CSK vs KKR: Sanju Samson-Ayush Mhatre and Brevis saved the honor of Chennai Super Kings, gave the target of 193 runs to Kolkata

CSK vs KKR: The 22nd match of IPL 2026 between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders is being played in Chepauk. Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and decided to bowl first, after which, while batting, Chennai Super Kings scored 192 runs for 5 wickets. Sanju Samson played the highest innings of 48 runs for CSK. Whereas for KKR, Karthik Tyagi bowled brilliantly and took 2 wickets.

Rituraj Gaikwad flopped again

Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad and Sanju Samson started the innings of Chennai Super Kings. Kolkata Knight Riders’ star all-rounder Anukul Roy gave the first blow to Chennai Super Kings at the score of 25 runs in the third over itself. Anukul dismissed Gaikwad on the score of 7 runs.

Ayush Mhatre played explosive innings

After this, Ayush Mhatre was out after playing a short but stormy innings. Vaibhav Arora escorted him. Ayush Mhatre played an explosive inning of 38 runs in 17 balls. Mhatre batted at a strike rate of around 224 and hit 6 fours and 2 sixes.

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Sanju Samson missed half century

Chennai Super Kings got the third blow in the form of Sanju Samson. Kartik Tyagi showed Sanju Samson the way to the pavilion. Sanju Samson was out after scoring 48 runs in 32 balls. After this, Dewald Brevis and Sarfaraz Khan took the innings of Chennai Super Kings forward, but they could not bat for the entire 20 overs. Sarfaraz Khan was out after scoring 23 runs on 18 balls. Sunil Narine made him his victim. After this, Karthik Tyagi showed Dewald Brevis the way to the pavilion. Brewis was out after scoring 41 runs on 29 balls. After this, in the last match, Shivam Dubey scored unbeaten 13 runs and Jamie Overton scored 7 runs, taking the score of Chennai Super Kings to 192. Now KKR will have to score 193 runs to win.

Kartik Tyagi bowled brilliantly

Karthik Tyagi bowled brilliantly for Kolkata Knight Riders and took 2 wickets for 35 runs in his 4 over spell. Apart from this, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy and Vaibhav Arora got 1 success each.

A fine effort from Dewald Brevis in his first knock of #TATAIPL 2026 👏

But Kartik Tyagi does it again for @KKRiders 👍

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This is the playing 11 of CSK vs KKR

Playing 11 of Chennai Super Kings: Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Ayush Mhatre, Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dubey, Dewald Brewis, Jamie Overton, Noor Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapaneet Singh, Khalil Ahmed.

Playing 11 of Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wicketkeeper), Rovman Powell, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Varun Chakraborty, Vaibhav Arora, Karthik Tyagi.

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