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Best performances - Batsmen

D Brevis
D Brevis
57(23) 4x4 - 5x6
Control %60%
  • Productive Shot
  • off drive
  • 20 runs
  • 0x4 - 3x6
4 8 2 2 0 21 13 7
DP Conway
52(35) 6x4 - 2x6
Control %72%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 15 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
0 4 5 5 3 6 13 16

Best performances - Bowlers

A Kamboj
A Kamboj
O2.3
M0
R13
W3
Eco5.2
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
Noor Ahmad
O4
M0
R21
W3
Eco5.25
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W

Match Details

Toss

Chennai Super Kings , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

15.30 start, First Session 15.30-17.00, Interval 17.00-17.15, Second Session 17.15-18.45

Match days

25 May 2025 - day/night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Chennai Super Kings 2, Gujarat Titans 0

Scorer: @Thilak_Rama | Commentator: @himanshu_a30

As widely expected, there's no announcement from MS Dhoni tonight. As entirely predictable, Dhoni doesn't give anything away even as CSK have wrapped their campaign up with a massive win. Will he? Won't he? Only He knows. How we wish we could time travel! But to come back to today, CSK have shown what was possible had they performed even close to what they did in beating GT. Nevertheless, there's always a next time. With that, we close this game out. But remember, it's a double-header Sunday. So switch over to KKR vs SRH, as we bid you goodbye!

Dewald Brevis is the Player of the Match: "I'm definitely happy. I'm really enjoying and having fun. Just be myself - the kid who has played the game. I just enjoyed it. I kept telling my mind that it's cool out there. I needed to play an innings like that, and I'm, very grateful for it. For me, a big thing is I've got people who advice me. It's always been a privilege [to be called Baby AB]. He's someone I've always looked up to. It's an honour to be compared to him."

Nikhil Singh : "Who's the Andre whom Dhoni talked about?" --- It's him

MS Dhoni: "It's good. I wouldn't say today was housefull, but decent number of crowd. Good to finish on a winning note. This was among the perfect performances. This was one game where the catching was also good. It depends. I have four or five months to decide [whether to play or not]. It's professional cricket; you have to be at your best. It's not performances. What's important is to see how much hunger you have. I have enough time to decide. I'll go back to Ranchi. I'm not saying I'm done; I'm not saying I'm coming back. I have the luxury of time. When we started the season, the first four games out of six were in Chennai. We won tosses and chased. Second innings, we were under a bit of pressure. So I was more worried about the batting department. Now everybody has contributed. When Ritu comes back next year... he doesn't have to worry about too many things. Definitely you feel old [as Suryavanshi touched his feet]. I asked Andre, 'How old are you?' And he's exactly 25 years younger than me!"

Time for the presentations

Vkumar: "Now that the season ends with a win, will Dhoni announce his retirement in the post-match presentation?" ---- Ssshhhh....

Noor Ahmad has the Purple Cap: "Great way to finish the tournament. We didn't have a good season, but it's so good to finish this way. The third one, the bowled [was the best]. It was a bit faster. That's what I enjoyed about it. Everyone gave their best, and the season was good. But it's cricket - sometimes up and down happens. We can comeback stronger, hopefully."

Pradeep Kumar A: "Top two yet not finalized but bottom two are frozen today."

Shubman Gill: "The game pretty much went away from us in the powerplay. We never really came back in the game; 230 is a big target. Teams that are already eliminated don't have anything to lose. We were not able to stay clam under pressure. It's very important to control runs in the middle overs. If you don't pick wickets, it's always going to be difficult and challenging. This one would be a hard pill to swallow for us. But on the bright side, we have two or three important games for us. Fortunately for me, going back to my hometown."

7.05pm So GT enter the playoffs with two losses in a row. Today is also their heaviest defeat in terms of runs across the three seasons that they've been playing for so far. CSK's campaign, meanwhile, finishes with a comprehensive win. They did with the bat what they hardly did all season. With that cushion, their bowlers delivered from the get go, and GT's chase never took off.

18.3
W
Kamboj to Sai Kishore, OUT, Dhoni ends the game by taking the catch to his right!! Is this the final time he has ever done that in the IPL? We might not know that for another year, and that'll be thrill of it all, I think. Short delivery from Kamboj around middle and leg, as Sai Kishore went for the pull but got a top edge. Simple catch for Dhoni, as his side end IPL 2025 with an 83-run win, although that isn't enough for them to not finish last

R Sai Kishore c †Dhoni b Kamboj 3 (15m 7b 0x4 0x6) SR: 42.85

18.2
1
Kamboj to Mohammed Siraj, 1 run, another length delivery, but this is wider of off. Siraj has a push at it, but gets an outside edge to deep third
18.1
2
Kamboj to Mohammed Siraj, 2 runs, on a length, and just outside off. Siraj pushes it towards cover, from where there's an overthrow which allows a second

A slip in place

Kamboj is back

END OF OVER:
18 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | GT: 144/9 (87 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.00, RRR: 43.50)

  • Sai Kishore3 (6b)
  • Mohammed Siraj0 (2b)
  • Noor Ahmad4-0-21-3
  • Matheesha Pathirana3-0-29-1
17.6
0
Noor Ahmad to Sai Kishore, no run, fullish ball, and dipping on off. Blocked down with a good stride forward
17.5
1lb
Noor Ahmad to Mohammed Siraj, 1 leg bye, full and straighter, and it takes his pad as he looks to clip. The ball dribbles away behind square
17.5
1w
Noor Ahmad to Mohammed Siraj, 1 wide, fuller, but again wide of off. Siraj leaves it alone, and it's called wide

From around now

GT 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st24Shubman GillB Sai Sudharsan
2nd5JC ButtlerB Sai Sudharsan
3rd1SE RutherfordB Sai Sudharsan
4th55M Shahrukh KhanB Sai Sudharsan
5th1R TewatiaB Sai Sudharsan
6th19R TewatiaRashid Khan
7th5R TewatiaG Coetzee
8th16R TewatiaArshad Khan
9th16R Sai KishoreArshad Khan
10th5Mohammed SirajR Sai Kishore

Indian Premier League

TeamMWLPTNRR
PBKS1494190.372
RCB1494190.301
GT1495180.254
MI1486161.142
DC1476150.011
SRH146713-0.241
LSG146812-0.376
KKR145712-0.305
RR144108-0.549
CSK144108-0.647