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KKR vs CSK IPL 2025: Chennai Super Kings had put an end to Kolkata Knight Riders' three-match winning streak by defeating them by defeating them by two wickets in Kolkata. The visitors chased down the target of 180 runs with just two balls remaining. Dewald Brvis was the highest run-scorer as he had scored a match-winning knock of 52 runs off 25 balls. Vaibhav Arora was the pick among the KKR bowlers as he had registered figures of 3/48.

The Ajinkya Rahane-led side had posted a respectable target of 179/6. Skipper Ajinkya Rahane was the highest run-scorer as he had scored 48 runs, whereas Andre Russell and Manish Pandey also made significant contributions with the bat, and Noor Ahmed was the pick among the CSK bowlers as he had taken four wickets.

With this loss, KKR's chances of qualifying for the playoffs have been dealt with a blow. They have scored 11 points after playing in 12 matches, and since they now have just two matches remaining, the most points that they can score is 15.

Since two points, Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru have scored 16 points, the defending champions can not directly finish in the top two. All they can do now is qualify for the Eliminator to defend their title.

But that won't be easy for them either. They first need to win their last two matches against teams like SRH and RCB. If they lose either of these two matches, then they will be knocked out of the race for the playoffs.

Just winning these two matches won't ensure their direct qualification. They would then hope Mumbai Indians would win their last two matches against teams like Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals. At the same time, they would hope that DC would lose to PBKS and then to GT by huge margins, and then defeat MI during their last group stage match.

At the same time, Ajinkya Rahane might have a chance if LSG loses their next three remaining matches. In such a situation, both KKR and DC will have 15 points, and owing to that, KKR will qualify due to a better MRR.

Considering how difficult this is and that they would want many results to go their way, they'll hope for a miracle to help them qualify for the playoffs.