IPL 2025: Chennai Super Kings Playing XI Against Royal Challengers Bengaluru | CSK vs RCB
The 18th edition of the Indian Premier League has commenced with an exciting match between the defending champions, Kolkata Knight Riders, and Royal Challengers Bengaluru where RCB had defeated KKR by seven wickets. The second day of the season will feature two thrilling matches, including a night game between key rivals and the tournament’s two most successful teams, Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians. This article will discuss the Chennai Super Kings’ playing XI for the upcoming match.
For the upcoming season, the Chennai Super Kings have made significant changes to their squad while retaining the same core group and were focused heavily on creating a strong spin attack in the IPL 2025 Mega Auction. CSK acquired their former player, Ravichandran Ashwin, and an exciting young spinner, Noor Ahmed. For the upcoming IPL 2025, CSK has frontline spinners Ravindra Jadeja, Ravi Ashwin, Noor Ahmed, Shreyas Gopal, and Matheesha Pathirana and have built their stategy around them. This also suggests that the pitch will be heavily curated to support spinners. After an average IPL 2024 season, CSK will be looking to make a strong comeback this season.
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Chennai Super Kings Predicted Playing XI Against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
| Role | Player | Specialty |
|---|---|---|
| Captain | Ruturaj Gaikwad | Batter |
| Opener | Devon Conway | Wicketkeeper-Batter |
| No. 3 | Rahul Tripathi | Batter |
| No. 4 | Shivam Dube | All-rounder |
| No. 5 | Deepak Hooda | All-rounder |
| No. 6 | Ravindra Jadeja | All-rounder |
| No. 7 | MS Dhoni (WK) | Wicketkeeper-Batter |
| No. 8 | Sam Curran | All-rounder |
| No. 9 | R Ashwin | Bowler |
| No. 10 | Noor Ahmad | Bowler |
| No. 11 | Nathan Ellis | Bowler |
Top Order
Chennai Super King’s captain Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway will be the openers in the top order. Rahul Tripathi will bat in the third position. Ruturaj has been consistently scoring runs for CSK over the last few seasons and is one of the top contenders for the Orange Cap in IPL. While taking on the captaincy responsibility, Ruturaj will lead from the front, with New Zealand’s striking batsman Devon Conway at the top order. Moreover, Rahul is also known as a reliable batsman who scores runs consistently each season.Thus these three forming strong top order.
Middle Order
For the middle order, CSK’s lineup includes all-rounders Shivam Dube and Deepak Hooda. Shivam Dube has performed well for CSK in the previous seasons, while Deepak Hooda will bat at number 5. At number 6, legendary finisher MS Dhoni will be batting and finishing the innings in the last few of the overs.
Lower order
In the lower order, the team will have two key all-rounders: Ravindra Jadeja and England’s Sam Curran. Both players are well-known for their skills and will be responsible for scoring runs in the final overs.
Bowlers
On the bowling side, Chennai Super Kings will have a very strong spin attack. With Four key spinners, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, will lead the attack, and will be supported by newly acquired Noor Ahmed and Matheesha Pathirana. As the match will be played on the spin-friendly pitch of MA Chidambaram Stadium, this spin attack could definitely create trouble for Mumbai Indians in the upcoming match.
CSK Squad For IPL 2025
| Role | Players |
|---|---|
| Captain | Ruturaj Gaikwad |
| Wicketkeeper | MS Dhoni |
| Batters | Rahul Tripathi, Shaik Rasheed, Andre Siddarth, Devon Conway, Vansh Bedi |
| All-rounders | Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Jamie Overton, Vijay Shankar, Ramakrishna Ghosh |
| Bowlers | Matheesha Pathirana, R Ashwin, Khaleel Ahmed, Nathan Ellis, Noor Ahmed, Rachin Ravindra |
CSK Match Schedule For IPL 2025
| Date | Match | Time | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 23 | CSK vs MI | 7:30 PM | Chennai |
| March 28 | CSK vs RCB | 7:30 PM | Chennai |
| March 30 | RR vs CSK | 7:30 PM | Guwahati |
| April 5 | CSK vs DC | 3:30 PM | Chennai |
| April 8 | PBKS vs CSK | 7:30 PM | Mullanpur |
| April 11 | CSK vs KKR | 7:30 PM | Chennai |
| April 14 | LSG vs CSK | 7:30 PM | Lucknow |
| April 20 | MI vs CSK | 7:30 PM | Mumbai |
| April 25 | CSK vs SRH | 7:30 PM | Chennai |
| April 30 | CSK vs PBKS | 7:30 PM | Chennai |
| May 3 | RCB vs CSK | 7:30 PM | Bengaluru |
| May 7 | KKR vs CSK | 7:30 PM | Kolkata |
| May 12 | CSK vs RR | 7:30 PM | Chennai |
| May 18 | GT vs CSK | 3:30 PM | Ahmedabad |
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