Eyeing to end their losing drought at the MA Chidambaram Stadium since 2008, fate didn’t comply with them as CSK decided to field first. But Phil Salt relieved their hopes with a blistering start, scoring a 16-ball 32 before MS Dhoni’s rapid stumping outwitted him in the fifth over. Despite Virat Kohli’s struggles, RCB piled up 56 runs inside the powerplay. The scoreboard was eventually bolstered with Devdutt Paddikal scoring 14-ball 27, steering them to 77/2 in eight overs. Subsequently, Rajat Patidar catalyzed the score with his sensational ball-striking ability, tonking a six before and after the halfway mark. 45 runs came in the next five overs as the RCB captain raced to set up his 30-ball fifty amidst Kohli’s wicket. Liam Livingstone and Jitesh Sharma departed in the 16th and 18th over before a Pathirana one-run over made way for Tim David’s hattrick of sixes in the last over, propelling RCB to 196/6 in 20 overs.
Unlike their counterparts, the visitors got off to a shaky start as Josh Hazlewood extracted the first couple of wickets amidst Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s swing to push the Super Kings to 30/3 in the powerplay. Rachin Ravindra and Sam Curran failed to ease the pressure, and the potential match-up of Liam Livingstone got the batter of his English teammate in the ninth over. After ten overs, CSK’s score read 65/4, thanks to impact substitute Shivam Dube’s couple of slogs. However, Suyash Sharma and Liam Livingstone kept things tight in the middle before Yash Dayal’s second spell rewarded RCB with the two prized scalps as CSK’s score read 81/6 in 13 overs. The Yellow brigade seemed to lose hope with the lower-order failing to accelerate until for MS Dhoni’s couple of sixes and a four against Krunal Pandya in the last over. Eventually, they fell 50 runs short and allowed their den to be breached after 17-long years against RCB.
Kohli is not happy
— david Miller (@MillerDavi20894) March 28, 2025
Superb
#CSKvsRCB
RCB Fans: We have been waiting for the past 17 years.. pic.twitter.com/CuS0yFgcFh—
رومانا (@RomanaRaza) March 28, 2025
Heavy one
Heaviest defeats for Chennai Super Kings while chasing in the IPL in Chennai
50 runs vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Today
46 runs vs Mumbai Indians, 2019
31 runs vs Deccan Chargers, 2010
24 runs vs Pune Warriors India, 2013#CSKvRCB #IPL2025— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) March 28, 2025
Just couldn’t
RCB couldn’t bowl out CSK. This is Chepauk. You can’t move us easily.
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) March 28, 2025
Not even a single one
CSK: We haven’t lost a single match against RCB in Chepauk in last 17 years
Rajat Patidar: pic.twitter.com/BUJbLAP3gJ— Sagar (@sagarcasm) March 28, 2025
Crazy
CSK fans rn pic.twitter.com/Gue8jZ2FJP
— Out Of Context Cricket (@GemsOfCricket) March 28, 2025
Depressing
Most depressing sixes I’ve ever seen live.
— Heisenberg
(@internetumpire) March 28, 2025
Good question
If you can still hit those boundaries, what is the point of coming at No. 9 broooo
— Ishan Joshi (@ishanjoshii) March 28, 2025
Lost
– Kohli Kohli chants
– RCB RCB chants
– CSK losing
When you are big, you are big
pic.twitter.com/UNdDCo6AFd— M. (@IconickohIi) March 28, 2025
