CSK vs DC, IPL 2025 Highlights: Delhi win by 25 runs as Chennai limp to 158/5

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: Shankar finishes unbeaten on 69 off 54, Dhoni on 30 off 26. The partnership between them has finished unbeaten on 84 off 57 balls. They still have one batter sitting in the hut in R Ashwin. Three wins on the trot for DC though and as stated earlier, they were absolutely perfect at everything except taking a catch off Shankar today.

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: Safe to say, game over. Vijay Shankar on 59 off 50, Dhoni on 25 off 24. This has been an incredible performance from DC. They have been relentless with their lengths and have hardly made a mistake in the field, except when they are trying to catch something off Vijay Shankar of course.

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: And finally, Dhoni swings at one. He has rarely actually swung at anything today but he does it now, off the fourth ball of the 18th over with CSK need 63 runs to win. Mukesh is the recipient, it was a lengt delivery slightly outside off, Dhoni smashes it back down the ground. It may not really matter to much with CSK now needing more than 25 runs an over to win but the reaction of the crowd shows that it means a lot to them regardless. Two off the next ball and then a single, Dhoni on 23 off 21, Shankar, meanwhile has scored a half-century but didn't acknwledge it at all. He has scored 53 in 47 balls.

CSK 130/5 in 18 overs

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: CSK's run rate is now exactly 7 an over. Their required rate? 18. Now MS Dhoni has regularly pulled off miracles in the past but are we still in that era. For now, he hasn't really shown any intent to try and hit out. He has scored 11 runs in 15 balls, Shankar on 48 off 41.

CSK 112/5 in 16 overs

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: But so far behind are CSK that their required rate has only climbed over the course of that over.

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: Shankar pierces the gap between fine leg and deep midwicket, the boundary rider dives but the ball just about skips past him. Mohit had bowled a no ball to Dhoni third ball but then he bounces out the former India captain for the free hit delivery, Dhoni misses a pull shot entirely. He takes a single and then Shankar breaks the drought. A single to end the over. CSK going at 6.85 in a T20 in 2025, their required rate is 14.66 now.

Shankar on 36 off 33, Dhoni on nine off 11.

CSK 96/5 in 14 overs, need 88 to win from 36 balls

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: He has been living a charmed life out there, Vijay Shankar. Or a tortured one, considering he has scored just 28 runs in 28 balls hit one four. Kuldeep continues in the 13th over, Shankar tries to pull a short ball fourth delivery down the ground, Stubbs runs in from long on, gets to it but the ball pops right out of his hands! Two more singles after that make it six for the over, Dhoni hasn't really even tried to find the boundary yet.

CSK's required rate has now reached 14.

CSK 86/5 in 13 overs, need 98 to win from 42

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: The Chepauk Stadium finds its voice and that is because, after what seems like ages, MS Dhoni has walked out to bat with nine overs to go in the innings. Kuldeep brought in for the first time in the 11th over, five runs off the first three balls with both batters continuing to fail to get the ball to the boundary. Jadeja looks to flick this from around off stump but this was a googly. Lands on middle and leg and takes his pads. Rahul appeals and the umpire raises his finger even before the DC wicketkeeper is done.

Ravindra Jadeja lbw b Kuldeep Yadav 2 (3)

CSK 74/4 in 10.4 overs

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: CSK in freefall here. Nigam landed the first ball of the 10th over short and Dube biffed that over cow corner for a towering six. Axar then has a word for a second with his bowler, Nigam sends the second ball wide and Dube puts it down the throat of the fielder at long-on. This CSK chase is going nowhere.

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: Their required rate has crept up above 10. Shivam Dube is the new batter in and even he hasn't been able to make a big impact. Axar brings back Starc in the seventh over, probably seeing that Dube is out there. He is pinned to the crease first three balls of the over before the batter manage three singles. Dube on seven off seven, Shankar on 12 off 12.

CSK 49/3 in 7 overs, need 135 to win from 78 balls

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: Conway had been unable to get anything away for a while and he perishes trying to force a big shot. Vipraj Nigam brought in bowl the last over of the powerplay, Conway tries to hit it over midwicket. It takes a leading edge and he is caught at cover.

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: And it would've been much worse for CSK had they reviewed an LBW decision that didn't go their way in that previous over bowled by Starc. He first bowls a vicious inswinger to welcome Vijay Shankar, the batter missed it on the drive entirely and the ball just missed the stumps. And then a toe-crusher. DC ask for LBW, umpire shakes his head and wicketkeeper Porel tells Axar that it took the bat. DC don't take the review but replays then show that it had indeed hit Shankar's toe first and then the bat. It was all a matter of split seconds though. Strangely enough, Porel goes off the field after that over and KL Rahul has the gloves in his hands. Shankar and Conway simply unable to get anything away in the next over by Mukesh, CSK seem to be missing something this year really.

CSK 25/2 in 4 overs

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: Back of a length ball third delivery of the third over after bowling it full all this while, Gaikwad pulls and Jake Fraser-McGurk had been placed at deep backward square leg for exactly that shot. Easy catch for him, CSK in trouble.

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: A very good catch off his own bowling there by Mukesh Kumar. Ravindra tries to flick the fifth ball of the second over of the CSK chase but he seems to be a few milliseconds early to the shot. It takes a leading edge and darts back to Mukesh who bent low to his right in his follow through to take the catch.CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: A very good catch off his own bowling there by Mukesh Kumar.

Ravindra c & b Mukesh Kumar 3 (6)

CSK 14/1 in 1.5 overs

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: All right, Mitchell Starc has the ball in his hands. Devon Conway is opening the innings with Rachin Ravindra. CSK need 184 to win, remember.

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: This, of course, has been running as a bit of a sub-plot throughout this game. MS Dhoni's parents have made a rare appearance in a game that he is playing in, one really struggles to remember the last time they were there. His wife and daughter are there as well and so, could it be? He had said in 2023 that he is continuing for the fans who were cheering for him. Those fans, even the ones in yellow, didn't have too many nice things to say about him walking in after the match was lost in that game against RCB. Dhoni does tend to retire out of nowhere and so, once again, could it be?

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: Tristan Stubbs unbeaten on 24 off 12. Ashutosh Sharma was run out off the very next ball after Rahul's dismissal, with Jadeja and Dhoni coming together for that, makes you feel it's almost unfair on the batter but it was a suicidal run, typical to what we see in last overs of limited overs innings. CSK need 184 to win.

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: No century for him but Rahul has done his job and more. Pathirana bowling the last over of the innings, the second ball is a bouncer, Rahul tries to hook it, the ball grazes the glove before reaching Dhoni.

Rahul c Dhoni b Pathirana 77 (51)

DC 179/5 in 19.2 overs

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: Rahul sweeps the first ball from Choudhary in that over past backward square leg for four. He then tries a ramp shot second ball and misses entirely. Then Rahul tries to go big down the ground and skies it, should be a simple catch for the bowler but he ends up misjudging it and dropping altogether. Quite unacceptable that from a professional cricketer. The batters ran a single there and then Stubbs smashes the fifth ball down the ground. The sixth went towards long on, where Gaikwad ran forward for the catch but he misjudges it, misses the ball entirely as it bounces in front of him and then goes past him for four. Stubbs on 21 off 10, Rahul on 77 off 50 at the end of that over.

DC 176/4 in 19 overs

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: Pathirana complicates DC's ambitions of crossing 200. A tight single off the first ball, in fact a direct hit at the non-striker's end would have been the end of the story for Tristan Stubbs. Five more singles after that in that over. Stubbs on 11 off seven, Rahul on 72 off 47.

DC 161/4 in 18 overs

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: CSK need a couple more of those to breath easy. Khaleel angles the first ball of the 17th across Rizvi, fullish. The batter tries to loft it down the ground but it ends up flying to deep cover, where Jadeja runs forward and dives to take a typically sharp catch.

Rizvi c Jadeja b Ahmed 20 (15)

DC 146/4 in 16.1 overs

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: KL Rahul and Sameer Rizvi have put on a bit of a show in that over.

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: Promoted to the top of the order and delivers straightaway. That's KL Rahul for you. And it has come in just 33 balls, a strike rate of exactly 150. He takes a single off the second ball from Pathirana in the 14th over to get there. Two singles after that and then Rizvi pulls the fifth ball majestically past long on. He finishes the over on 12 off 11, Rahul on 51 off 34.

DC 121/3 in 14 overs

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: Oh yes, there is that Noor Ahmad wicket that was missing in his first over. Rahul had slog swept Noor for a six off the second ball of the over and then taken a single, bringing Axar on strike. He tries the same shot fourth ball and misses it entirely, the ball spins inside after pitching outside off and hits the stump.

Axar Patel b Noor Ahmad 21 (14)

DC 90/3 in 10.4 overs

CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals: So far so good for DC, despite the loss of two wickets. Noor Ahmad introduced in the ninth over and for once, he doesn't get a wicket in his first over. Axar Patel has gotten off to an absolute flyer here, hitting Jadeja for a six off the very first ball that he faced. He edges a cut off the fifth ball of this over to the boundary and finishes it on 18 off nine, Rahul on 25 off 20.

Meanwhile, there are reports of rain in other parts of the city despite there being bright sunshine at the moment at the Chepauk.

CSK 76/2 in 9 overs