The IPL 2025 season took a dramatic flip as Punjab Kings (PBKS) defeated Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) and ended their probabilities of reaching the playoffs. The match, held at Chepauk on Wednesday night, noticed Chennai lose for the fifth time in a row at their house floor. With this defeat, CSK — a five-time champion underneath MS Dhoni’s management — is now out of the playoff race for the second 12 months in a row.
It is a massive setback for CSK, a workforce identified for its robust efficiency at Chepauk. Final season, they had been additionally eradicated after dropping an vital match in opposition to Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Punjab Kings shine, CSK struggles
Within the match, Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer and younger batter Prabhsimran Singh each scored half-centuries to information their workforce to victory. Sam Curran performed a robust function for CSK by scoring 88 runs within the first innings, however his efforts went in useless.
The star of the match was spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, who took 4 wickets, together with a surprising hat-trick, to crush CSK’s hopes. With this win, Punjab Kings moved to second place within the factors desk, whereas CSK remained on the backside.
The up to date IPL 2025 factors desk after the match is as follows:
|
Rank |
workforce |
performed |
received |
misplaced |
NR |
NRR |
factors |
|
1 |
RCB |
10 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
0.521 |
14 |
|
2 |
PBKS |
10 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
0.199 |
13 |
|
3 |
MI |
10 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
0.889 |
12 |
|
4 |
GT |
9 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
0.748 |
12 |
|
5 |
DC |
10 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
0.362 |
12 |
|
6 |
LSG |
10 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
-0.325 |
10 |
|
7 |
KKR |
10 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
0.271 |
9 |
|
8 |
RR |
10 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
-0.349 |
6 |
|
9 |
SRH |
9 |
3 |
6 |
0 |
-1.103 |
6 |
|
10 |
CSK |
10 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
-1.211 |
4 |
High batters and bowlers after CSK vs PBKS match
Orange Cap (High Run Scorers):
There was no change within the prime 5 run-scorers checklist after the match between CSK and PBKS. The gamers main the Orange Cap race are:
|
Rank |
Participant Title |
Staff |
Runs |
Matches |
Avg |
SR |
|
1 |
Sai Sudharsan |
GT |
456 |
9 |
50.67 |
150.00 |
|
2 |
Virat Kohli |
RCB |
443 |
10 |
63.29 |
138.87 |
|
3 |
Suryakumar Yadav |
MI |
427 |
10 |
61.00 |
169.44 |
|
4 |
Yashasvi Jaiswal |
GT |
420 |
10 |
46.67 |
152.17 |
|
5 |
Jos Buttler |
LSG |
406 |
10 |
81.20 |
168.46 |
Purple Cap (High Wicket-Takers):
Within the race for the Purple Cap, CSK’s Khaleel Ahmed entered the highest 5 after his current performances. This is the up to date checklist:
|
Rank |
Participant Title |
Staff |
Wickets |
Matches |
Avg |
Econ |
|
1 |
Josh Hazlewood |
RCB |
18 |
10 |
17.27 |
8.44 |
|
2 |
Prasidh Krishna |
GT |
17 |
9 |
16.05 |
7.8 |
|
3 |
Noor Ahmad |
CSK |
15 |
10 |
19.20 |
8.22 |
|
4 |
Khaleel Ahmed |
CSK |
14 |
10 |
22.57 |
8.85 |
|
5 |
Mitchell Starc |
DC |
14 |
10 |
26.14 |
10.16 |
KKR beat DC to maintain playoff hopes alive
On Tuesday, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) saved their playoff hopes alive by defeating Delhi Capitals (DC) by 14 runs on the Arun Jaitley Stadium. KKR scored 204/9, because of Angkrish Raghuvanshi (44) and Rinku Singh (36). Although Mitchell Starc took 3 wickets for DC, their chase ended at 190/9. Faf du Plessis (62) and Axar Patel (43) fought laborious however couldn’t end the job. Sunil Narine was the hero for KKR with figures of three/29.
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