Match Day

63dSreshth Shah

Dhoni, Jadeja snap CSK's losing streak

Dhoni and Dube came together during a tricky situation to put up a match-winning 57-run stand

61dESPNcricinfo staff

IPL 2025 Orange and Purple Cap leaderboards: Pooran, Noor continue to be on top

Shreyas Iyer remains fourth among batters after his second-ball duck; Varun Chakravarthy and Harshit Rana now joint-fourth among bowlers

62dESPNcricinfo staff

IPL 2025 Orange and Purple Cap leaderboards: Khaleel closes in on Noor Ahmad

There's no change at the top of the two tables, but the action is getting frenetic just below them

62dShashank Kishore

Dhoni effect on show as CSK find a way

This CSK was unlike the usual CSK, but they did enough things right, and smart, to spark hope among their fans

62dSreshth Shah

Rishabh Pant's 63 drags LSG to 166

LSG posted their lowest score of IPL 2025

62dESPNcricinfo staff

Jaffer: Pant 'needs to get better at rotating strike'

Pant showed signs of a return to form against Chennai Super Kings but also played out a lot of dot balls

63dESPNcricinfo staff

Dhoni: Tweaked attack gives 'more manoeuvrability for the captain'

CSK's stand-in captain says they needed more bowling options in the powerplay as there was "too much pressure" on Ashwin

63dVishal Dikshit

The Bishnoi over that Pant left out 'a major point' in LSG's loss to CSK

Pant chose pace over spin, possibly keeping Dube in mind, even though captains have turned to spin at the death to keep Dhoni quiet

62dSreshth Shah

Shaik Rasheed and Jamie Overton in as CSK bowl, Mitchell Marsh back for LSG

Dhoni said the team was looking for consistency from the batters and better powerplay bowling performances

63dESPNcricinfo staff

CSK head coach Fleming: 'Dhoni doesn't have a magic wand'

After a particularly dismal loss to KKR in the last game, CSK's coach wanted his team to use the hurt as motivation against LSG

Preview

63dShashank Kishore

Free-falling CSK meet high-flying LSG in clash of contrasts

While LSG have showcased batting flexibility and have backed unheralded Indian talents, CSK have stuck to a rigid template with little room for experimentation

CSK INNINGS		R	B
SK Rasheed	caught	27	19
R Ravindra	lbw	37	22
RA Tripathi	caught	9	10
RA Jadeja	caught	7	11
S Dube	not out	43	37
V Shankar	caught	9	8
MS Dhoni	not out	26	11
J Overton
A Kamboj
Noor Ahmad
KK Ahmed
EXTRAS	(lb 1, w 8, nb 1)
TOTAL	168 (5 wkts; 19.3 ovs)

CSK INNINGS

caught

lbw

caught

caught

not out