IPL 2025: Match 17 - CSK vs DC
- Ruturaj Gaikwad was declared fit but lost the toss as DC opted the bat in the day game.
- Khaleel Ahmed struck in his first over for the third game this season as Jake Fraser-McGurk was dismissed for a duck.
- Abhisek Porel led a quick counter-attack for DC.
- After a steady start, KL Rahul picked up his pace through the middle overs and scored a 33-ball 50.
- Axar Patel promoted himself to No.4 and scored a quick 24 before he was castled by Noor Ahmad.
- KL Rahul completed his first half-century for DC.
- Matheesha Pathirana produced an excellent spell at the death and got the crucial wicket of KL Rahul for 77 as DC finished on 183.
- Mukesh Kumar struck early to dismiss Rachin Ravindra in the chase.
- Mitchell Starc took the big wicket of Ruturaj Gaikwad with a short ball.
- Vipraj Nigam dismissed Devon Conway and Shivam Dube in his four-over spell of 2 for 27.
- Vijay Shankar, who survived an LBW appeal and was dropped twice, made a very sedate half-century.
- MS Dhoni took 19 balls to hit his first four by when the game was long gone for CSK.
- DC won against CSK at Chepauk for the first time since 2010. They also last won their first three games of a season in 2009.