Chennai Super Kings started their IPL 2025 Campected with a victory over the Mumbai Indians in the third game of the season. The team led by Ruturaj Gaikwad will face the RCB in their next game in Chepauk on March 28.
CSK will seek to continue the momentum that the team won in their second match against RCB and would like to put a more mature stick performance than what they delivered against Mi after a fear in the last Overs.
Chennai Super Kings failed to qualify for the playoffs last season and will try to finish in the first four in order to qualify for the playoffs and win their sixth title IPL and first after the 2023 triumph against the Gujarat titans.
The champion six times IPL will seek to record a victory over RCB in what promises to be a difficult competition. We are going to take a look at the game possible 11 of the super Kings of Chennai for the match against RCB
CSK playing 11 against RCB-IPL 2025, match 8:
Ouvers: Rachin Ravira, Rahul Tripathi
Chennai Super Kings should continue with the same opening combination of Rachin Ravira and Rahul Tripathi. Although Rahul Tripathi was dismissed early against Mi, CSK is known to give players a long rope.
Regarding Rachin Ravira, the left -hander was the one who held the sleeves together for CSK on a slow window in Chepauk and who will seek the same in the CSK VS RCB match.
Middle order strikers and versatile: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Deepak Hooda, Sam Curran, Ravira will Jadeja, Ms Dhoni (WK)
The opening duo will be followed by Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube and recruit Deepak Hooda. Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad will seek to rely on the right form he showed during the opening match against Mi.
Deepak Hooda who is part of Chennai Super Kings this year will seek to offer a solid performance with Dube who will seek to face the spinners in the middle of the Overs as he did last season with a strike rate of 162
Sam Curran and Ravi will Ravira Jadeja arriving respectively at number six and seven will provide depth with the CSK striker a movement that will give the striking freedom to the strikers to go for their shots from the first ball with MS Dhoni at the start of the eight number.
Quicks: Nathan Ellis, Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed
The opening match of the CSK season experienced the return of Ravichandran Ashwin to Chepauk, which turned out to be a decent outing when he picked up the important window of Will Jacks and provided good support to Noor Ahmad who picked up four counters.
The quick bowling service will be supported by Khaleel Ahmed and Nathan Ellis who both picked up counters at crucial stages for the team.
