Mitchell Starc to Shankar, FOUR, nicely played! Banged in short by Starc, Shankar arches back and cheekily periscopes it over the keeper's head
CSK vs DC: We are in the 17th match of Indian Premier League (IPL 2025) where the five times champions CSK takes on DC at MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai. CSK did not have a good start in this year’s IPL so far whereas the Capitals having a good time so far in the IPL. All fans would be eager to see their home team to perform well and win the game. Apart from this the game will be electrifying and jaw dropping.
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Let's marvel at the DC game, Superfans! 🥳💛#CSKvDC #WhistlePodu #Yellove🦁💛 pic.twitter.com/BiygbQntrI---Advertisement---— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) April 5, 2025
CSK Vs DC: Head To Head Battles
Stat | CSK | DC |
---|---|---|
Matches Played | 30 | 30 |
Won | 19 | 11 |
Lost | 11 | 19 |
No Result | 0 | 0 |
Highest Score | 223 | 198 |
Lowest Score | 110 | 83 |
CSK Vs DC: Pitch Report
The M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai is well known for favouring spin bowlers, thanks to its dry surface and slow-turning pitch. Batting here isn’t easy, as the ball tends to grip the surface, making timing and stroke play quite tricky. Traditionally, teams have preferred batting first and putting runs on the board, since the pitch usually gets slower as the game progresses. While pacers who rely on cutters and variations can find some success, it’s the spinners who are expected to have the biggest impact in matches at this venue.
Squads
CSK: Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Deepak Hooda, Sam Curran, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Matheesha Pathirana, Khaleel Ahmed, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Vijay Shankar, Jamie Overton, Shaik Rasheed, Shreyas Gopal, Devon Conway, Mukesh Choudhary, Anshul Kamboj, Nathan Ellis, Gurjapneet Singh, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Andre Siddarth C, Vansh Bedi.
DC: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel(w), Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Karun Nair, Donovan Ferreira, Tripurana Vijay, Darshan Nalkande, Dushmantha Chameera, KL Rahul, T Natarajan, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Manvanth Kumar L, Madhav Tiwari
Mukesh Kumar to Dhoni, SIX, Dhoni takes the aerial route and it's six! Length ball from Mukesh, pace off and wide of off, Dhoni
Axar to Shankar, 1 run, Shankar moves leg-side and Axar follows him with a full delivery. A miscued slog to deep midwicket follows. The single brings up Shankar's fifty!
Over summary (12-16) - 36 runs | 0 wickets-- Shankar dropped on 27 by Stubbs-- CSK score a boundary after 28 balls-- Shankar manages to score two fours off Kuldeep-- Mohit bowls a solid 16th over
Mohit Sharma to Shankar, wide, pace off, Shankar sees the line outside off and shoulders arms. Rahul collects it and claps but that's been wided. Just outside the tramline and the batter didn't move
Mohit Sharma to Dhoni, no run, a dot off the free-hit! 133.9kph, Mohit Sharma surprises Dhoni with a bouncer and Dhoni is late on the pull/hook. Goes just over his swinging blade
Vipraj Nigam to Shankar, no run, driven hard but straight to extra cover. Vipraj Nigam finishes with 2/27 - superb spell from the young leggie
Kuldeep Yadav to Jadeja, out Lbw!!
Vipraj Nigam to Shankar, 1 run, dropped by Kuldeep running back from short fine-leg. A big top-edge on the sweep and Kuldeep never looked like taking it, gets both hands but drops it, was not an easy catch too
Vipraj Nigam to Shivam Dube, out Caught by Stubbs!! Vipraj Nigam has immediate revenge.
Vipraj Nigam to Shivam Dube, SIX, to long-on
Vipraj Nigam to Shivam Dube, 1 run, to long-on
Vipraj Nigam to Conway, out Caught by Axar!! Ugly batting from Conway and he goes.
Mohit Sharma to Shankar, wide
Mukesh Kumar to Shankar, 1 run, short of length outside off, Shankar goes on the back foot and works it to deep square-leg
Mitchell Starc to Gaikwad, out Caught by Fraser-McGurk!! Big wicket and CSK in trouble now. JFM takes it easily at deep backward square-leg and points to someone. Was it a plan? A short delivery on the body, Gaikwad did not go full-throttle, just helped it, almost like a short-arm jab and he does not keep it down too, JFM is too good a fielder to put those down. The crowd at Chepauk are making sad faces.
Mukesh Kumar to Ravindra, out Caught&Bowled!! Soft dismissal and Mukesh Kumar strikes. A short of length delivery on leg-stump, Ravindra is defeated by the slowness of the pitch, closes the face of the bat too early, almost off the face of the bat but a slight leading-edge of sorts, Mukesh makes no mistake on his followthrough.
Mitchell Starc to Ravindra, no ball, 1 run
Pathirana to Stubbs, 2 runs, short outside off, Stubbs mistimes the pull to long-on,
Pathirana to Rahul, out Caught by Dhoni!! Good short ball and Rahul is walking. A short delivery at Rahul who pulls and gloves it, KL did not even wait for the ump's decision. Good effort ball from Pathirana.
Mukesh Choudhary to Stubbs, SIX, to long-on
Mukesh Choudhary to Rahul, FOUR, to backward square leg
Pathirana to Stubbs, 1 run, full just outside off, Stubbs drives to deep extra-cover
Khaleel Ahmed to Sameer Rizvi, out Caught by Jadeja!! Pace off, early into the shot and taken at deep cover.
Noor Ahmad to Sameer Rizvi, SIX, to long-on
Pathirana to Rahul, 1 run, very full delivery, KL clips it to long-on and on his return to the opening slot KL gets his 38th IPL fifty. He has anchored this innings so well. DC are surely getting a very good total because of him
Pathirana to Sameer Rizvi, 2 runs, another wayward short of length delivery wide of off stump, Sameer cuts to deep cover
Noor Ahmad to Axar, out Bowled!! Left arm wristie to the LHB is such a thing these days. The googly, Axar read it fine but he swung too hard on the slog sweep to lose his castle. Ball went under the bat and disturbed the stumps. Important wicket this.
Noor Ahmad to Rahul, SIX, and he's nailed the slog-sweep now!
Noor Ahmad to Axar, FOUR, oh edged but no one at slip! The fast leggie, Axar rocks back and looks to cut, thick edge escapes for four past Dhoni
Ashwin to Axar, FOUR, Axar spoils Ashwin's fun by finding the fence last ball of the over.
Jadeja to Abishek Porel, out Caught by Pathirana!! And Jadeja strikes in his first over but it's not a really wicket-taking ball. Abishek Porel has just given catching practice out of nowhere to Pathirana. Flatter and into the wicket with some turn. Abishek got down low to guide but the problem was he guided it uppishly and didn't place it finer. Pathirana waited and came forward a bit to pouch that neatly.
Ashwin to Abishek Porel, FOUR, first ball four! Starts the over so well. Flatter delivery just outside off stump,
Khaleel Ahmed to Rahul, SIX, to backward square leg
Mukesh Choudhary to Rahul, FOUR, but he's not given a long-on to KL though.
Mukesh Choudhary to Abishek Porel, FOUR, to third man
Mukesh Choudhary to Abishek Porel, FOUR, to third man.
Mukesh Choudhary to Abishek Porel, SIX, to deep mid-wicket
Mukesh Choudhary to Abishek Porel, FOUR, that is a hit me ball dished out! Mukesh goes searching for swing.
Khaleel Ahmed to Fraser-McGurk, out Caught by Ashwin!! Fraser-McGurk c Ashwin b Khaleel Ahmed 0(5)
It's hot but there's a small breeze. 64m and 70m side boundaries, 78m down the ground," says Matthew Hayden. Eoin Morgan joins him to say "It is beautiful to look at, typically what you get at Chepauk. There's not a blade of grass and it's rolled into the pitch and underneath it's quite firm. You have to come here and adapt to the conditions. The heat is one thing and the surface is another. It might play a bit two-paced, particularly for batters just coming in to start their innings. Got to get a partnership going, get the twos into those gaps. The power for me is in the partnerships. That's when you can post the bigger scores.
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Chennai Super Kings Impact Subs: Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Shaik Rasheed, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Nathan Ellis
Delhi Capitals Impact Subs: Mukesh Kumar, Karun Nair, Darshan Nalkande, Donovan Ferreira, Tripurana Vijay.
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Mukesh Choudhary, Khaleel Ahmed, Matheesha Pathirana
Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Jake Fraser-McGurk, KL Rahul(w), Abishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs, Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel(c), Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma
We were looking to bat as well. Looks a bit dry. It's a bit cloudy, won't change much. You always want momentum in T20 cricket. Overall, the chat has been positive. Fielding is something which we can improve day by day. We want to be proactive. Elbow is good. Conway comes in for Overton. Mukesh comes in from Tripathi - said Ruturaj Gaikwad
We are going to bat first. Feels like there'll be help for the bowlers. Expect it to get slower as the game progresses. In our team, we have a few players who have captained other franchises and that helps me a lot. Same combination - said Axar Patel
Delhi Capitals have won the toss and have opted to bat