In the 25th IPL 2025 match, Chennai Super Kings lost to Kolkata Knight Riders, perhaps their worst home defeat in the tournament’s history. KKR chased down 104 with 59 balls remaining, the largest margin of defeat for CSK at home in terms of the amount of balls remained in the chase, after CSK was dismissed for their lowest total in IPL history at home.
Against KKR, nothing went well for CSK. From the very beginning, CSK was at a disadvantage. After winning the toss, KKR chose to bowl first. CSK lost to 18/2 in the first five overs of the game and never recovered. Before being fired, Vijay Shankar received a few lives, which sparked a massive collapse.
By the end of the 20 overs, CSK had dropped from 59/2 in 9.3 overs to 103/9. KKR raced through the CSK batting order and bowled effectively as a team. The best bowlers were Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, and Harshit Rana, who took 3/13, 2/22, and 2/16 in their four-over outings. It was never going to be difficult to reach 104.
KKR had no trouble at all chasing the score because to Quinton De Kock and Sunil Narine’s quick starts. Narine hit a quick 44(18), which included two fours and five sixes, while De Kock scored 23(16) before being removed. Ultimately, KKR won by 8 wickets thanks to the unbroken performances of Ajinkya Rahane and Rinku Singh, who finished with 20*(17) and 15*(12).
IPL 2025 Hilarious Reactions from CSK vs KKR, Match 25 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium:
IPL 2023 could have been the perfect goodbye. How did you mess it up? pic.twitter.com/SNXuRmG621
— Tanishk ᡣ𐭩 (@utd4lifemate3) April 11, 2025
CSK playing all 3 Vijay Shankars on the same day pic.twitter.com/EXjtHpQhVO
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) April 11, 2025
#CSKvsKKR
Thanku Chennai super kingspic.twitter.com/YvAq69EPUq
— theboysthing (@theboysthing07) April 11, 2025
#CSKvsKKR Csk fans in IPL 2025 pic.twitter.com/fg12PN9hFw
— Anusurya (@Anusuryatomar3) April 11, 2025
#CSKvsKKR pic.twitter.com/negudIbOMI
— Binod (@wittybinod) April 11, 2025
Ruturaj Gaikwad handing CSK captaincy to MS Dhoni. pic.twitter.com/yBDyMY7kFb
— Sai Teja (@csaitheja) April 11, 2025
“How did we lose to this CSK team?”#CSKvKKR pic.twitter.com/Ka59XdlPPT
— CricBlog
(@cric_blog) April 11, 2025
#AmbatiRayudu in today’s match #CSKvsKKR #IPL2025 pic.twitter.com/fgWEbIcF0t
— Mr. लबाड़ (@Labaad_panti) April 11, 2025
— Out Of Context Cricket (@GemsOfCricket) April 11, 2025
Didn’t want to bat 2nd cause we can’t chase 180 only to realize we can’t even score 100 while batting 1st. pic.twitter.com/rgjqSH2Doe
— Heisenberg
(@internetumpire) April 11, 2025
CSK struggling with Hooda Tripathi
SRH fan me : pic.twitter.com/TGgM1ZMXT8— Loki (@Loki_cherukur1) April 11, 2025