KKR vs CSK HIghlights, IPL 2025: MS Dhoni wins it for Chennai Super Kings

Anshul Kamboj to Sunil Narine, Nails the yorker, on middle, Sunil Narine jams it out on the off side and crosses over.

Anshul Kamboj to Sunil Narine, FOUR! Easy pickings! 15 runs off the over already. On the pads, too straight from Anshul Kamboj, Sunil Narine just helps it off the pads towards deep fine leg for four more.

Anshul Kamboj to Ajinkya Rahane, On a length, on off, knocked towards mid on for a single.

Anshul Kamboj to Ajinkya Rahane, FOUR! Good use of the feet! At the stumps, on a length, Ajinkya Rahane skips down the track and gets to the pitch of the ball. Goes over cover with a high elbow for a boundary.

Anshul Kamboj to continue...

Anshul Kamboj to Ajinkya Rahane, SIX! Innovative and mighty effective! On a length, outside off, Ajinkya Rahane walks across his stumps and executes the scoop to perfection. Clears the deep fine leg fence for a six.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Sunil Narine, And again! Ravichandran Ashwin keeps it short and slows it down, around off, Sunil Narine waits back to hit it with the spin on the off side but misses.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Sunil Narine, Turn for Ashwin! Short and turning away from the left-hander, Sunil Narine backs away for the cut but gets beaten all ends up.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Sunil Narine, SIX! Not quite from the middle but enough to sail over the fence! On a short of a length, outside off, Sunil Narine just waits back and pumps it over mid off for a six.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Sunil Narine, Short and on off, Sunil Narine slaps it towards cover where Devon Conway almost overruns the ball but recovers well to make the stop.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Sunil Narine, FOUR! Two in two for Sunil Narine! Fractionally short, enough for Sunil Narine though as he waits on the back foot and pulls it over square leg for four more.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Sunil Narine, FOUR! Ravichandran Ashwin is greeted with a boundary! Full and on the pads, Sunil Narine clears his front leg quickly and whips it through mid-wicket for a boundary.

Anshul Kamboj to Ajinkya Rahane, DROPPED! Matheesha Pathirana shells a steepler! Anshul Kamboj hurls it on a length, on middle, Ajinkya Rahane plays the pick-up shot and skies it up towards deep backward square leg where Pathirana never really managed to settle under it. Puts in a dive ahead but fails to cling on as the ball brushes his fingertips and drops on the ground. Two runs taken.

Anshul Kamboj to Ajinkya Rahane, An agricultural heave from Ajinkya Rahane, something you do not associate with the KKR skipper but he gets away with it. Near the tramline on off, on a short of a good length, Rahane swings and looks to drag it away on the leg side but misses.

Anshul Kamboj to Sunil Narine, Gets the yorker in at the base of the middle stump, Sunil Narine just about manages to get his bat down in time. It gets squeezed off an inside edge behind on the leg side for one.

Anshul Kamboj to Ajinkya Rahane, On off, on a nagging length, nudged away to deep square leg for a single by Ajinkya.

Anshul Kamboj to Sunil Narine, Kamboj goes full this time, on middle and leg, Sunil Narine gets his front leg out of the way and tries to access the leg side. Gets an inside edge onto the pads and Sunil gets called through by Rahane for a quick single as the ball rolls away on the off side.

Anshul Kamboj to Sunil Narine, FOUR! Streaky but they all count! Anshul Kamboj bashes the hard length, over middle, Sunil Narine lifts his front leg and swivels a bit for the pull. Gets a top edge that flies over the keeper for a boundary.

Khaleel Ahmed to Ajinkya Rahane, FOUR! More height than distance but Ajinkya Rahane does enough to find the fence! On a length, on middle, Ajinkya Rahane plays the pick-up shot with no one in the deep square of the wicket on the leg side. The ball lands in the vacant deep square leg region and trickles into the fence.

Khaleel Ahmed to Ajinkya Rahane, Takes pace off slightly and makes the batter reach for it. Ajinkya Rahane cuts it straight to backward point.

Khaleel Ahmed to Ajinkya Rahane, FOUR! Up and over! Khaleel Ahmed switches to over the wicket and delivers it a bit too full, on middle and leg, Ajinkya Rahane just extends his hands into the shot and whips it over wide mid on for a boundary.

Khaleel Ahmed to Ajinkya Rahane, On off, on a length, pushed off the front foot to cover.

Khaleel Ahmed to Sunil Narine, A loud shout for LBW but turned down! Seemed to have pitched outside the line on this around-the-wicket angle. Ahmed goes full and attacks the stumps, Sunil Narine clears his front leg to swat it away. The ball sneaks under the bat to hit him on the back leg. A leg bye is taken as the ball rolls away on the off side.

Khaleel Ahmed to Sunil Narine, On middle and leg, on a length, Sunil Narine clears his front leg and swings to get it away on the leg side. Gets it off the toe end towards mid on.

Khaleel Ahmed to Sunil Narine, Wide! Sprayed down leg from around the wicket, on the fuller side, Sunil Narine misses the tickle.

Anshul Kamboj to Ajinkya Rahane, At the hips, on a short of a length, Ajinkya Rahane helps it down towards deep fine leg where Matheesha Pathirana sprints and slides to his right to cut it off. Two runs taken.

Anshul Kamboj to Ajinkya Rahane, On a back of a length, on off, Ajinkya Rahane rides the bounce and stabs it down the deck.

Anshul Kamboj to Ajinkya Rahane, FOUR! Edged away! Seaming away, on a good length, around off, Ajinkya Rahane plants his front foot ahed and tries to cover the line by presenting a straight bat. Gets an outside edge that races past first slip to his right for a boundary.

KKR skipper, Ajinkya Rahane, walks out to bat. Talking about skippers, big news is coming in from the Indian national team as Rohit Sharma, the current Indian Test captain, has announced his retirement from Test cricket!

Anshul Kamboj to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, OUT! TAKEN! Anshul Kamboj wins the battle against Rahmanullah Gurbaz! A soft dismissal to be really honest. Slanting into the pads, on a length, Gurbaz looks to work it away on the leg side off his pads and ends up hitting it straight into the hands of mid-wicket. Noor Ahmad is there on the edge of the ring and takes it around his neck.

Anshul Kamboj to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, In the channel on off, on a good length, Rahmanullah Gurbaz skips down the track and flashes at the delivery but misses.

Anshul Kamboj to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, SIX! BANG! That has gone many a mile! Anshul Kamboj starts with a length delivery, on off, Rahmanullah Gurbaz gets it in his arc and swings across the line. Deposits it way back into the stands over deep mid-wicket for a biggie.

Who will bowl from the other end? It will be Anshul Kamboj.

Khaleel Ahmed to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, On a hard length, on off, Rahmanullah Gurbaz gets on top of the bounce and punches it to the left of extra cover for a single.

Khaleel Ahmed to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Trifecta of plays and misses! On a back of a length, angling across the batter, Gurbaz pokes at the delivery and sees the ball zip past the outside edge.

Khaleel Ahmed to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Top nut! Pitched up, leaving the right-hander, Rahmanullah Gurbaz is rooted to the crease and tries to play it down the ground with a straight bat. Gets beaten on the outside edge.

Khaleel Ahmed to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Big swing and a miss! Going across the right-hander, on a good length, Rahmanullah Gurbaz puts the dancing shoes on and swings for the hills but connects with thin air.

Khaleel Ahmed to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Drags the length back and tightens the line, does Khaleel, on a short of a length, on off, Rahmanullah Gurbaz hangs back to defend. Ekes out an inside edge onto the pads.

Khaleel Ahmed to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, FOUR! Rahmanullah Gurbaz and KKR are on their way! Khaleel Ahmed steams in from over the wicket and serves it at 133.8 kph, on off, a hint of shape back in, on a length, Gurbaz presses forward and times the drive through covers for a boundary.

Done and dusted with the pre-match proceedings and it is now time to play. The bell is rung by the KKR co-owner Juhi Chawla and Dwayne Bravo as the umpires and the players of CSK make their way out to the middle. It will be the pairing of Sunil Narine and Rahmanullah Gurbaz to open the innings for KKR. Khaleel Ahmed has the new ball in hand and is raring to go. Let's play...

Just a few minutes to go before the match begins. However, the Indian National Anthem will be played first and the two teams line up around the boundary ropes.

Impact subs nominated by CSK - Shivam Dube, Deepak Hooda, Jamie Overton, Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Ramakrishna Ghosh.

Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI) - Ayush Mhatre, Devon Conway (In for Sam Curran), Urvil Patel (In for Shaik Rasheed), Ravindra Jadeja, Dewald Brevis, MS Dhoni (C/WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Matheesha Pathirana.

Impact subs nominated by KKR - Anrich Nortje, Mayank Markande, Harshit Rana, Anukul Roy and Luvnith Sisodia.

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI) - Sunil Narine, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Ajinkya Rahane (C), Manish Pandey (In for Venkatesh Iyer), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Moeen Ali, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy.

The captain of the Chennai Super Kings, MS Dhoni, says he has played a lot of cricket here, ranging from U-16, U-19, club-level cricket, as well as many zonal games and hence it really feels like a home to him. States that they are looking to prepare for the next season and are trying to find answers rather than just trying to win the rest of the games. Mentions that they are looking to find the right combinations in terms of batting positions and trying to work out bowling solutions, keeping the future in mind. States that the opportunity to try new players comes in either when the team has qualified with four games to go or at times when the team is out of the competition with four games to go. He says they have a couple of changes as Shaik Rasheed and Sam Curran miss out for Urvil Patel and Devon Conway.

Ajinkya Rahane, the skipper of Kolkata Knight Riders, says that they will bat first. Adds that it looks like a very good wicket, and they have won batting first in the last two games as well. Mentions that it is all about taking one game at a time and giving their best, and the guys are looking forward to this game. On losing close games, Rahane says that it happens in this format, and they managed to win a close game last time around. Informs that they have one change with Venkatesh Iyer missing out as he has stitches on his hand, and Manish Pandey comes in for him.

TOSS - Kolkata Knight Riders win the flip of the coin and they will BAT first.