Ruturaj Gaikwad, disappointed after the defeat from Delhi Capitals, said: it’s not the players’ fault.

Delhi: MA on 5 April, Saturday At Chidambaram Stadium, Delhi Capitals (DC) defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 25 runs to register their third consecutive win. This was the third consecutive defeat for CSK, and this defeat further increased the difficulties of IPL 2025 for him.

Historical victory of Delhi Capitals

This victory of Delhi Capitals came to the Chepock Stadium after 5468 days. After about 15 years, Delhi defeated CSK in Chennai. His last victory was in 2010 against CSK in Chepock. Delhi won the toss and decided to bat first and scored a challenging score of 183/6 runs.

Rahul’s brilliant innings

Delhi Capitals opener KL Rahul played a brilliant innings of 77 runs off 51 balls. He got the support of small but important innings of Abhishek Porel (33), Akshar Patel (21), Sameer Rizvi (20) and Triston Stabs (24*), which made Delhi score a good score.

CSK difficulties

Chasing the target of 183 runs, CSK started very bad. Delhi bowlers kept constant pressure and CSK’s five wickets fell for just 74 runs. Subsequently, Vijay Shankar and MS Dhoni jointly shared a slow but stable partnership of 84 runs for the sixth wicket. Vijay Shankar remained unbeaten by scoring 69 runs off 54 balls, while Dhoni remained unbeaten by scoring 30 runs off 26 balls. However, in the end CSK could not succeed in achieving this goal.

Great start of Delhi Capitals

Delhi Capitals have won all three matches so far in IPL 2025 and they have now reached the top position in the points table. On the other hand, the difficulties of CSK are increasing, as they have lost three consecutive matches so far.

Unhappy statement of Ruturaj Gaikwad

CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad shared his views after this defeat and said that the team is trying, but things are not going in his favor. Gaikwad said, “Things are not going in our favor for the last few matches. We are trying to improve, but this is not happening. We have lost more wickets, and we are giving more runs in powerplay or losing more wickets.”

He said, “We are a little more worried or there is no determination from the bowlers in the powerplay. When you lose more wickets in batting, the situation becomes more difficult. We are just trying to be positive.”

Preparing for next match

The next match will play the next match against Punjab Kings (PBKS) at Chepock Stadium, while Delhi Capitals will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on 10 April.

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