CSK vs DC Match Prediction: Who will win today's 17th Match of Indian Premier League between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals?

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will take on Delhi Capitals (DC) in match number 17 of IPL 2025. The match will be played at M.A Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on April 5. The five-time champions CSK started their campaign with a win against MI but went on to lose their next two games against Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Rajasthan Royals respectively. Now, Ruturaj Gaikwad and his men will look to get back on the winning track at their home ground.

Meanwhile, Delhi Capitals are currently unbeaten with two wins in two matches so far in IPL 2025. They started their campaign with a thrilling one-wicket win over Lucknow Super Giants. After that, they registered a dominant win over Sunrisers Hyderabad by seven wickets. Now, DC will look to breach the Chepauk fortress. Let’s have a look at today’s cricket match prediction, pitch report, head-to-head and key players ahead of the 17th match of IPL 2025 between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals.

CSK vs DC Match Details

Match	Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals, Match 17
Venue	M.A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Date & Time	Saturday, April 5, 3:30 PM (IST)
Live Broadcast & Streaming Details	JioHotstar (app and website) and Star Sports Network

CSK vs DC Pitch Report

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The pitches at the MA Chidambaram Stadium have become better in terms of allowing the batters to score quicker. However they still provide support for the spinners. The spin trio of CSK will be looking to keep the very impressive DC batting lineup quiet, but it won’t be easy regardless of the help from the pitch. In 87 IPL matches played at this venue so far, teams batting first have won 50, while teams batting second have won 37. The average first innings score at this venue is 164.

CSK vs DC Head-to-Head Stats and Records

Chennai Super Kings have a dominant record over Delhi Capitals in the IPL history so far. Both the teams have encountered each other 30 times in the cash-rich league out of which CSK defeated DC 19 times while DC come out victorious on 11 occasions.

Matches played	30
CSK won	19
DC won	11

CSK vs DC Weather Report

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According to the weather forecast, the rain might scare the contest between CSK and DC in Chennai. However, the clouds are expected to get cleared during the match hours. The maximum temperature is expected to be around 32 degrees with 71% humidity.

CSK vs DC Probable Playing XIs

CSK Probable Playing XI: Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Shivam Dube, Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wk), Jamie Overton, Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Matheesha Pathirana

Impact Player: Khaleel Ahmed

DC Probable Playing XI: Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel, KL Rahul (wk), Axar Patel (c), Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar

Impact Player: Ashutosh Sharma

CSK vs DC Full Squads

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

Delhi Capitals: Axar Patel (c), Mohit Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Abhishek Porel (wk), Tristan Stubbs, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Ajay Mandal, Donovan Ferreira, Manvanth Kumar L, Madhav Tiwari, KL Rahul (WK), Faf du Plessis, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera, T Natarajan, Darshan Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam, Tripurana Vijay

IPL 2025 Match 17, CSK vs DC: Key Players

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Ruturaj Gaikwad: CSK skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad has looked in good touch in the first three games of IPL 2025. He has scored two fifties in three matches and will be looking to get another big knock against DC.

Ravindra Jadeja: CSK all rounder Ravindra Jadeja has always proved his worth with both bat and ball in the IPL. He could turn out to be an effective player with the ball at Chepauk.

Axar Patel: Axar Patel has begun his reign as the captain of DC in some style, winning the first two matches of the IPL, and his individual form has been quite decent as well.

Tristan Stubbs: Tristan Stubbs looked in great touch with his unbeaten 21* runs in the last game against SRH and will be looking to get a big knock against CSK at Chepauk.