Delhi: The 17th match of IPL 2025 was played between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Delhi Capitals (DC) on Saturday, April 5 at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Delhi has decided to bat, win the toss.
First innings
Batting first, Delhi Capitals scored 183 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. This score can be considered a little above average according to this pitch. After winning the toss and batting first, Delhi did not have a good start. Jake Fraser-Magark returned to the pavilion without opening an account, but Abhishek Porel made a momentum in the powerplay by hitting Mukesh Chaudhary in the next over.
However, KL Rahul made a real difference. Returning to the opening, Rahul played a brilliant innings of 77 runs and kept one end. He played in the powerplay with understanding and targeted Chennai spinners in the middle overs. His innings completely impressed CSK’s bowling rotation.
Akshar Patel played a fast innings of 21 runs in 14 balls, while Triston Stabs finally added 24 runs in 12 balls to bring the team to a good score.
Mathisha Pathirana made a good comeback to the death overs and took an important wicket for 31 runs in 4 overs. Khalil Ahmed also took two wickets while bowling brilliantly.
Dhoni’s magic did not work
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have suffered a third consecutive defeat in IPL 2025. Delhi Capitals (DC) defeated him by 25 runs. This is Delhi’s third consecutive win.
In the first match played on Saturday, Chennai Super Kings tried to achieve the target of 184 runs, but they were able to score 158 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. Vijay Shankar scored 69 runs and MS Dhoni scored an unbeaten innings of 30 runs. For Delhi, Vipraj Nigam took 2 wickets, while Mitchell Starc, Mukesh Kumar and Kuldeep Yadav got one wicket each.
At MA Chidambaram Stadium, Delhi batted first and won the toss and scored 183 for 6 wickets in 20 overs. KL Rahul played a brilliant innings of 77 runs off 51 balls. Apart from this, Abhishek Porel scored 33, Triston Stabs scored 24 not out and Sameer Rizvi scored 20 runs. Khalil Ahmed took 2 wickets for Chennai.
In this match for Chennai, the same old story was also seen in bowling and batting. In batting today, the team’s big player Dhoni came up for batting, but his bat did not get a sharp innings and Chennai had to face a third consecutive defeat.
Playing XI of both teams
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI)
Delhi Capitals (Playing XI)
Rachin Ravindra
Jake Fraser-Magger
Devon Conway
KL Rahul (wicketkeeper)
Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain)
Abhishek Porel
Vijay Shankar
Triston Stabs
Ravindra Jadeja
Sameer Rizvi
MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper)
Akshar Patel (Captain)
Ravichandran Ashwin
Ashutosh Sharma
Noor Ahmed
Vipraj corporation
Mukesh Chaudhary
Mitchell Starc
Khalil Ahmed
Kuldeep Yadav
Mathisha Pathirana
Mohit Sharma
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