CSK vs RCB 2025: HISTORIC! RCB beat CSK at Chepauk by 50 runs, powered by stellar shows from Hazlewood and Patidar.
CSK vs RCB 2025: RCB have finally defeated CSK at Chepauk for the first time since 2008! They didn’t just breach it—they tore it down. Such was their dominance today, handing CSK one of their rare thrashings at home.
RCB set a strong total of 196, powered by a captain’s knock of 51 from Rajat and valuable 30s from other batters. While defending, Josh Hazlewood dismantled CSK’s top order, and the spinners took control in the middle overs. In the end, RCB secured a commanding 50-run victory—one they’ll remember for a long time.
Let's take a look at the Match summary of CSK vs RCB 2025 match:
CSK vs RCB Match Summary
Things started with Chennai Super Kings winning the toss and they opted to field first. Both sides strengthened their bowling units as Bhuvaneshwar Kumar Came in for RCB and Pathirana came in for CSK.
Playing11s
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal
Chennai Super Kings: Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Deepak Hooda, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Matheesha Pathirana, Khaleel Ahmed
Virat Kohli and Phil Salt provided a decent start to RCB where Salt played the anchor role. Salt faced 16 balls and smashed 32 runs before the electric fast hands of MS Dhoni stumped him out.
Virat Kohli and Padikkal got good starts but failed to prolong their innings. Skipper Rajat Patidar played a crucial innings of 51 runs at a strike rate of 160. Jitesh Sharma added 12 runs in 6 balls and Tim David played a stellar cameo of 22 runs from just 8 balls.
All this led RCB to post a total of 196. It was a good surface to bat but there was certainly space for bowlers to do some magic.
Chennai had a disastrous start, losing two wickets in the second over bowled by Hazlewood. By the end of the powerplay, they were struggling at 30/3. The middle order faltered, with batters at positions 2, 3, 4, and 5 failing to reach double digits, adding to their woes.
Rachin Ravindra, who was working hard to keep CSK alive, chopped one to the stumps after his 41. Apart from him, Ravindra Jadeja and MS Dhoni were the only two batters, who were batting without such struggles and that was never going to win them the game. MS Dhoni opened his arms towards the end but coming that late would never have helped CSK.
As a result, CSK lost the game by 50 runs. This was a big success for RCB as they won a game by such a huge margin when the set target was less than 200. Jos Hazlewood ended up with the best bowling figures of 4-0-21-3 along side the all-important innings by skipper Patidar.
CSK vs RCB Scorecard
RCB (Batting First)- 196/7 in 20 overs
Rajat Patidar- 51 (32)
Noor Ahmed- 4-0-36-3
CSK (Chasing 167)- 146/8 in 20 overs
Rachin Ravindra- 41 (31)
Jos Hazlewood- 4-0-21-3
