IPL 2025: Chennai's lowest score in Chepock, Kolkata suffered another disappointing defeat in 8 wickets

IPL 2025:  Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who took command of the captaincy after 683 days, could not stop the team's defeat. On Friday, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) defeated Chennai by 8 wickets in their home ground, Chepock. With this defeat, Chennai suffered the fifth consecutive defeat.

Kolkata spinners dominate

Chennai's batting proved to be extremely weak once again. Batting first after winning the toss, the team scored only 103 for 9 wickets in 20 overs, which was their lowest score at Chepock Stadium so far. Chennai lost 9 wickets within the first 79 runs. Shivam Dubey (20 runs) and Vijay Shankar (29 runs) took the score to 100 for some time, but Kolkata spin bowlers completely overturned the game. Sunil Naren took 3, Varun Chakraborty took 2 and Moin Ali took 1 wicket.

KKR won just 61 balls

Chasing the target, Kolkata Knight Riders finished the match in just 61 balls. Quinton Dickock (23) and Sunil Narine (44) made a stormy start and added 46 runs in just 4 overs. Anshul Kamboj, who dismissed Dickock, was making her debut for Chennai, but Kolkata's innings still did not stop. Captain Ajinkya Rahane (20 not out) and Rinku Singh (15 not out) won the team in 10.1 overs.

Dhoni's return was expected

After Dhoni's return, the fans hoped that the fate of the team would change, but the disappointing performance of Chennai's batting caused the defeat this time too. This was the fifth consecutive defeat