Sports Desk. In the 22nd match of IPL 2026, Chennai Super Kings defeated Kolkata Knight Riders on Tuesday. This was KKR’s fourth defeat in 5 matches in the season. Due to one match being canceled due to rain, it has got only one point so far.

Whereas CSK achieved its second consecutive win in five matches of this season. With this defeat, a shameful record was registered in the name of KKR. The record is that for the first time in IPL history, KKR team has not been able to win even one of its first five matches in 18 years. Due to this, MI, SRH, LSG and CSK have suffered defeats in this edition. They got only one point due to their match against Punjab Kings being washed out by rain.

In the match played on Tuesday, CSK made a record by defending the target of 193 runs. CSK became the first team to win by giving a target of less than 200 in the current IPL edition. So far this season, 8 times teams have given a target of less than 200 and out of these only CSK has won. Seven other times the team batting first had to face defeat.

Sanju Samson scored 48 runs in 32 balls
CSK scored 193 runs in the match played at MA Chidambaram Cricket Stadium. In reply, KKR could score only 160 runs after losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. Noor Ahmed took three wickets for CSK. Earlier, Sanju Samson scored 48 runs in 32 balls for Chennai Super Kings. Whereas Ayush Mhatre contributed 38 runs in 17 balls and Dewald Brevis contributed 41 runs in 29 balls.

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