CSK vs DC, IPL 2025 Highlights: Delhi win by 25 runs as Chennai limp to 158/5

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: Conway had been unable to get anything away for a while and he perishes trying to force a big shot. Vipraj Nigam brought in bowl the last over of the powerplay, Conway tries to hit it over midwicket. It takes a leading edge and he is caught at cover.

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: And it would’ve been much worse for CSK had they reviewed an LBW decision that didn’t go their way in that previous over bowled by Starc. He first bowls a vicious inswinger to welcome Vijay Shankar, the batter missed it on the drive entirely and the ball just missed the stumps. And then a toe-crusher. DC ask for LBW, umpire shakes his head and wicketkeeper Porel tells Axar that it took the bat. DC don’t take the review but replays then show that it had indeed hit Shankar’s toe first and then the bat. It was all a matter of split seconds though. Strangely enough, Porel goes off the field after that over and KL Rahul has the gloves in his hands. Shankar and Conway simply unable to get anything away in the next over by Mukesh, CSK seem to be missing something this year really.

CSK 25/2 in 4 overs

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: Back of a length ball third delivery of the third over after bowling it full all this while, Gaikwad pulls and Jake Fraser-McGurk had been placed at deep backward square leg for exactly that shot. Easy catch for him, CSK in trouble.

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: A very good catch off his own bowling there by Mukesh Kumar. Ravindra tries to flick the fifth ball of the second over of the CSK chase but he seems to be a few milliseconds early to the shot. It takes a leading edge and darts back to Mukesh who bent low to his right in his follow through to take the catch.CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: A very good catch off his own bowling there by Mukesh Kumar.

Ravindra c & b Mukesh Kumar 3 (6)

CSK 14/1 in 1.5 overs

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: All right, Mitchell Starc has the ball in his hands. Devon Conway is opening the innings with Rachin Ravindra. CSK need 184 to win, remember.

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: This, of course, has been running as a bit of a sub-plot throughout this game. MS Dhoni’s parents have made a rare appearance in a game that he is playing in, one really struggles to remember the last time they were there. His wife and daughter are there as well and so, could it be? He had said in 2023 that he is continuing for the fans who were cheering for him. Those fans, even the ones in yellow, didn’t have too many nice things to say about him walking in after the match was lost in that game against RCB. Dhoni does tend to retire out of nowhere and so, once again, could it be?

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: Tristan Stubbs unbeaten on 24 off 12. Ashutosh Sharma was run out off the very next ball after Rahul’s dismissal, with Jadeja and Dhoni coming together for that, makes you feel it’s almost unfair on the batter but it was a suicidal run, typical to what we see in last overs of limited overs innings. CSK need 184 to win.

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: No century for him but Rahul has done his job and more. Pathirana bowling the last over of the innings, the second ball is a bouncer, Rahul tries to hook it, the ball grazes the glove before reaching Dhoni.

Rahul c Dhoni b Pathirana 77 (51)

DC 179/5 in 19.2 overs

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: Rahul sweeps the first ball from Choudhary in that over past backward square leg for four. He then tries a ramp shot second ball and misses entirely. Then Rahul tries to go big down the ground and skies it, should be a simple catch for the bowler but he ends up misjudging it and dropping altogether. Quite unacceptable that from a professional cricketer. The batters ran a single there and then Stubbs smashes the fifth ball down the ground. The sixth went towards long on, where Gaikwad ran forward for the catch but he misjudges it, misses the ball entirely as it bounces in front of him and then goes past him for four. Stubbs on 21 off 10, Rahul on 77 off 50 at the end of that over.

DC 176/4 in 19 overs

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: Pathirana complicates DC’s ambitions of crossing 200. A tight single off the first ball, in fact a direct hit at the non-striker’s end would have been the end of the story for Tristan Stubbs. Five more singles after that in that over. Stubbs on 11 off seven, Rahul on 72 off 47.

DC 161/4 in 18 overs

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: CSK need a couple more of those to breath easy. Khaleel angles the first ball of the 17th across Rizvi, fullish. The batter tries to loft it down the ground but it ends up flying to deep cover, where Jadeja runs forward and dives to take a typically sharp catch.

Rizvi c Jadeja b Ahmed 20 (15)

DC 146/4 in 16.1 overs

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: KL Rahul and Sameer Rizvi have put on a bit of a show in that over.

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: Promoted to the top of the order and delivers straightaway. That’s KL Rahul for you. And it has come in just 33 balls, a strike rate of exactly 150. He takes a single off the second ball from Pathirana in the 14th over to get there. Two singles after that and then Rizvi pulls the fifth ball majestically past long on. He finishes the over on 12 off 11, Rahul on 51 off 34.

DC 121/3 in 14 overs

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: Oh yes, there is that Noor Ahmad wicket that was missing in his first over. Rahul had slog swept Noor for a six off the second ball of the over and then taken a single, bringing Axar on strike. He tries the same shot fourth ball and misses it entirely, the ball spins inside after pitching outside off and hits the stump.

Axar Patel b Noor Ahmad 21 (14)

DC 90/3 in 10.4 overs

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: So far so good for DC, despite the loss of two wickets. Noor Ahmad introduced in the ninth over and for once, he doesn’t get a wicket in his first over. Axar Patel has gotten off to an absolute flyer here, hitting Jadeja for a six off the very first ball that he faced. He edges a cut off the fifth ball of this over to the boundary and finishes it on 18 off nine, Rahul on 25 off 20.

Meanwhile, there are reports of rain in other parts of the city despite there being bright sunshine at the moment at the Chepauk.

CSK 76/2 in 9 overs

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: Caught at short third man and that is that for Porel. Quick length delivery on middle by Jadeja for the fifth ball of the first over after powerplay, Porel tries to help it along its way but cannot keep it down. Ends up giving catching practice to the fielder.

Porel c Pathirana b Jadeja 33 (20)

DC 54/2 in 6.5 overs

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: And it has come in just 29 balls. Ashwin brought in for the last over of the powerplay and Porel greets him with a cut shot for four. Three singles after that takes the stand to 50. Rahul on 19 off 13 at the end of that over, Porel on 32 off 18.

DC 51/1 in 6 overs

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: Choudhary returns for the third over and Rahul sends the ball down the ground past mid on for his first boundary of the match. Two runs after that in the over, Rahul is on eight off seven balls, Porel on 24 off 12.

DC 32/1 in 4 overs

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: Porel takes a single off the first ball of Khaleel’s second over to finally bring Rahul on strike after 13 deliveries. He flicks it to deep square for a single and Porel runs another next ball. A single off the fifth ball after for Rahul and that’s that.

DC 24/1 in 3 overs

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: Mukesh Choudhary has taken an early beating here. Porel sends the second ball past mid-on for the first four, and the first runs overall, of the match. Then he pulls the third behind square for a six and that is followed by the ball going down the leg side and evading Dhoni for what should be four byes. But they are given as runs for some reason by the umpire. Then Porel upper cuts the fifth ball over slips before taking a single again. KL Rahul is yet to face a delivery after two overs.

DC 20/1 in 2 overs

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: A straightforward catch for Ashwin and once again, Khaleel makes the impact for CSK early in the match. Very well set up by Khaleel, he bowls short first four balls, then he goes slightly fuller than a length, not entirely full. Fraser-McGurk goes for a biggie off the front foor but doesn’t get the connection he was looking for. Ashwin walked in from the edge of the ring and took the catch.

Fraser-McGurk c Ashwin b Ahmed 0 (5)

DC 0/1 in 0.5 overs

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: Faf du Plessis is not fit for this game, remember. And so out walks KL Rahul with Jake Fraser-McGurk to open the DC innings. Khaleel Ahmed has the ball in his hands.

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: Ruturaj Gaikwad: 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.

Axar Patel: 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. Faf is not fit for this game, Sameer Rizvi is playing.

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Mukesh Choudhary, Khaleel Ahmed, Matheesha Pathirana

Impact Players: Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Shaik Rasheed, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Nathan Ellis

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: 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

Impact Players: Mukesh Kumar, Karun Nair, Darshan Nalkande, Donovan Ferreira, Tripurana Vijay.

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: Gaikwad tosses it up, Axar calls it right and says that DC are batting first.

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: Well all that speculation was for nothing in the end. Ruturaj Gaikwad has walked out with Axar Patel for the toss. Ravi Shastri conducting it.

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: But it is all clear now. Nice bright sunshine at the Chepauk.

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: As stated earlier, CSK batting coach Mike Hussey wasn’t really asked about the possibility of MS Dhoni becoming captain. And yet, this is what he said: “Ruturaj Gaikwad’s participation in tomorrow’s game will depend on how well he recovered. He is still sore and we would take a call as to how he bats in the nets today. If he doesn’t play, not sure who will lead. But there is a strong chance that a young wicketkeeper might fill in.”

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: Ruturaj Gaikwad had suffered a blow on his elbow, which was unprotected, while batting. On the eve of the game, Gaikwad received only throwdowns for a brief period and didn’t face the bowlers in the nets.

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: There are question marks over whether Gaikwad can play today or not and this, coupled with a little joke that Mike Hussey cracked, has led to speculation over whether Dhoni will take over for the day.

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: Rahul Tripathi hasn’t quite hit the races this season but he did show some indication of form in the last match. He was responsible for whatever little CSK could take out of the powerplay against RR, scoring 23 off 19, before falling to Wanindu Hasaranga’s first ball of the match. Before that he registered scores of two and five. CSK are a side that shows more patience for their players than most other teams and so chances are that he will be given another opportunity today.

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: DC are a side that have been around since the beginning of the IPL and so that means this is their 18th season. In all this time, this is just the fifth occassion of them winning their first two games of the season.

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: One of CSK’s problems, which contributed to them losing their last two matches, was that they haven’t quite got going with the bat in the first six overs. CSK scoring at 7.44 in the PowerPlay across their first three games is the lowest among all teams in IPL 2025 and well below the overall average this season – 9.58.

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel, KL Rahul(w), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel(c), Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Ashutosh Sharma, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Donovan Ferreira, Tripurana Vijay, Darshan Nalkande, Dushmantha Chameera, T Natarajan, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Manvanth Kumar L, Madhav Tiwari

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Shivam Dube, Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Jamie Overton, Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Matheesha Pathirana, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Choudhary, Devon Conway, Shaik Rasheed, Sam Curran, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shreyas Gopal, Anshul Kamboj, Nathan Ellis, Gurjapneet Singh, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Andre Siddarth C, Vansh Bedi, Deepak Hooda

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: Mike Hussey wasn’t really asked if CSK are planning to get MS Dhoni to fill in for Ruturaj Gaikwad as captain if the latter can’t play today. The former Australia batter just went ahead and joked about it unprovoked, which does raise some eyebrows. Will they do it? They couldn’t, could they? Let’s wait and watch…