Chennai Super Kings needed this one and they got it in convincing fashion. KKR won the toss and chose to field at Chepauk, a decision that looked increasingly costly as the evening wore on. CSK posted 192 for 5 from their twenty overs, a total built on Sanju Samson's composed 48, a brutal cameo from Ayush Mhatre and a measured contribution from Dewald Brevis on his return to the side. What followed in the KKR chase was a collapse that unravelled quickly and never recovered, with Noor Ahmad at the centre of it. CSK won by 32 runs and picked up two points that their season badly needed. How CSK built their total The innings started briskly and took a significant blow early, Ruturaj Gaikwad gone for 7 in the second over, caught at point off Anukul Roy, but Samson and Mhatre steadied things before Mhatre changed the game entirely. The 17-ball 38 from the teenager, featuring six fours and two sixes at a strike rate of 223, dragged CSK to 72 by the end of the sixth over and gave the innings a platform it never really gave back. Samson was the anchor, 48 off 32, four fours and three sixes, the innings' heartbeat, before Kartik Tyagi bowled him in the 12th over. Brevis, back in the side after his injury absence, made 41 off 29 and gave the middle overs substance. Narine was the pick of KKR's bowlers with 1 for 21 off four overs. Vaibhav Arora went for 55 from four ,expensive in a way that would matter when KKR batted. The 192 on the board was competitive but not impregnable. What made it more than enough was what happened next. The Noor Ahmad show and KKR collapse that decided the match KKR's chase fell apart with a speed that the scorecard only partially captures. Finn Allen was gone for 1 in the second over, caught at cover off Anshul Kamboj. Narine made 24 before Khaleel Ahmed had him caught. At 79 for 2 after nine overs Rahane and Raghuvanshi had given KKR something to build from, a third-wicket stand of 50 in 30 balls. And then Noor Ahmad arrived. Rahane caught on the bowling off Noor for 28. Cameron Green first ball, bowled, for 0. Rinku Singh stumped in the 13th over for 6. Three wickets in the space of five overs reduced KKR from 79 for 2 to 90 for 6, and the match was effectively over at that point. Noor finished with 3 for 21 from four overs, tight, varied, decisive. The only resistance came from the seventh-wicket pair of Rovman Powell and Ramandeep Singh, who added 63 in 32 balls to take KKR to 153 before Kamboj ended Ramandeep's 35 off 23 in the penultimate over. KKR were bowled out for 160, 32 runs short. Also READ: Ruturaj Gaikwad showed his spark to Dhoni in 2020 but now struggling to find it as CSK leader in 2026 CSK vs KKR: What the result means for both sides For CSK it is a second win of the season and a result that brings some calm to a campaign that had been building slowly under Gaikwad's leadership without Dhoni. The batting showed real depth and Noor Ahmad's bowling performance, his figures of 3 for 21 the best of the night, signals the kind of contribution the Afghan spinner can make on a Chepauk surface that suits him. For KKR it is a fourth defeat from five matches and a situation that is becoming increasingly difficult to explain away. The batting collapse, five wickets falling between the 85 and 90 run marks, reflects a fragility at the top that Ajinkya Rahane has not found an answer to. With zero wins from five matches they sit at the bottom of the table, and the tournament is already one quarter done.