The IPL (Indian Premier League) is to be played in 2025 on April 5 (Saturday). In the first match of the day, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Delhi Capitals (DC) will compete. The match will be played at Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepock) from 3.30 pm. Chennai has won only one of the three matches this season, while Delhi has won both their matches. Playing Rituraj Gaikwad in this match is doubtful. In such a situation, Mahendra Singh Dhoni can captain Chennai Super Kings. On the other hand, Akshar Patel will be seen captaining Delhi.
Sanju Samson will take charge of Rajasthan
The second match of the day is to be between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Rajasthan Royals (RR). This match will start at 7.30 pm Indian time at Maharaj Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur. In the match, Punjab Kings will captain Shreyas Iyer, while Rajasthan will be commanded by Sanju Samson. Samson played as a batsman in the first three matches due to not being fully fit. In such a situation, Ryan Parag took over the captaincy.
Spinners can play a decisive role in the match between Delhi-Chennai in Chepock. In such circumstances, the role of Kuldeep for Delhi and Noor Ahmed for Chennai have become important. Kuldeep’s economy rate is 5.25 so far, while Noor’s 6.83. Both these spinners can leave their impact in the middle overs. If we talk about batting, Delhi Capitals expect good performance from Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam and experienced KL Rahul.
The presence of Faf du Plessis in the Delhi team can prove to be important as this batsman from South Africa was part of the Chennai team for a long time. Du Plessis is well aware of the circumstances here. The benefit of his experience will definitely be given to batsmen like Jake Fraser-Macgark, Triston Stabs and Abhishek Porel.
On the other hand, Chennai Super Kings do not see any batsman in the middle order except Shivam Dubey who can score runs in the last 10 overs at a strike rate of 200. Chennai opener Rahul Tripathi’s weakness in front of the fast bowlers has come out openly. Experienced spinner Ravichandran Ashwin from Chennai has not yet been able to perform expected.
In the IPL, 30 matches have been played between Delhi Capitals and Chennai Super Kings in IPL. During this, Chennai Super Kings won 19 matches. At the same time, Delhi Capitals won 11 matches. Last season, there was a match between the two teams, in which Delhi won by 20 runs.
Squad of Chennai Super Kings: Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Rituraj Gaikwad (Captain), Shivam Dubey, Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Jamie Overton, Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmed, Mathisha Pathirana, Khalil Ahmed, Mukesh Chaudhary, Davon Conway, Sheikh Rashid, Sam Karan, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shikarkoti, Anshul Kamboj, Nathan Ellis, Gurjapneet Singh, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Andre Siddharth C, Vansh Bedi, Deepak Hooda.
Squad of Delhi Capitals: Akshar Patel (Captain), KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Jake Fraser-Macgark, Karun Nair, Faf du Plessis, Donovan Farera, Abhishek Porel (wicketkeeper), Triston Stabs (wicketkeeper), Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Darshan Nalakande, Vipraj Nal, Vipraj Nigam, Ajay Mandal, Tripurana Vijay, Michil Stark, Madhwant Kumar, Tripurana Vijay, Madhwant Kumar, Madhav Tiwari, Madhwant Kumar, Tripurana Vijay, Tripurana Vijay, Tripurana Vijay, Tripurana Vijay, Tripurana Vijay, Tripurana Vijay, Tripurana Vijay, Tripurana Vijay, Tripurana Vijay, Tripurana Vijay, Tripurana Vijay, Madhwant Kumar, Tripurarana Vijay, Tripurana Vijay, Madhwant Kumar, Tripurarana Vijay, Natarajan, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chamera, Kuldeep Yadav.
On the other hand, in the contest between Rajasthan-Punjab, the fans will be eyeing Yashasvi Jaiswal in bad form. This left -handed batsman has not been able to perform well in IPL 2025 yet. Yashasvi has scored only 34 runs in three matches. However, the biggest challenge for Rajasthan Royals will be Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer, who has introduced his excellent form by submitting two consecutive half -centuries.
Shreyas Iyer is not hesitant to play long shots. The proof of this is that he has hit 13 sixes in only two matches so far. Not only this, Iyer has also presented a great example of his captaincy skills. The way he used Glenn Maxwell as a spin bowler in the first two matches is commendable. As far as Rajasthan Royals are concerned, the return of Sanju Samson as captain will encourage the team. But to stop the victory campaign of Punjab Kings, its batsmen will have to perform well.
In the history of the Indian Premier League, a total of 28 matches have been played between Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals so far. During this time Rajasthan won 16 matches, while Punjab Kings won in 12 matches. Earlier, when there was a clash between the two teams, Punjab Kings won by 5 wickets.
Punjab Kings Squad: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Priyansh Arya, Payla Avinash, Haranur Singh, Josh Iglis, Prabhasimran Singh, Vishnu Vinod, Nehal Vadhera, Ajmatullah Umarzai, Aaron Hardy, Marco Janasen, Glenn Maxwell, Musheer Khan, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stocis, Suryansh, Suryansh, Suryansh, Jewant Yuzvendra Chahal, Praveen Dubey, Lockey Ferguson, Harpreet Brar, Kuldeep Sen, Vijaykumar Vaishak, Yash Thakur.
Squad of Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (Captain), Ryan Parag, Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Kunal Rathore, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurlel, Nitish Rana, Yudhveer Singh, Jofra Archer, Mahish Pratisana, Vanindu Hasar, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartike, Tushakya Deshpande, Tushakya Deshpanday Mafaka, Ashok Sharma, Sandeep Sharma.