CSK VS MI, IPL 2025 highlights: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rachin Ravindra fifties power Chennai Super Kings to victory

Chennai Super Kings start their IPL 2025 campaign in style.

That's it. Rachin Ravindra finishes the game with a six off Mitchell Santner. CSK win by 4 wickets.

Ravindra Jadeja is run out and the whole crowd erupts. The reason? MS Dhoni is going to come out to bat with just four runs to win. CSK 152/6

Fifty for Rachin Ravindra as the Kiwi dances down the track to smash Vignesh Puthur for a six on the full. That will ease some pressure on CSK. BANGGGGG!!! The Kiwi is in mood to finish things quickly as he completes the over with a huge six. CSK 150/5 (18)

Things look tight for Chennai Super Kings. Although Ravindra Jadeja and Rachin Ravindra are in the middle, the duo are struggling to find boundaries, thus making their jobs difficult. CSK 135/5 (17)

OUTTT!!! Another CSK batter bites the as Sam Curran is clean bowled by Will Jacks. Half the side gone now for CSK. Ravindra Jadeja comes to the crease. CSK 116/5 (14.1)

Young Vignesh Puthur has turned the game on his head. After dismissing Ruturaj Gaikwad, the debutant got better of Shivam Dube and Deepak Hooda in quick time to keep Mumbai Indians in hunt.

OUTTTTT!!!!! Vignesh Puthur gets the big wicket of Ruturaj Gaikwad, caught by Will Jacks in the deep. Puthur strikes in his first over on debut. Gaikwad goes back for 53. CSK 78/2 (7.5)

Fifty in just 22 balls for Ruturaj Gaikwad, his fastest in IPL. The CSK captain is leading from the front in front of home fans. CSK 74/1 (7)

Ruturaj Gaikwad is doing the bulk of the scoring as the CSK captain takes on the opposition bowlers all round the park. Gaikwad has raced away to 42 in just 19 balls. CSK 64/1 (6)

Deepak Chahar gives the best possible start to Mumbai Indians with the wicket of Rahul Tripathi. Meanwhile, Vignesh Puthur has come in as an Impact Players replacing Rphit Sharma. CSK 24/1 (3)

Deepak Chahar's 15-ball 28 not out powered Mumbai Indians to 155/9 in 20 overs. Chennai Super Kings need 156 runs to win.

OUTTTT!!!! Fourth wicket for Noor Ahmed. Naman Dhir fails to read the wrong 'un, gets clean bowled behind his legs. He finishes with 4/18 - best figures by a CSK spinner against Mumbai Indians in IPL. MI 120/7 (17)

Noor Ahmad is certainly making his mark in CSK colours. After dismissing SKY, the Afghanistan spinner makes debutant Robin Minz hole out to Ravindra Jadeja in the deep. OUTTT!!! Ahmad traps Tilak Varma for 31. MI are certainly in trouble. MI 96/6 (13)

OUTTT!!!! MS Dhoni magic is on display as Suryakumar Yadav is stumped off Noor Ahmed. The whole standium goes 'Dhoni, Dhoni'. 87/4 (10.3)

Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma resurrect the MI innings with a 30-plus stand for the fourth wicket. Much-needed partnership for MI. Nitably, Tilak has gotten better since he has made his debut for India last year. On the the hand, SKY, who has been out of form, is looking good so far. MI 76/3 (9)

BANGGG!!!! Mumbai Indians race to 50 with a huge pick-up six from Suryakumar Yadav off Khaleel Ahmed.

What a comeback for Ravi Ashwin for CSK after 10 long years. The off-spinner strikes in his first over as Will Jacks hits straight to Shivam Dube. MI 36/3 (4.4)

Khaleel Ahmed couldn't have asked for a better start to his CSK journey. After dismissing Rohit Sharma in the first over, the out-of-contention India pacer got the better of Ryan Rickelton in his second. MI 21/2 (3)

OUTTTT!!! What a start by CSK as Khaleel Ahmed gets the better of Rohit Sharma in the first over. Rohit departs for duck. MI 0/1 (0.4)

Ruturaj Gaikwad and Suryakumar Yadav walk out in the middle for the toss. Ruturaj wins the toss and CSK opt to bowl first.

The craze for Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni is unmatchable in Chennai. Expect a equal share of yellow and blue shirts in Chennai.

Anirudh Ravichander is performing at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Unfortunately, there is no live telecast for the fans.

All the eyes will be on MS Dhoni who at 43 is going younger. Dhoni batted at no.7 last season and scored only 161 runs in 11 11 innings at a strike rate of 220.54 and average of 53.66.

We are just moments away from the first El Clasico of the season. Both the teams have arrived at the stadium. With Jasprit Bumrah missing, it looks like young Satyanarayana Raju will be making his IPL debut. Also making his debut could be Jharkhand's Robin Minz.

In Hyderabad, SRH went bonkers against Rajasthan Royals. Riding in Ishan Kishan's maiden IPL ton, SRH posted a mammoth 286/6 in 20 overs, thereby missing their own highest total by a run. In fact, Kishan also became SRH's first-ever Indian centurion in IPL.

MS Dhoni is just 19 runs shy of becoming CSK's highest run-getter in IPL> Suresh Raina leads the chart with 4687 runs.

Ravindra Jadeja is just eight wickets short of becoming CSK’s leading wicket-taker in IPL. Dwayne Bravo tops the chart with 140 wickets. Five more caps for Jadeja will also make him CSK’s second-most-capped player.

On the other hand, Rohit Sharma will become the second-most capped player in history of IPL when he takes the field against CSK. Rohit is currently standing at 257 caps, equal with Dinesh Karthik. Rohit also needs 142 runs to overtake Shikhar Dhawan (6769) as the second-highest run-scorer in IPL.

Suryakumar Yadav has had a slump in form ever since he was appointed as the captain of the Indian T20I team. In fact, he didn't had a good IPL last season. The IPL 2025 provides him the best platform to return to form.

The MA Chidambaram Stadium is one of the happy hunting grounds for Rohit Sharma. The former MI skipper scored 322 runs in 12 matches at the venue.

in case you missed it, Ravichandran Ashwin is returning to the CSK colours after nine long years. With the slowest nature of the pitch in Chepauk, Ashwin is expected to make it to the playing XI.

Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Naman Dhir, Raj Angad Bawa, Deepak Chahar, Mitchell Santner, Trent Boult, Arjun Tendulkar

Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Devon Conway, Rahul Tripathi, Shivam Dube, Deepak Hooda, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (WK), Sam Curran, R Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Matheesha Pathirana

Hardik Pandya (c), Ryan Rickelton (wk), Rohit Sharma, Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Jasprit Bumrah, Reece Topley, Trent Boult, Deepak Chahar, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Krishnan Shrijith, Karn Sharma, Robin Minz, Corbin Bosch, Raj Bawa, Arjun Tendulkar, Bevon Jacobs, Ashwani Kumar, Satyanarayana Raju, Vignesh Puthur

Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), MS Dhoni (wk), Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Sam Curran, Ravichandran Ashwin, Matheesha Pathirana, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Nathan Ellis, Mukesh Choudhary, Rahul Tripathi, Deepak Hooda, Khaleel Ahmed, Jamie Overton, Shaik Rasheed, Anshul Kamboj, Shreyas Gopal, Noor Ahmad, Gurjapneet Singh, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Andre Siddarth C, Vansh Bedi

One of the major headaches for Ruturaj Gaikwad is to identify his opening partner - Devon Conway or Rachin Ravindra. Notably, Conway forged a great stand with Gaikwad at the top of the order during their winning run in 2023. On the other hand, Ravindra was in sublime form in the Champions Trophy and was named as the Player of the Series.

While CSK don't have any injury concerns, Mumbai Indians are still missing Jasprit Bumrah. Bumrah has injured his back during the fifth Test against Australia and is yet to recover.

Mumbai Indians enjoy a 20-17 head-to-head record against CSK in IPL. At Chepauk, Mumbai Indians hold the edge 5-3 against CSK.

The CSK vs MI clash is often dubbed as the El Clasico of IPL. While CSK missed on a last four place in the previous season due to NRR, Mumbai Indians had a nightmare season in IPL 2024, finishing last.

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