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Chennai Super Kings (CSK)’s 21-year-old spinner Noor Ahmed has reached fifth position in terms of touching the 50 wicket mark in the least number of matches in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026. This Afghanistan bowler touched this figure in 42 matches.
Noor Ahmed bowled 4 overs in the match played against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at MA Chidambaram Stadium on Tuesday, taking 3 wickets for 21 runs. Noor Ahmed has taken 52 wickets in IPL history with an average of 23.75. During this, he also achieved the feat of taking 4 wickets in an innings twice.
In this match played on Tuesday, Chennai Super Kings won by 32 runs. This was CSK’s second win this season. Chennai Super Kings, who came to bat after losing the toss, scored 192 runs losing 5 wickets.
Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad made a partnership of 25 runs with Sanju Samson for the first wicket. Gaikwad returned to the pavilion after scoring 7 runs, after which Samson along with Ayush Mhatre scored 47 runs in 22 balls for the second wicket.
Mhatre returned to the pavilion after scoring 38 runs in 17 balls with 2 sixes and 6 fours, after which Samson along with Devald Brevis scored 39 runs in 32 balls to take the team beyond the century mark.
Sanju scored 48 runs in 32 balls with 3 sixes and 4 fours, while Brevis scored 41 runs in 29 balls with 6 boundaries. Apart from these, Sarfaraz Khan contributed 23 runs to the team’s account. Karthik Tyagi took 2 wickets from the opposition camp. Vaibhav Arora, Anukul Roy and Sunil Narine took 1 wicket each.
In response, KKR could score only 160 runs after losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. For this team, Ramdeep Singh scored the highest score of 35 runs in 23 balls, while Rovman Powell played an unbeaten inning of 31 runs in 22 balls. Apart from these, Sunil Narine contributed 24 runs, while captain Ajinkya Rahane contributed 28 runs to the team’s account. Angkrish Raghuvanshi scored 27 runs. From the opposition camp, Noor Ahmed took 3 wickets, while Anshul Kamboj took 2 wickets.
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