At Eden Gardens Chennai Super Kings After two wickets defeat Kolkata Knight Riders of Indian Premier League (IPL) The expectations of saving the title have suffered a major setback. This is the record for achieving CSK's first successful 180+ target in more than five years, before it happened in 2019. This victory also broke the four -match defeat in a series of defeat and gave him a third win in the disappointing season.
Noor Ahmed's talent and CSK's hold strong
When KKR started batting, she came out with the intention of scoring a big score, especially Andre Russell After a fast innings of the last over. But Afghanistan spinner Noor Ahmed Taking 4 wickets for just 31 runs while bowling brilliantly. This shattered KKR's middle order and the team's pace stopped. In the end, KKR was all out for 179 runs. The score was fine on the Eden Gardens pitch, which could be achieved.
Chasing the target, Chennai Super Kings started very poorly and the team lost their three wickets in the powerplay. But after that Dewald bravis Batting in a brilliant style, he scored 52 runs in just 25 balls and handled the innings. Then Shivam Dubey Also played the team wisely and scored runs in the middle overs. When the match was at a very exciting turn, then MS Dhoni Holded the match in CSK's fist by hitting a big six of the last over.
KKR qualification scenario for IPL 2025 playoffs
KKR lost to a team that has already been out of the playoff race. After this defeat, KKR has just 11 points in 12 matches. Now he has only two matches left in the group stage – one against Sunrisers Hyderabad and the other against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Even if KKR wins both matches, it will have a total of 15 points, but even after this the place in the playoffs will not be confirmed. Currently, Gujarat Titans and RCB already have 16–16 points, and Punjab Kings have 15 points and have three matches left. Therefore, KKR will not only have to win both their matches to reach the playoffs, but the results of the rest of the teams will also have to come in their favor. That is, now they are very difficult to qualify and dependent on special circumstances.
- KKR will have to win the remaining two matches to reach 15 points.
- Mumbai Indians will have to lose their last two matches and stay at 14.
- At least one team of GT, RCB and PBKS performed quite poorly.
- Delhi Capitals, which is looking for qualification, should not move beyond KKR's marks or net run rate.
In this situation, if KKR wins both of his remaining matches, it can have 15 points. In such a situation, he can come equal to Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Delhi Capitals (DC). But then it will be decided to make a place in the playoffs by NET Run Rate (NRR), which is currently -0.193 of KKR.
Simply put, KKR will now have to win both their matches and also expect at least two other teams to lose. That is, KKR going ahead is now dependent not only on his game, but also on the poor performance of the rest of the teams.
