was a boundary, but the control was better, and they got the wicket in that over. The visitors are looking to gradually come back into the match.
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