KKR did not have a flying start to this season of IPL. Starting from injuries to their main bowlers to their expensive buys not performing, KKR is in a debacle. Not winning a single match yet and sitting at the bottom of the table, there seems to be no planning by team coaches, either.

CSK, on the other hand, is not having a great season, but they have won a game in IPL 2026, unlike KKR. KKR, although changed plans against CSK on Tuesday, sent Sunil Narine to open with Finn Allen, but that too didn’t work with a collapse. After that, wickets kept falling. Noor Ahmad took two back-to-back wickets of Finn Allen and Captain Ajinkya Rahane and hit a unique celebration.

Noor Ahmad, the Afghanistan wrist spinner, came into the limelight in the year 2023 when he played for GT and took the team to the final with 16 wickets in his bag. He might have some dry patches, but he was bought by CSK in IPL 2025 at a whopping 10 Crores. In 2025 at 17 he became the second-highest wicket-taker of the season with 24 wickets. Although he started out of form this year, today he took two crucial wickets.

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KKR is yet to win an IPL match

KKR is yet to get a point and win a match, although they have just one point pertaining to the cancelled match against PBKS.

Everything is in shambles for the team. Captaincy, Batting, Bowling and Management. Rahane seems clueless about

even making decisions for bowler retention. Managerial decisions regarding the clarity of roles are also random. Their key foreign players Finn Allen and Cameron Green (the most costly buy) are not performing, Rinku and Ramandeep are out of form, only consistent player is Angkrish Raghuvanshi. They were already weak for missing the main bowling unit, Harshit Rana and Pathirana, playing with Vaibhav Arora, who is leaking a lot of runs, Green failing, and Vraun Chakravarthy not in form, has taken them further into darkness.

Every other IPL team is giving a chance to young players, unlike KKR. They do have talents like power hitters Tejasvi Dahiya and Saurabh Dube in bowling, but it seems they are not interested. Even fans want them to try Seifert instead of Finn Allen. CSK won by 32 runs against KKR today.