Noor, Brevis star as CSK dents KKR’s hopes 

Dewald Brevis’ half-century was the spotlight of CSK’s win over KKR in an IPL match in Kolkata on May 7, 2025.
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Chennai Super Kings rode on Dewald Brevis’ magnificent half-century and Noor Ahamad’s sensible four-wicket haul to report a come-from-behind two-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders within the Indian Premier League on the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Wednesday (May 7, 2025).

Choosing to bat, KKR relied on its collective batting effort to publish a difficult 179 for six. CSK recovered from a precarious 60 for 5 to safe an exhilarating victory and jolt KKR’s progress.

At a divided home, reverberating with mini purple vuvuzelas and ‘CSK, CSK’ chants, CSK had a disastrous begin. Barring the fourth over, the vacationers misplaced a wicket in 5 of the primary six overs as Harshit Rana claimed two of them.

Nonetheless, Brevis (52, 24b, 4×4, 4×6), after settling down, resurrected CSK’s innings along with his astounding straight-batted stroke-play within the 11^th over as Vaibhav Arora leaked 6, 4, 4, 6, 6, 4. Angkrish Raghuvanshi dropped the South African within the first ball of the over, which value KKR dearly.

After Brevis, clean-hitting affect participant Shivam Dube (45, 40b, 2×4, 3×6) and the charismatic M.S. Dhoni performed their roles properly as CSK avenged its defeat and ended its four-match shedding streak.

Earlier, captain Ajinkya Rahane and Sunil Narine ensured one other productive PowerPlay, value 67 for one, for KKR. Rahane (48, 33b, 4×4, 2×6) sparkled once more along with his pretty pick-up photographs via the aerial route, predominantly on the leg-side.

Narine, who hammered 17 runs off R.Ashwin’s first over, scored a fast 26 and contributed in a helpful 58-run stand with Rahane.

Noor dealt a double blow within the eighth over by dismissing Narine and Raghuvanshi as Dhoni lived as much as his repute behind the stumps.

With some assist from the pitch, the CSK spin trio – an environment friendly Noor, who saved the batters guessing along with his craft and emerged as the most effective among the many CSK bowlers, a resilient Ashwin and an correct Ravindra Jadeja – introduced KKR’s run price down.

After Jadeja eliminated Rahane, Manish Pandey (35 n.o., 28b, 1×4, 1×6) and Andre Russell (38, 21b, 4×4, 3×6), who once more displayed his muscle energy plundering fours and sixes off Jadeja, Matheesha Pathirana and Noor, shaped a vital 28-ball 46-run partnership.