Chennai Super Kings 192 for 5 (Samson 48, Brevis 41, Mhatre 38, Tyagi 2-35) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 160 for 7 (Ramandeep 35, Powell 31*, Noor 3-21, Kamboj 2-32) by 32 runs

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) joined four other teams on four points by achieving two successive wins for the first time in almost exactly two years. Despite losing the toss and bowling in heavy dew, CSK kept Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) winless this season by sealing a 32-run victory at Chepauk.

Sanju Samson, Dewald Brevis and Ayush Mhatre got CSK to 192 on a surface that was not easy to dominate on outside the powerplay, and then Anshul Kamboj and Khaleel Ahmed got the big wickets of Finn Allen and Sunil Narine inside the powerplay. Having scored double of KKR's 36 in the first six overs, CSK slammed the door with their spinners bowling eight overs for 47 runs and four wickets.

Facing early elimination now, KKR's bowling improved with the return of Varun Chakravarthy, but their batting continued to be lightweight for the modern T20 game even though they pushed Narine up to open the batting.

Mhatre, Samson continue good form

It was perhaps a blessing in disguise that CSK's struggling captain Ruturaj Gaikwad didn't hang around for too long, allowing Samson and Mhatre use of the field restrictions. Both of them hit Vaibhav Arora for a hat-trick of fours each to go with Mhatre's successive sixes off Cameron Green, who opened the bowling, got some shape but couldn't stick to plans.

Arora came back to bounce Mhatre out at the end of the powerplay, but his 16-ball 38 had done the damage already. Both teams practically cancelled each other out on runs outside the powerplay, but CSK's 72 to KKR's 36 in the first six overs proved decisive.

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CSK's middle-overs slowdown

Narine led the middle-overs slowdown as Samson decided to see him out without taking risks. Varun started well with only one boundary in his first two overs, but the surprise package was the high pace of Kartik Tyagi, who not only bowled Samson just short of his fifty but also possibly delayed the arrival of Shivam Dube, who could have likely broken up the overs of spin. Narine, Anukul Roy and Varun continued to deny batters freedom as just 70 came in nine overs after the powerplay.

Brevis gets runs, but KKR do well at the death

Despite struggling for fluency, Brevis managed to get the better of Arora in the 16th over, which went for 20 runs, but Narine and Tyagi again denied CSK a finishing kick. Narine conceded one boundary in the 17th, and Tyagi bowled overs 18 and 20 for just 14 runs, giving KKR hope as they went into the chase.

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Kamboj, Khaleel rattle KKR

KKR finally opened with the ideal combination, but Khaleel and Kamboj got just enough movement off the pitch to frustrate Allen and Narine.

Playing his fifth match, Allen was yet to make it out of the powerplay as he edged Kamboj to cover-point. Narine managed to hit two sixes and two fours, but Khaleel frustrated him with wide lines and the around-the-wicket angle. Khaleel eventually had him caught at short third, moments after he had been dropped off Kamboj.

Hosein leads the strangle of classical batters

Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Ajinkya Rahane are not the most dynamic duo in T20 cricket, and CSK snuck in overs of fingerspin and rookie Gurjapneet Singh while they were in the middle. Two catches went down off Hosein before he finally had Raghuvanshi caught for 27 off 19. Despite hitting two sixes off Gurjapneet, Rahane managed just 28 off 22.

Noor Ahmad puts it past KKR

Rahane eventually fell to a wrong'un from Noor Ahmad, who had been held back for the more threatening KKR batters: Rovman Powell, Green and Rinku Singh. He followed it up by bowling Green for a golden duck with his quick stock ball.

Noor went on to add Rinku to his haul as the asking rate went beyond reach for KKR. He ended with 3 for 21 in his four to go with Hosein's 1 for 26 collected in an unbroken spell of four overs. By the time the two were done, the game was all but over with KKR needing 86 off the last five overs.