The Knight camp came down to play three matches in a row at home. In between, the Punjab match was washed away by rain, but Kolkata lost against Sunrisers Hyderabad and Lucknow Supergiants. Before that, they had to play against Mumbai Indians in their first match. Shahrukh Khan’s team is desperate for their first win in this situation. Today in IPL (IPL 2026) Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR vs CSK).

A total of 32 times so far, Kolkata and Chennai Aman have faced each other on the IPL stage. Chennai Super Kings have won 20 of them. Kolkata Knight Riders have won 11 times. A match did not yield any results. IPL’s Chennai Super Kings have also managed to win only one match so far. Chennai Super Kings snatched victory in the last match. Samson scored a hundred in the yellow jersey. KKR will have to be careful against Samson in today’s match as well. The right-handed wicket-keeper batsman has scored 66 runs against Sunil Narine so far in T20Is. Again, the Caribbean spinner dismissed Samson three times. So Rahane can also use Narine in the power play to stop Samson.