Kolkata Knight Riders rise to 3rd spot

IPL 2025 Points Table, Top Batters, Top Bowlers, Team Rankings and Standing Today Update: Kolkata Knight Riders rose three places to be third in the Indian Premier League standings after their victory over the Chennai Super Kings in an IPL 2025 game on Friday. Thanks to the stellar performance their bowlers, KKR restricted CSK to just 103/9 in their 20 overs.
For CSK, Shivam Dube top-scored with 31 while Vijay Shankar scored 29 runs. Kolkata’s stars on the night were Sunil Narine (3/13), Varun Chakaravarthy (2/22), and Harshit Rana (2/16).
In return, Kolkata chased down the total with eight wickets in hand and 59 balls to spare. Thus, Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s first match as captain this season ended in defeat as Chennai Super Kings stay rooted to ninth spot after their fifth defeat in a row.
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CSK Skipper MS Dhoni during the IPL 2025 match against KKR at Chepauk. (Sportzpics for IPL)
Here’s the IPL 2025 points table, the Orange Cap standings and Purple Cap race after CSK vs KKR game:
IPL points table 2025 after CSK vs KKR

Rank
Team
P
W
L
NR
NRR
Points

1
GT
5
4
1
0
1.413
8

2
DC
4
4
0
0
1.278
8

3
KKR
6
3
3
0
0.803
6

4
RCB
5
3
2
0
0.539
6

5
PBKS
4
3
1
0
0.289
6

6
LSG
5
3
2
0
0.078
6

7
RR
5
2
3
0
-0.733
4

8
MI
5
1
4
0
-0.01
2

9
CSK
6
1
5
0
-1.554
2

10
SRH
5
1
4
0
-1.629
2

 
Orange Cap standings after CSK vs KKR
There was a slight change in the Orange Cap race after CSK’s defeat to KKR eight wickets.

Rank
Player Name
Team
Runs
Mat
Inn
NO
HS
AVG
SR

1
Nicholas Pooran
LSG
288
5
5
1
87*
72
225

2
Sai Sudharsan
GT
273
5
5
0
82
54.6
151.66

3
Mitchell Marsh
LSG
265
5
5
0
81
53
180.27

4
Ajinkya Rahane
KKR
204
6
6
1
61
40.8
154.54

5
Jos Buttler
GT
202
5
5
1
73*
50.5
162.9

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Purple Cap standings after CSK vs KKR
There was a slight change in the Purple Cap standings after CSK’s defeat to KKR eight wickets.

Rank
Player Name
Team
WKTs
Mat
Inn
Ov
Runs
BBI
Avg
Econ

1
Noor Ahmad
CSK
12
6
6
20
158
18/4
13.16
7.9

2
Sai Kishore
GT
10
5
5
18.2
133
30/3
13.3
7.25

3
Mohammed Siraj
GT
10
5
5
20
154
17/4
15.4
7.7

4
Hardik Pandya
MI
10
4
4
14
120
36/5
12
8.57

5
Khaleel Ahmed
CSK
10
6
6
23
205
29/3
20.5
8.91