IPL 2025 RR vs CSK Match Highlights: Rajasthan Royals, after several average seasons and having never made it to a playoff ever since their first win in the inaugural season, they revived under Kumara Sangakkara as he led them to successive playoffs in IPL 2022 and 2024.
With new management and a new head coach in Rahul Dravid, the old flame is reignited for the Royals, though the team lost two consecutive games to start their IPL 2025 campaign. In search of their first win, the hometown boy Riyan Parag came on to lead the Royals for one last time this season.
On the other hand, the most veteran side in the history of the IPL, Chennai Super Kings have had a mixed start to their campaign, winning one of the two games played. The Super Kings from Chennai, for the first time in the season, have stepped out of Chepauk and will feature in an away venue at the Guwahati Stadium.
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IPL 2025 RR vs CSK Match Highlights
IPL 2025 RR vs CSK Match Highlights: Nitish Rana sidelines nervousness as a strong powerplay score helps Royals secure big total
The Rajasthan Royals went on to set a target of 183 for the Chennai Super Kings and the story of their innings has been quite dramatic with several ups and downs in their batting inning.
The coin fell in favour of the CSK skipper, Ruturaj Gaikwad as he pushed the opposition Royals to bat first on a slow track of Guwahati. Much like CSK’s early powerplay domination, Khaleel Ahmed had the perfect start to their inning with Jaiswal’s early wicket.
However, then came a ‘Desert Storm’ in the form of Nitish Rana, as he was promoted up the order to bat in no.3 position. Rana began giving it back to the CSK new ball bowlers, Khaleel and Jamie Overton, while he also dominated Ravi Ashwin which led to his most uneconomical spell in his career with CSK.
Rana amassed 81 runs off just 36 balls as he struck at a rate over 225, with 10 fours and 5 humongous sixes. His partnership with Sanju Samson and later with the stand-in skipper Riyan Parag gave RR what was needed, a great start. Though CSK later pulled restrictions on their fast scoring opponent, Noor once again excelled alongside Khaleel and Matheesha Pathirana, as they could not do much after the wicket of Rana, as Parag and Hetmyer remained the only double-digit scorers in the middle-order.
IPL 2025 RR vs CSK Match Highlights: Another batting disappointment for Chennai Super Kings leads them to consecutive losses
Jofra Archer finally did what he is best at, as the lanky pacer bowled at full pace and looked for the outside edge of the left-handed batter in an attempt to take the ball away from him with lateral movement outside the off-stump. Rachin Ravindra, CSK’s most inform batter was sent back for a duck. RR bowled a stunning powerplay as they bound the flow of CSK runs and later kept picking wickets at regular intervals.
Wanindu Hasaranga picked 3 crucial wickets in the CSK inning, while Ruturaj Gaikwad remained the only batter who kept the scoreboard ticking from the end. After Gaikwad’s dismissal, which marked Hasaranga’s 4th wicket of the game, as the cheers grew louder as the legend stepped onto the field. MS Dhoni is out on the field to make it happen for CSK for one more time.
The two veteran CSK players, MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja, were on the field, and despite the pile of runs, the Chennai Super Kings fans kept their hopes pinned on the calibre of these players.
MS Dhoni’s wicket on the first ball of the final over ended the hopes for CSK as Sandeep Sharma bowled a stunning final over, defending 20 runs in front of the two veterans. He dismissed the big fish, MS Dhoni and CSK lost the game by a near margin of 6 runs.
CSK’s second consecutive loss in the IPL 2025; check the full points table below.
