Kolkata Knight Riders’ Sunil Narine celebrates the dismissal of Chennai Super Kings’ captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, India, Friday, April 11, 2025. Credit: AP/R. Parthibhan

CHENNAI, India — The Chennai Super Kings’ lowest total at home in Indian Premier League history led to their fifth consecutive loss on Friday.

Sunil Narine’s brilliance with ball and bat led Kolkata Knight Riders to an eight-wicket win with nearly 10 overs to spare.

Chennai avoided its lowest ever total — 79 — but 103-9 at Chepauk was hardly less embarrassing a day after Mahendra Singh Dhoni was handed the captaincy in the absence of the injured Ruturaj Gaikwad.

Kolkata’s spin trio of Narine, Varun Chakravarthy and Moeen Ali strangled the home team with combined bowling figures of 12-1-55-6.

Narine then bludgeoned 44 off just 18 balls with five sixes and two fours and motored Kolkata to 107-2 in 10.1 overs.

Kolkata’s rampant chase lifted it to third on the table, six points behind the Gujarat Titans and unbeaten Delhi Capitals. Chennai was just above bottom-placed Sunrisers Hyderabad.