Chennai Super Kings defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 32 runs in the IPL, with Noor Ahmed taking 3 wickets and Akeal Hosein contributing 1 wicket. Kolkata remains winless after five matches, while Chennai secures its second consecutive victory.
Chennai Super Kings' Noor Ahmed celebrates the wicket of Kolkata Knight Riders' captain Ajinkya Rahane during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders in Chennai, India, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo)
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Chennai Super Kings' Noor Ahmed celebrates the wicket of Kolkata Knight Riders' captain Ajinkya Rahane during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders in Chennai, India, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo)
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Chennai Super Kings' Sanju Samson plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders in Chennai, India, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/ Str)
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Chennai Super Kings' Akeal Hosein, center, celebrates with teammates the wicket of Kolkata Knight Riders' Angkrish Raghuvanshi during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders in Chennai, India, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo)
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Kolkata Knight Riders' Angkrish Raghuvanshi plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders in Chennai, India, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) CHENNAI, India (AP) — Left-arm spinners Noor Ahmad and Akeal Hosein made full use of a slow wicket and led Chennai Super Kings to a 32-run victory over winless Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League on Tuesday. Ahmad (3-21) grabbed all his wickets in space of seven balls and Hosein tied down batters with a tidy spell of 1-26 to restrict Kolkata at 160-7. Kolkata is still searching for its first win in the tournament after four losses and one point from a rain-abandoned game. Chennai, at No. 8 in the table after back-to-back wins, had earlier posted 192-5 mainly due to its strong finish of 72-2 in the power play when Ayush Mhatre made 38 off 17 balls and Sanju Samson started the innings with three successive boundaries on the off side against fast bowler Vaibhav Arora (1-55). Chennai buckled down Kolkata to 36-2 in the power play despite Ajinkya Rahane demoting himself down the order after the skipper struggled to give his team strong starts. The promotion of Sunil Narine saw the left-hander score 24 off 17 balls with two fours and two sixes, but Finn Allen (1) yet again perished inside the power play when he skied a simple catch to point. Narine got a life when captain Ruturaj Gaikwad dropped a straightforward catch, but couldn’t capitalize and sliced a low full toss of Khaleel Ahmed to short third in the fifth over. Ahmad then ran through the middle-order with the wickets of Rahane and Kolkata’s million-dollar signing Cameron Green of successive balls when he bowled the tall Australian with a quicker delivery. Rinku Singh denied Ahmad a hat trick but perished soon after when he attempted a big shot against the left-arm Afghan spinner but holed out at mid-on. Ramandeep Singh (35) and Rovman Powell (31 not out) never looked to threaten the target against some disciplined Chennai bowling with fast bowler Anshul Kamboj (2-32) and Ahmed (1-24) also among the wickets. Earlier, spinners played pivotal role in pulling things for Kolkata when Narine (1-21) and Varun Chakrvarthy (0-26) squeezed the runs in the middle overs. Samson, who also struck three sixes, fell to the pace of Kartik Tyagi in the 12th over when the fast bowler rattled the stumps of a delivery that clocked 148.1kph. Dewald Brevis (41) and Sarfaraz Khan (23) shared a 51-run stand before Narine finished of his spell by clean bowling Khan in the 17th over. Tyagi followed with the wicket of Brevis when the South African batter sliced a tame catch to short third and Kolkata added 50 of the final five overs. \\\_ AP cricket:
Chennai Super Kings scored 192-5 and restricted Kolkata Knight Riders to 160-7, resulting in a 32-run victory for Chennai.
Noor Ahmed took 3 wickets for 21 runs, while Akeal Hosein claimed 1 wicket for 26 runs.
Kolkata Knight Riders have lost four matches and have one point from a rain-abandoned game, remaining winless in the tournament.
Ayush Mhatre scored 38 runs off 17 balls, and Sanju Samson started strong with three boundaries, helping Chennai post a total of 192 runs.
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