Royal Challengers Bengaluru are currently leading the IPL 2025 Points Table after their victory over Chennai Super Kings at the Chepauk stadium on Friday. The Rajat Patidar led side have won both their matches in the tournament so far and are the only team in the tournament with 4 points to their name and a healthy net run rate of +2.266.
Meanwhile, CSK have dropped even further after the match, going from 4th spot to the 7th spot with 2 points from their 2 games and a net run rate of -1.013.
Lucknow Super Giants and Punjab Kings continue to retain the number 2 and number 3 spot respectively on the rankings with the same points as CSK but a higher net run rate of +0.963 and +0.550. Meanwhile, Delhi Capitals, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders have shifted one spot each to take the 4th, 5th and 6th position respectively.
CSK vs RCB highlights:
CSK skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad won the toss and decided to bowl first at the Chepauk stadium in Chennai. RCB had a solid start from the two openers i.e. Virat Kohli (31 off 30 balls) and Phil Slat (32 off 16 balls). After which Devdutt Paddikal (27 off 14 balls) and skipper Rajat Patidar (51 off 32 balls) kept the momentum going. Ultimately, the visitors posted a total of 196 runs at Chepauk.
In reply, CSK never looked settled enough to get the score with only Rachin Ravindra getting into the fourties (41 off 31 balls) while the middle order of the yellow side collapsed completely. Questions were also raised about MS Dhoni coming in to bat at the number 9 spot, which saw both Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin bat ahead of him.
At the end, CSK could only managed to get 146 runs in their 20 overs as they lost a match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru for the first time in Chepauk since 2008.
