चेन्नई vs कोलकाता, मैच 22, एमए चिदंबरम स्टेडियम, चेन्नई, 14 April 2026 - कमेंट्री

FOUR! Good cricket all around! Kamboj bowls the wide yorker from around the wicket. Ramandeep Singh shuffles across, gets his bat down in time and slices it to the right of the man at deep backward point for a boundary.

Wide! Kamboj targets the leg pole with a full delivery. Singh walks inside the line to get it away but misses. Not far away from the leg stump but it has been given as a wide.

Low full toss, outside off. Ramandeep reaches out and hits it to cover without much timing.

OUT! CAUGHT! A sharp catch by Sarfaraz Khan. Going away with the angle, Kamboj attempts the yorker but it comes out as a low full toss. Ramandeep hangs low and takes it on the full. He tries to angle the bat face in a way to guide it past short third. He fails to get it wide enough and Sarfaraz gets low quickly to his left to snaffle it.

Not allowing the batter to get under it. Almost in the blockhole, on the off stump. Roy drills it to mid off for a single.

SIX! Kamboj misses, and Powell cashes in. Anshul goes searching for the yorker but ends up serving a friendly full toss, on the pads. Rovman picks it up nicely off the pads and parks it into the stands beyond deep backward square leg.

A dot to end the game. A comprehensive win for CSK by 32 runs. It is their second straight win after losing their first three games. Kamboj slants it across the batter, full in length. Powell moves across the stumps and swings for the hills but misses. Not given as a wide and Rovman reviews, more in hope than anything else. The replays show that Powell is standing slightly outside the off stump, and the ball is passing well within the revised guideline.

Bashes the hard length, over middle. Ramandeep Singh swings across and pulls it to the left of deep square leg. With this brace, the 50-run stand comes up.

FOUR! Cleverly done! Pace off and into the surface, over middle. Ramandeep Singh gives himself a bit of room and gets under the ball. Plays the upper-cut over the man at short third for a boundary.

Good response from Overton. A yorker on the off stump. Singh squeezes it out wide of point and gets to the other end.

A sharp and quick bumper from Overton at 143.8 kph. Powell looks to take it on but is beaten for pace and the ball zips over his right shoulder.

A big swing and a miss! Rovman Powell has a perplexed look on his face. He feels that it should be a wide. Powell has sent it upstairs. Overton dishes out the off-cutter, full and outside off. Powell is standing on the off stump and he throws the kitchen sink at it but fails to connect. The replays confirm that the ball was well within the guideline.

Wide! Lands it on a back of a length and it is the off-cutter. It spins down leg and Powell misses as he swings across the line.

Overton bends his back and digs it in short, over middle. Rovman Powell does not quite get hold of it on the pull and it goes only as far as deep square leg. Noor Ahmad is behind square in the deep and he runs across to his left. He ends up overrunning the ball but the second run was always on. The deep mid-wicket fielder backs Noor up and he hauls it in.

Wide! A marginal call, but it goes in favour of the batter. Kamboj spots Powell standing on the off stump and he looks to fire in a yorker in at the leg stump, just the way he cleaned up Tim David, but he had overstepped then. Powell swings at it but misses.

Needless throw! Full and wide on off. Powell flashes at it but miscues it off the inner half beside the strip on the leg side. Ramandeep is keen for a single but is sent back. He gets home but Kamboj has a shy at the bowling end. He misses and with no one near to back the throw up, the ball rolls to long off, allowing a single.

Full and on middle. Singh clears the front leg and has a heave across the line. Toe-ends it square on the leg side for a single.

Going away, full in length. Powell throws his hands at the ball. Gets a thickish outside edge down to deep third, where Noor Ahmad mops it up. Just a single.

Gets the wide yorker in, Ramandeep steers it to deep backward point for one.

So far, so good from Kamboj. Almost in the blockhole, on middle and leg. Powell gets the front leg out of the way and smears it off the inner half behind square leg for one.

Superb execution throughout the over from Kamboj. Slips in the yorker right at the base of the off pole. Ramandeep jams it out through point for another single. Just 7 runs off it, and the task gets even steeper for KKR.

Starts with a back-of-a-length delivery, on middle. Rovman whips it to deep mid-wicket for a run.

Pushed across the right-hander, on a good length. Singh cuts it to deep point for just a single.

FOUR! Powerfully struck! Khaleel rolls his fingers over the ball and looks to make use of the angle by running this across the right-hander. This is not wide enough and Powell is able to reach out. He slams it over extra cover for a one-bounce boundary.

Nails the yorker, at the toes. Powell digs it out beside the strip on the leg side. Khaleel moves to his right and cuts down the possibility of a single.

Very full, in line with the off stump. Powell cannot get under it. Hits it down to long on for one.

FOUR! Up and over! Gurjapneet Singh serves the off-pace ball and this is bowled into the wicket. Ramandeep Singh reaches out and fetches it from near the tramline. He hops and flays it over extra cover. Ruturaj Gaikwad turns around and goes after it, but the ball wins the race. Another under-par over for KKR. 11 runs off it. 62 runs required off 18 balls.

Overton hits the hard length at 138.2 kph, on off. Ramandeep walks across to access the 58-metre boundary behind square on the leg side. He is beaten on the inside edge and wears it on the thigh pad.

FOUR! Smart batting! Pace off now, into the strip, this spins back a bit towards the right-hander, but Ramandeep does well to arch back and glide it wide of backward point for a boundary.

SIX! All the way! If KKR are to get home from here, Rovman Powell cannot do it all alone. He needs support at the other end and this is a good first half of the over from Ramandeep Singh. Cross-seam ball, on a shortish length, on middle. This sits up to be hit and Singh clobbers it in front of square on the leg side for half a dozen.

Wide! Banged in short, too high. Ramandeep Singh watches it sail over his head.

Over off, on a hard length. Ramandeep drops it in front of point off the back foot. He wants a single but there is none on offer.

Takes pace off and this is on a back of a length, on off. Ramandeep taps it to the left of backward point and crosses over.

Bowled from a bit wide on the crease, on a good length, on middle. Powell clips it through mid-wicket and keeps the strike with a single. Despite 11 runs off the first 3 balls, KKR could only collect 13 from the over. 73 runs needed in 24 balls.

Short and outside off, Ramandeep Singh cuts it away to deep point for a single.

A googly, short and on off, Rovman Powell pats it towards cover for a run.

Dragged back and around off, Ramandeep Singh slaps it to sweeper cover for another run.

Flighted, full and on leg, Rovman Powell clips it through square leg for one.

Slows it up, full and around leg, follows the batter. Ramandeep Singh backs away to flick but misses as the ball goes off his pads towards short fine. A leg bye taken.

Quicker, full and on leg, Rovman Powell works it through backward square leg and turns around for the second run. He has to hurry but makes his ground in the end. Noor Ahmad finishes his spell with outstanding figures of 4-0-21-3.

Jamie Overton bangs in a quick bouncer at 140.9 kph, on middle. Ramandeep Singh looks to hook it away, but gets late on it and misses. Sanju Samson, behind the stumps, grabs it near his head. Hang on! CSK take a very late review for caught behind. Overton did not look that interested, though. The replay shows that the ball is passing very close to the gloves. UltraEdge shows a flat line, and CSK lose a review.

Slower one, on a length and on off, Ramandeep Singh steps across and clips it through square leg for a single.

Hard length and on middle, angling in, Rovman Powell tucks it towards mid-wicket for a run.

Back of a length and on off, takes pace off. Ramandeep Singh gets across and hooks it towards deep fine for another run.

SIX! 100 UP FOR KKR! Jamie Overton serves this fuller and just outside off, pace on. Rovman Powell gets his hands through the shot. He never tried to hit it down and carved it over the deep extra cover fence for a biggie. Made it look effortless.

Pulls his length back a bit, on middle, shapes away a touch. Rovman Powell guides it away towards short third.

No hat-trick! Flatter, full and around leg, Rinku Singh tucks it away but fails to beat short fine.

The dots are piling up now! Shorter in length and around off, Rinku Singh punches it wide of cover, where Sarfaraz Khan dives to his left to make a good stop.

Three dots in a row! Short again and down the leg side, there to be put away. Rinku Singh looks to pull it away but gets it off the gloves on the bounce to short fine.

Pushed through quicker, shortish and on off, Rinku Singh taps it out in front of point. He calls for the run but is sent back. Pressure building!

OUT! TAKEN! Noor Ahmad has three now. The pressure was building on Rinku Singh, who succumbed under it. A wrong'un, full and on middle, turns in a bit. Rinku Singh goes down on one knee to go down the ground, but gets it more from the inner half of the bat. The ball flies straight into the hands of Shivam Dube at long on, who takes an easy catch. It's going from bad to worse for KKR.

Dragged back and around off, Ramandeep Singh punches it through covers for one and gets off the mark.

Short and around leg, Rinku Singh swipes it away to deep square leg for a single.

Floated, full and on middle, Rovman Powell tucks it away through mid-wicket for a run.

Short and outside off, Rinku Singh cuts it away to deep point for another run.

Slows it up, full and on middle, Rovman Powell turns it to the leg side.

Quicker one, short and on middle, Rovman Powell moves back and nudges it through mid-wicket for one.

Drops it short again, on off, turns in, Rinku Singh punches it through cover-point for one more. Akeal Hosein ends a superb spell of bowling with figures of 4-0-26-1.

Floated, short and around off, Ajinkya Rahane opens the bat face and punches it through covers for a single.

Flatter, short again and on off, Rinku Singh guides it through point for a run.

Tossed up, full and on leg, Ajinkya Rahane drills it to long on for another run.

Flighted, full and on middle, Rinku Singh drives it down the ground to the right of long on for one.

OUT! CAUGHT! 50th IPL wicket for Noor Ahmad. He dishes out a googly, fuller and around off, turns away a bit. Ajinkya Rahane goes inside-out and tries to loft it over covers, but fails to read the wrong'un. His bat turns in his hands, and he slices it off the outer half of the bat towards extra cover. Ruturaj Gaikwad backtracks a bit and makes no mistake this time. KKR are 85/4, still needing 108 runs in 55 balls.

OUT! CLEANED UP! Back-to-back wickets for Noor Ahmad, and he gets rid of Cameron Green for a golden duck, whose nightmare IPL continues. Noor pushes the leg-break quicker from around the wicket, lands this on off, gets it to turn in sharply. Green backs away to cut it away, but gets very late on the shot as the ball goes through to rattle the stumps behind. KKR lose half their side now.

Drifting in at the sticks, on a length. Angkrish taps it in front of cover for a single.

PUT DOWN! It is Sarfaraz Khan this time. First Angkrish Raghuvanshi and now Ajinkya Rahane. Both batters have gotten a lifeline. You have to feel for Akeal Hosein. This is the second catch that has gone down off his bowling. This is dropped short, on middle. Rahane presses back for the pull and skies it in front of deep mid-wicket. Sarfaraz comes charging in off the ropes and just like it happened when Brevis dropped a catch earlier, Khan is on the move and never managed to steady himself. The ball goes in and out of his palm. Single taken.

OUT! CAUGHT! Dewald Brevis makes no mistake this time. Third time lucky for Akeal Hosein. Speared in from around the wicket, short and on middle. Angkrish Raghuvanshi goes deep in the crease and tries to flat bat this one over long on. He gets no power on the shot and hits it straight down the throat of Dewald Brevis, who bends and takes the catch in reverse cup style over his right shoulder.

Turning into the pads, on a nagging length. Rinku misses out on the glance. The ball clips his pads and goes nowhere.

Hosein stays short but this is slower, on middle and leg. Rinku taps it to long on and opens his account with a single.

Full and on middle. This is flicked to deep square leg for one.

Wide! Sprayed down leg, on a good length. Rahane swivels and swings at it but is beaten for pace.

SIX! Nicely done! Is this the shot that gets Rahane going? Across off, on a back of a length at 137 kph. A step across the stumps from Rahane before getting under the ball. He uses the pace and plays the scoop over short fine leg for a six.

Pace off now, on a short of a length. Ajinkya dabs it to point.

SIX! Dispatched! A bit too short and Gurjapneet Singh knows it as he walks back to his mark, unhappy with himself. Rahane hangs deep and is quick to swivel in the crease before pulling it over square leg for the second six of the over.

At the hips, off-pace delivery, on a short of a length. Rahane tucks it square on the leg side for a single.

FOUR! Clever, very clever! Just the kind of over KKR needed after the break. On a hard length, over off and middle. Angkrish Raghuvanshi backs away slightly and lets the ball come to him. He opens the bat face and steers it to the right of short third for a four. 18 runs off the over with a ball to go.

Skidding through, on top of off. Angkrish Raghuvanshi drops it beside the strip on the off side and calls Rahane through for a single. Good last couple of overs for KKR. 31 runs off the last 12 balls.

Sliding on with the arm, on a good length. Angkrish gets on top of it and punches it through point. They cross.

Slower and a bit of air given, on the fuller side, outside off. Rahane has a swipe across the line but miscues it off the toe end to deep square leg for a run.

DROPPED, SIX! Dewald Brevis palms it over the ropes. A big moment in the game. Slightly short, on middle. Angkrish Raghuvanshi goes deep in the crease for the pull. Gets it high on the bat and it is skied between deep mid-wicket and long on. Dewald Brevis does not quite judge the trajectory of the ball at long on as he runs in initially and then realises that he needs to run around. He is on the move while taking the catch. The ball hits him hard on the palm and pops out before dropping beyond the ropes. A pat on the back to Brevis from Sarfaraz Khan, who had converged from deep mid-wicket. Don't think Dewald was put off by Sarfaraz running in, as he was a fair bit away.

Pushes it through, on a nagging length, on middle. Angkrish plays the short-arm jab to the right of deep mid-wicket. Sarfaraz Khan sprints and slides to his right in the deep to mop it up. Two runs taken.

On the off stump, fractionally short. This is cut away to deep point for another single.

Full and drifting in at the stumps, Rahane turns it to deep square leg for one more.

Noor Ahmad starts with a loosener. This is dragged down, across off. Rahane fails to take full toll of it. He pulls it to deep mid-wicket without much timing. Just a single.

Quicker and fuller as well, on middle. Angkrish Raghuvanshi chops it past point for one more.

Sliding across the right-hander again, the length stays short. Rahane reaches out and bunts it down off the bottom edge. He hurries to the other end as the ball dribbles in front of point.

FOUR! Innovative and effective! Floated up, fuller in length, on the off stump. Angkrish brings out the reverse and switches his grip on the bat. He gets under the ball before going over short third for a boundary.

Bowled with a flatter trajectory and the length is pulled back. Angkrish reaches out in front and drags the sweep to deep mid-wicket for one.

Too straight, too full, on the pads. Rahane neatly clips it to the left of deep square leg and comes charging back for the second run. A good over for KKR. 10 runs off it. The Knight Riders need 147 runs in 78 balls.

Drops it short first up, on middle. Rahane is late to rock back and he mistimes the pull to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Fractionally short this time, a bit of turn, on middle. Angkrish Raghuvanshi makes room and slaps it hard but picks out the man at cover.

A loud shout for LBW, but turned down! Flat and short, pushed through, on off. Angkrish Raghuvanshi walks across and sinks to a knee for the sweep but misses and gets hit on the back thigh. Samson feels that the impact is outside off and CSK do not go for the review. The Ball Tracking later confirms that the impact was indeed outside the line.

FOUR! Gets it through! A bit on the shorter side, around off. Angkrish gives himself room to open the off side and he thumps it to the left of the diving Anshul Kamboj at cover-point for a boundary.

Darted in on a good length, on middle. This is punched to cover.

There's that ball that curves back into the right-hander. At the stumps, on a nagging length. Angkrish Raghuvanshi backs away but manages to drop his bat down and keep it out. At the end of 6 overs, KKR are 36/2.

Back of a length and on off, angling in. Ajinkya Rahane looks to swipe across the line but gets an inside edge onto his pads as the ball rolls to the off side. A single taken.

OUT! TAKEN! Khaleel Ahmed strikes. He comes around the wicket, serves this fuller and on middle, angling away. Sunil Narine backs away and tries to tuck it away leg side but closes the bat face early. It takes the leading edge and flies towards short third, where Gurjapneet Singh takes the catch to his left. Ruturaj Gaikwad will be a relieved man. KKR are 29/2, chasing 193 runs.

Fuller in length and around off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi looks to push it away but gets a thick outside edge towards short third. He wants the run but is sent back in time.

Pitched up and just outside off. Angkrish Raghuvanshi uses his feet, reaches out and flat-bats it aerially but on the bounce to mid off.

Back of a length and outside off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi steers it away through point for a run.

Slower one, full and around off, Ajinkya Rahane strides out and drives it to sweeper cover for one more. Just 3 runs and a wicket from the over. Top stuff from Khaleel!

Swing and a miss! Short of a length and outside off, angling away. Sunil Narine backs away for the pull shot but misses.

DROPPED! Would you believe it? The CSK skipper has dropped a sitter. Attempted yorker from Anshul Kamboj, but ends up bowling a low full toss, on off. Sunil Narine looks to loft it away but toe-ends it towards mid off. It lobs to Ruturaj Gaikwad, who tries to reverse cup it but spills it out. Maybe too many things were going on in his mind, because 9/10 times, you would expect him to take it. Kamboj already started celebrating, but it was cut short.

Another swing and a miss! Back of a length and around off, angling across the left-hander. Sunil Narine opens up his stance to go leg side but misses again

FOUR! Gets it away! Hard length and around middle, shaping in this time. Sunil Narine has a big heave across the line. Gets it from the inside half of the bat but wide of mid-wicket and it races to the fence for a boundary.

Bangs this into the pitch, on middle, Sunil Narine pulls it away wide of deep square leg for a couple of runs.

Slower one, full and on off, Sunil Narine drills it to mid off.

Short and on off, width was on offer but Jinx just gets late into the cut and ends up chopping this off the inner half of his bat to point.

Good length, around off, Ajinkya Rahane presses onto the front foot and drives this well but straight to mid off.

Khaleel lands this on a good length and takes this across the batter. Ajinkya Rahane cuts this to the left of the fielder at point and takes a single as deep third cuts this off.

 SIX! Narine continues to swing his willow. Hard length, into the batter, Sunil Narine stays leg side to the line of the ball and swings at it. Hits this right from the middle of his bat and deposits this over Dewald Brevis at wide long on for his second biggie of the chase. 

Khaleel comes around the stumps, hits the hard length and takes this across the southpaw. Narine swings and misses. 

Khaleel hunts the toes this time and goes for a yorker. Sunil Narine drives this in front of mid off and takes a single. Narine will keep the strike.

On a length, around off, Finn flicks this through mid-wicket and jogs to the other end for a single to get off the mark. 

 FOUR! Just helped away for a boundary. Back of a length, around leg, Narine swivels and looks to pull but ends up tickling this to the left of short fine leg for a boundary. 

Yorker, around leg, Narine jams this around silly mid on and rotates the strike.

 OUT! CAUGHT! Kamboj gets rid of the dangerous Finn and gives CSK a sensational start with the ball. On a length, around off, shaping away from the right-hander. Finn looks to slog this across the line, but the swing outfoxes him. Allen ends up ballooning this towards point, where Shivam Dube makes no mistake and holds onto it. 

A tad fuller this time, on off, Ajinkya Rahane drives this to covers for no run. 

Hard length, just outside off. Ajinkya Rahane gets up on his toes and dabs this in front of covers and takes a single to get off the mark. A successful over for CSK as Anshul Kamboj gives away just 7 runs and takes the all-important wicket of Finn Allen as well. 

Leg bye! An extra to get the chase underway. Khaleel bowls it on a good length but errs in line and delivers this around the pads of Finn. The batter gets inside the line and goes for the flick but misses out and gets it clipped off the pads through short fine leg for a leg bye. 

Wobble seam ball from Khaleel, around off, Sunil Narine moves away to his legside and looks to free his arms. Swings at it but misses out on any sort of connection with the bat. 

Back of a length this time from the left-handed pacer. Sunil Narine goes for the pull but connects only with thin air. It will be either hit or miss for Sunil Narine by the looks of it. 

Khaleel gets it to curve away and Narine has no answer to it. Full and around off, shaping a long way away from the batter. Sunil remains leg side to the ball and doesn't even bother to swing at it. 

 SIX! Narine connects with one and deposits this into the stands. Short-pitched delivery, into the batter, Sunil Narine backs away a shade and pulls this right from the middle of his bat and lands this on the other side of the fence towards the deep mid-wicket region. 

Fuller one, around off, just shaping away from the southpaw. Narine looks to slice this through the off side but fails to get bat on the ball. 7 runs come off Khaleel's first over.