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On Friday, March 28, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) registered a comfortable 50-run win over Chennai Super Kings to continue their winning run in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. Notably, this was also RCB’s maiden win in 17 years at the Chepauk Stadium in Chennai against CSK in the tournament history after their last win, which came in 2008.
For the unversed, the CSK captain, Ruturaj Gaikwad decided to bowl first, wanting the visitors to take the strike early at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Phil Salt and Virat Kohli kickstarted the proceedings for the Benglauru-based franchise, but the England batter fell to MS Dhoni’s lightning-fast stumping after scoring 32 runs off 16 deliveries.
Kohli also played a comparatively slow knock, 30-ball 31 and fell off Noor Ahmed’s over after R Ashwin dismissed Devdutt Padikkal. However, the RCB skipper, Rajat Patidar played a gritty knock of 51 off 32 deliveries, helping the side post a above par score of 196 in the 20 overs. For CSK, the Afghanistan international Noor Ahmed starred with the ball, picking three wickets, Matheesha Pathirana picked two whereas Khaleel Ahmed, R Ashwin returned with a wicket each.
CSK suffer biggest defeat at home in IPL; lose by 50 runs
In the run chase for CSK, Rachin Ravindra once again played a crucial knock of 31-ball 41 but could not get support from the other end as wickets kept falling at crucial intervals. However, Ravindra Jadeja played a 19-ball 25, MS Dhoni also played an unbeaten 16-ball 30, but it was not just enough to chase the total, falling short by 50 runs.
For the visitors, Josh Hazlewood bagged three wickets, whereas Yash Dayal and Liam Livingstone returned with two each whereas Bhuvneshwar Kumar finished with one to his name. With a comprehensive win, their first in 17 years at Chepauk, RCB are dominating the points table with two wins off two matches, whereas CSK are fourth with one win and one loss so far in IPL 2025.
