RCB beat Chennai by 50 runs at Chennai's home.RCB batsmen and bowlers performed well.Defeated Chennai in Chennai after 18 years.

 RCB defeated CSK by 50 runs on the basis of the excellent performance of the bowlers after the batsmen. With this, RCB broke the spell of Chepauk Stadium and registered its first win against CSK at this stadium after 2008.

RCB's innings ends

RCB has set a target of 197 runs for CSK with the half-century of captain Rajat Patidar and Tim David's brilliant batting in the last over. Chennai won the toss and invited RCB to bat first. Patidar scored 51 runs with the help of four fours and three sixes in 32 balls, which helped RCB score 196 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 20 overs. If RCB was able to cross the 190-run mark, then the credit goes to Tim David as well as Patidar.

David hit three consecutive sixes on Sam Curran who came to bowl the last over and scored a total of 19 runs from the over. David remained unbeaten after scoring 22 runs with the help of one four and three sixes in 22 balls. Salt and Kohli gave RCB a good start, but CSK was able to make a comeback. For RCB, Salt scored 32 runs, Kohli scored 31 runs, Devdutt Padikkal scored 27, Jitesh Sharma scored 12 and Liam Livingstone scored 10 runs. For CSK, spinner Noor Ahmed took three wickets, while Mathisha Pathirana took two, Khalil Ahmed and Ravichandran Ashwin got one wicket each.

RCB's victory

RCB defeated CSK by 50 runs on the back of a superb performance by the bowlers after captain Rajat Patidar's half-century. This is RCB's first win at Chepauk Stadium since 2008. Batting first, RCB scored 196 runs for seven wickets in 20 overs, but Chennai's team could only score 146 runs for eight wickets in the stipulated overs. Rachin Ravindra scored the most runs for CSK, who played an innings of 41 runs off 31 balls. Wicketkeeper batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni returned unbeaten after scoring 30 runs off 16 balls with the help of three fours and two sixes. 

While chasing the target, CSK did not have a good start and Josh Hazlewood gave it two blows. After this, it got the third blow in the form of Deepak Hooda. Shivam Dubey, who came in as an impact player, tried to form a partnership with Rachin, but Yash Dayal made both these batsmen his prey. Shivam returned to the pavilion after scoring 19 runs. In the last over, Dhoni hit two consecutive sixes and a four on Krunal Pandya, but RCB managed to break the spell of Chepauk. Jadeja did some good batting and became the first player to complete 3000 runs and 100 wickets in IPL. Jadeja scored 25 runs in the match, while Ashwin was dismissed after scoring 11 runs. Hazelwood took three wickets for RCB, while Yash and Liam Livingstone took two wickets each and Bhuvneshwar Kumar got one wicket. RCB has started the 2025 season brilliantly. First it defeated defending champion KKR and now registered its second consecutive win by defeating CSK and has reached the top of the points table.