CSK vs KKR: What is the lowest total defended in IPL?
Chennai Super Kings posted 103 for nine during its Indian Premier League 2025 match against Kolkata Knight Riders in Chennai on Friday.
This was the side’s lowest team total at home in the IPL. If CSK pulls off this defence, it would become the lowest team score defended in the competition.
The previous record also belongs to the five-time champion which defended 116 runs against Kings XI Punjab during the 2009 season.
Here is the list of lowest totals defended in the Indian Premier League history:
- CSK – 116/9 vs KXIP (Durban, 2009)
- SRH – 118 vs MI (Mumbai, 2018)
- KXIP – 119/8 vs MI (Durban, 2009)
- SRH – 119/8 vs PWI (Pune, 2013)
- MI – 120/9 vs PWI (Pune, 2012)
