CSK vs KKR Match 57 IPL 2025 Live Coverage: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings Timeline, Analysis, Cricket Tips and Ball by Ball Prediction

11:12 PM: CSK wins by two wickets!

Chennai Super Kings have finally bounced back to winning ways. The visitors with this win have knocked out the defending champions, Kolkata Knight Riders, from the race to the playoffs. In spite of picking up five wickets in the power play, KKR could not make inroads into the CSK lower order. Dewald Brevis and Shivam Dube stitched together a match-winning stand. The South African batter proved to be the difference between a win and a loss by scoring 30 runs in the 11th over from Vaibhav Arora. The game turned on its head from that point forward. 

While Brevis was dismissed soon after reaching the half-century, Shivam Dube remained at the crease for long enough time to almost seal the win for his side. 

10:46 PM: CSK taking the game deep

Chennai Super Kings are at 147/6 after 16 overs. Need 33 runs in 24 balls. Dube: 29* (30), Dhoni: 5* (9)

Andre Russell was introduced into the attack to bowl the 16th over. He gave away only seven runs in the over, but it is the wickets that KKR seek at the moment.

10:40 PM: The asking rate gets to 8 runs per over

Chennai Super Kings are at 140/6 after 15 overs. Need 40 runs in 30 balls. Dube: 24* (27), Dhoni: 3* (6)

Harshit Rana impressed with his death bowling in the previous game against the Rajasthan Royals. The pacer, coming back into the attack, resulted in the breaking of shackles. Shivam Dube struck a six over the long–off boundary on the fifth ball of the over.

10:35 PM: Some conservative batting from Dube and Dhoni

Chennai Super Kings are at 132/6 after 14 overs. Need 48 runs in 36 balls. Dube: 17* (23), Dhoni: 2* (4)

The pair of MS Dhoni and Shivam Dube is batting pretty conservatively. Only three runs were scored in the 14th over. However, the big positive for CSK is that both Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy have bowled out their eight overs. 

10:30 PM: Chakravarthy finishes his spell on a high note

Chennai Super Kings are at 129/6 after 13 overs. Need 51 runs in 42 balls. Dube: 15* (19), Dhoni: 1* (2)

Varun Chakravarthy has provided a timely wicket at the best time possible for the hosts. Bowling his last over, the Indian mystery spinner dismissed Dewald Brevis on the first ball of the 13th over. The only way for KKR to win this game would be to get CSK all out. However, with all the experience of MS Dhoni at the crease, CSK remain firm favourites to win the game.

10:25 PM: A quiet over from Narine

Chennai Super Kings are at 127/5 after 12 overs. Need 53 runs in 48 balls. Brevis: 52* (24), Dube: 14* (16)

Shivam Dube is struggling to time the ball on the opposite end. However, one would feel that Dewald Brevis scoring 30 runs off the 11th over has probably won the clash and knocked out KKR from the race to the playoffs.

10:23 PM: Has Brevis won it for the Super Kings?

Chennai Super Kings are at 123/5 after 11 overs. Need 57 runs in 54 balls. Brevis: 50* (22), Dube: 12* (12)

Ajinkya Rahane’s decision to bring Vaibhav Arora back into the attack has not worked at all for the hosts. The right-arm pacer was smashed for a six with Angkrish Raghuvanshi misjudging a simple catch at long-off. On the very next delivery, Brevis flicked a legside delivery for a boundary. The next three balls came to Brevis as full tosses, and he was smashed for two sixes and a four. The last ball was a short-pitched delivery, and another boundary meant that the South African batter reached his fifty in 22 balls.

10:16 PM: Chakravarthy bowling superbly for KKR

Chennai Super Kings are at 93/5 after 10 overs. Need 87 runs in 60 balls. Brevis: 20* (16), Dube: 12* (12)

Varun has once again bowled a fantastic over for the Knight Riders. The Indian spinner gave away only five runs in the over. The asking rate, thanks to a quiet over, has jumped to 8.7 runs per over. 

10:11 PM: Narine bowls another expensive over

Chennai Super Kings are at 88/5 after 9 overs. Need 92 runs in 66 balls. Brevis: 19* (12), Dube: 9* (10)

Sunil Narine has struggled to pitch the ball up to the CSK batters. In both overs, the West Indian spinner has been guilty of bowling a few short deliveries. Brevis was provided with an opportunity to smash a six on a similar short delivery. He struck the ball firmly and broke the shackles after a cheap over from Chakravarthy.

10:05 PM: Chakravarhty bowls a quiet over

Chennai Super Kings are at 79/5 after 8 overs. Need 101 runs in 72 balls. Brevis: 11* (8), Dube: 8* (8)

Varun Chakravarthy pulled things back for the hosts after an expensive over from Sunil Narine. The asking rate is now close to eight and a half runs per over. Only five runs came off Chakravarthy’s over. He would need some support from the opposite end to apply pressure on the two CSK batters.

10:01 PM: An expensive first over from Narine

Chennai Super Kings are at 74/5 after 7 overs. Need 106 runs in 78 balls. Brevis: 8* (5), Dube: 6* (5)

A gust of wind is blowing across the Eden Gardens pretty strongly. Sunil Narine came into the attack right after the power play to bowl the seventh over. He was smashed for a four each by Shivam Dube and Dewald Brevis. 

9:55 PM: Half of the CSK side back into the pavilion

Chennai Super Kings are at 62/5 after 6 overs. Need 118 runs in 14 overs. Brevis: 1* (1), Dube: 1* (3)

Varun Chakravarthy came to bowl the last over of the power play. He was welcomed into the attack with a four down the ground by Ravindra Jadeja, but the joy for the left-handed batter was short-lived. On the very next delivery, he played one onto the stumps. 

9:49 PM: CSK’s power hitting coming at a hefty cost

Chennai Super Kings are at 56/4 after 5 overs. Need 124 runs in 15 overs. Jadeja: 15* (8)

The rate of scoring for the Chennai Super Kings has been soaring high. If not for the three wickets they lost in the power play, the visitors would be pretty ahead of the game at this point in time. Ravindra Jadeja is playing with positive intent. He smashed a six and four in the fifth over against Rana. However, once again, the power hitting from the five-time champions has come at a cost.

9:38 PM: Rana picks up the third wicket of the innings

Chennai Super Kings are at 37/3 after 3 overs. Need 143 runs in 17 overs. Ashwin: 4* (3)

Ravichandran Ashwin was promoted in the batting order, coming to bat at number four. He struck his first boundary in the third over, welcoming Harshit Rana into the attack. Meanwhile, Urvil Patel continued to bat aggressively and struck his fourth six of the innings on the fifth ball of the over. However, Rana came back strongly to pick up the third wicket in as many overs.

9:33 PM: Moeen’s expensive first over brings KKR another wicket

Chennai Super Kings are at 25/2 after 2 overs. Need 155 runs in 18 overs. Urvil Patel: 24* (7), Ashwin: 0* (1)

Moeen Ali came on to bowl the second over, and he was taken to the cleaners by Urvil Patel on the first two balls of the over. The right-arm off-spinner was struck for a couple of sixes and a four. However, once the left-handed batter, Devon Conway, came to the crease, the positive match-up worked in the favour of the hosts. Moeen rattled the stumps, dismissing the Kiwi batter for a silver duck. 

9:26 PM: Vaibhav Arora picks up Mhatre in the first over

Chennai Super Kings are at 8/1 after 1 over. Need 172 runs in 19 overs. Conway: 0* (1), Urvil Patel: 7* (3)

Vaibhav Arora has once again provided a crucial breakthrough for the Kolkata Knight Riders with the new ball. The right-arm pacer dismissed Ayush Mhatre on the second ball of the innings for a silver duck. Urvil Patel, making his debut in the IPL, struck a six on his second ball to open his account.

9:05 PM: CSK needs 180 runs to win!

The Kolkata Knight Riders could not breach the 180-run mark with the last over going for only six singles. It will be a tough ask from the Super Kings on a pitch that is assisting the spin bowlers. Noor Ahmad was the star performer for the visitors. The left-arm wrist spinner picked up four wickets in his spell and made full use of the helpful conditions in Kolkata. For KKR, no batter could get a huge score, with Ajinkya Rahane top-scoring with 48 runs. 

8:49 PM: Noor gets rid of the danger man, Russell

Kolkata Knight Riders are at 149/5 after 17 overs. Manish: 20* (20)

Noor Ahmad was brought into the attack to bowl his third over to possibly dismiss Andre Russell. However, the move worked in the visitors’ favour as the 37-year-old was dismissed on the final ball of the over after hitting a four and a six in the over.

8:44 PM: Pathirana goes for runs in his second over

Kolkata Knight Riders are at 138/4 after 16 overs. Manish: 20* (19), Russell: 28* (16)

Pathirana, after nailing six yorkers in the previous over, has been pretty short in the second over. He was punished for bowling back-of-the-length deliveries by Andre Russell. The right-handed batter struck a six and a four off consecutive deliveries.

8:38 PM: Russell finds his muscle

Kolkata Knight Riders are at 124/4 after 15 overs. Manish: 17* (17), Russell: 18* (12)

Andre Russell seems to have taken off against the spin bowlers. The Jamaican all-rounder smashed a couple of fours and a solitary six in the 15th over with Jadeja ending his spell.

8:34 PM: Pathirana comes into the attack

Kolkata Knight Riders are at 109/4 after 14 overs. Manish: 17* (16), Russell: 3* (7)

Matheesha Pathirana came into the attack to bowl the 14th over. The Sri Lankan pacer gave only six singles in the over as he nailed his yorkers with variation in speed.

8:30 PM: Rahane falls to a spinner once again

Kolkata Knight Riders are at 103/4 after 13 overs. Manish: 14* (13), Russell: 0* (4)

MS Dhoni persisted with Ravindra Jadeja for another over after he was hit for a six in the previous over. The left-arm spinner avenged the shot by picking up Ajinkya Rahane in his very next over. Andre Russell came to bat at number six and once again has started tentatively against the spin bowlers.

8:22 PM: Rahane breaks the shackles

Kolkata Knight Riders are at 97/3 after 11 overs. Rahane: 46* (29), Manish: 11* (9)

The 11th over from Ravindra Jadeja has broken the shackles. The first ball of the over was smashed for a six by Ajinkya Rahane, and he is nearing a half-century.

8:19 PM: Another boundary-less over for KKR

Kolkata Knight Riders are at 87/3 after 10 overs. Rahane: 38* (25), Manish: 9* (7)

The scoring rate continues to dip further for the hosts. They are yet to smash a boundary after the power play. Both Rahane and Manish Pandey need to step on the accelerator pedal sooner rather than later.

8:13 PM: Jadeja continues to put pressure on KKR

Kolkata Knight Riders are at 80/9 after 9 overs. Rahane: 35* (22), Manish: 5* (4)

The CSK spinners have put on a chokehold on the hosts. Since the end of the power play, only 13 runs have been scored in three overs by the three spinners. 

8:09 PM: Noor Ahmad picks two wickets in his first over

Kolkata Knight Riders are at 73/3 after 8 overs. Rahane: 32* (19), Manish: 1* (1)

Sunil Narine has been dismissed on the first ball of the eighth over. Noor Ahmad, coming into the attack, has turned the game in his team’s favour. After dismissing Narine on the first ball, he got rid of Angkrish Raghuvanshi in the same over. 

8:03 PM: Ashwin bowls a quiet over

Kolkata Knight Riders are at 69/1 after 7 overs. Narine: 26* (16), Rahane: 30* (17)

Ravichandran Ashwin has bounced back strongly after conceding 14 runs in his first over. Only two singles came off his second over with some protection after the power play restrictions were lifted. 

8:00 PM: KKR ends the power play on a positive note

Kolkata Knight Riders are at 67/1 after 6 overs. Narine: 25* (13), Rahane: 29* (14)

The hosts have ended the power play on a high note. Kamboj, bowling his third, came to bowl the sixth over and was taken for 17 runs. Rahane smashed him for a six and four on the first two balls before Narine too hit a boundary. 

7:55 PM: Narine gets going against Ashwin

Kolkata Knight Riders are at 50/1 after 5 overs. Narine: 20* (11), Rahane: 17* (10)

Ravichandran Ashwin’s introduction into the attack has brought Sunil Narine into this clash. The left-handed opening batter welcomed the veteran spinner with a couple of fours before hitting a six down the ground.

7:52 PM: KKR has luck on their side

Kolkata Knight Riders are at 36/1 after 4 overs. Narine: 6* (5), Rahane: 17* (10)

Kolkata Knight Riders have started steadily in the first few overs. They have been a bit lucky in the fourth over. A top edge from Narine flew to the boundary on the first ball of the over. In addition to that, Rahane was dropped on the final ball of the over by Matheesha Pathirana.

7:46 PM: Rahane gets going with two fours

Kolkata Knight Riders are at 27/1 after 3 overs. Narine: 0* (2), Rahane: 14* (7)

Khaleel Ahmed has bounced back pretty strongly after being hit for a four on the first ball of his spell. The left-arm pacer has given away only 10 runs in the next 11 balls. Meanwhile, Ajinkya Rahane struck a couple of fours in the third over to get going.

7:40 PM: Anshul Kamboj breaks the opening partnership

Kolkata Knight Riders are at 17/1 after 2 overs. Narine: 0* (0), Rahane: 6* (3)

Once again, the first ball of the over went for a boundary. However, Anshul Kamboj, bowling the first over, bounced back strongly and dismissed Rahmanullah Gurbaz on the third ball of the over. 

7:36 PM: Khaleel comes back strongly after being hit for a four on the first ball

Kolkata Knight Riders are at 5/0 after 1 over. Gurbaz: 5* (6), Narine: 0* (0)

Khaleel Ahmed endured a tough night at the hands of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the previous game. He was struck for a four on the first ball but came back strongly, giving away only a single run in the next five balls. 

7:01: KKR vs CSK Toss Update

KKR won the toss and elected to bat first at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (C), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Moeen Ali, Ramandeep Singh, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy

Chennai Super Kings Playing XI

Ayush Mhatre, Devon Conway, Urvil Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Dewald Brevis, Ravichandran Ashwin, MS Dhoni (C and wk), Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Matheesha Pathirana

KKR vs CSK Predicted Playing XIIs

Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings have a rich history in the IPL. While the visitors are on course of their first 10th-placed finish at the IPL points table, the hosts, KKR are fighting to be in the race to the playoffs. 

There are no injury concerns in both camps, but a few changes could be expected from Dhoni’s CSK. Urvil Patel was added to the squad, replacing Vansh Bedi. Given that the five-time champions are already preparing for the next season, Patel could feature in the lineup straightaway.

Kolkata Knight Riders Predicted Playing XII

Sunil Narine, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ajinkya Rahane (C), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Rovman Powell, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy

Chennai Super Kings Predicted Playing XII

Shaik Rasheed, Ayush Mhatre, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Deepak Hooda/Urvil Patel, MS Dhoni (C and wk), Matheesha Pathirana, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj