Courtesy: BCCI/IPL
CSK 211/5 (Over 20): Yash Dayal does it again! Two years in a row against CSK at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. RCB beats CSK by a narrow margin of two runs and go to the top of the points table in IPL 2025.
CSK 199/4 (Over 19): 15 needed off the last over. It is Yash Dayal vs Dhoni. Last year the bowler won. Let's see what happens this time. Another splendid game on show.
CSK 185/4 (Over 18): 29 off 12, it should be Bhuvi and Yash Dayal to finish it off.
CSK 172/4 (Over 16.3): And Brevis goes off! No timer shown on the screen. And by the time Brevis tries to review, Nitin Menon says the clock has run out. This will be controversial.
CSK 172/3 (Over 16.2): Krunal Pandya breaks the crucial stand and Ayush Mhatre departs for 94 off 48. Dewald Brevis comes in!
CSK 171/2 (Over 16): Strategic Timeout! This is a magnificent stand between Mhatre and Jadeja and CSK look clear favourites.
CSK 154/2 (Over 14.5): Ravindra Jadeja gets to his 50 and here comes the sword celebration.
CSK 150/2 (Over 14): Ravindra Jadeja (48 off 26) and Ayush Mhatre (83 off 42) take CSK's innings forward.
CSK 106/2 (Over 10): Ayush Mhatre smashes Romario Shepherd for two sixes and one four just after going past his maiden fifty in the IPL, to put CSK in good positon in the run chase.
CSK 58/2 (Over 6): Lungi Ngidi takes first wicket of IPL 2025, dismisses Sam Curran cheaply before conceding just one run in his first over of the spell.
CSK 51/1 (Over 4.3): Krunal Pandya breaks the opening stand of CSK, dismisses Shaik Rasheed for 14 runs in 11 balls.
CSK 49/0 (Over 4): Teenager Ayush Mhatre takes Bhuvneshwar Kumar to the cleaners, smashes five fours and one six in veteran's over.
CSK 6/0 (Over 1): Krunal Pandya bowls exceptional first over, keeps CSK openers Ayush Mhatre and Shaik Rasheed under check.
RCB 213/5 (Over 20): Romario Shepherd scores a fiery 53 in just 14 balls with four fours and six sixes, to propel RCB well past 200 runs from a seemingly impossible situation.
RCB 192/5 (Over 19): Romario Shepherd takes down Khaleel Ahmed for 33 runs in one over, hitting four sixes and two fours despite missing out a free hit, to suddenly put RCB in a really strong position in the match against CSK.
RCB 157/5 (Over 17.4): Matheesha Pathirana dismisses struggling RCB captain Rajat Patidar for 11 runs in 15 balls, takes his third wicket on the night.
RCB 154/4 (Over 16.5): CSK are making a comeback into the contest as Noor Ahmad takes vital wicket of Jitesh Sharma cheaply.
RCB 144/3 (Over 15.1): Matheesha Pathirana takes his second wicket on the night, dismisses Devdutt Padikkal for 17 runs in 15 balls.
RCB 121/2 (Over 11.5): Virat Kohli's sparkling innings of 62 runs in 33 balls with five fours and five sixes came to an end after Sam Curran deceived him with lack of pace on the ball.
RCB 95/1 (Over 9.5): Matheesha Pathirana took the big wicket of Jacob Bethell for 55 off 33 - who had just scored his first fifty in his IPL career - to provide a much-needed breakthrough to CSK, thanks mainly to the spectacular catch from Dewald Brevis.
RCB 71/0 (Over 6): RCB openers Jacob Bethell and Virat Kohli provide a fiery start to the team in the power play stage, take down the CSK bowlers with relative ease on a decent pitch for batting at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
RCB 62/0 (Over 5): Noor Ahmad gets smashed by Jacob Bethell for two fours and one six in the fifth over of the RCB innings.
RCB 42/0 (Over 3.5): Matheesha Pathirana and Ravindra Jadeja invovled in nasty collision in attempt to take a catch, allowing Jacob Bethell to survive against Anshul Kamboj. Sri Lankan pacer goes off the field after hurting his face, getting replaced by substitute fielder Kamlesh Nagarkoti.
RCB 35/0 (Over 3): Virat Kohli smashes two consecutive sixes off Khaleel Ahmed, to start off his innings on a wonderful note.
RCB 13/0 (Over 1): Jacob Bethell smashes three consecutive boundaries off Khaleel Ahmed, to give RCB a flying start in the first over of the match.
Toss: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain MS Dhoni wins the toss and decided to field first in the match 52nd of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 clash at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. RCB have left out their star fast bowler Josh Hazlewood from the playing XI, selecting Lungi Ngidi in place of him.
