IPL 2025, RR vs CSK Live Cricket Score Updates: Wannidu Hasaranga snapped up 4 wickets even as Ruturaj Gaikwad slammed a half century but Chennai Super Kings couldn’t put away Rajasthan Royals, losing the match by 6 runs. Rajasthan finally get on the points table with this victory after losing two on a trot.
Match Report
IPL 2025: Rajasthan Royals registers first win of season as Chennai Super Kings stumbles in yet another chase
- Rajasthan Royals’ Wanindu Hasaranga (4-0-35-4) and Jofra Archer’s fiery pace powered the home side to its first victory of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 against Chennai Super Kings at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati on Sunday.
IPL 2025 Points Table updated after RR vs CSK: Rajasthan Royals opens account after win over Chennai Super Kings
- IPL 2025 points table: Find the latest updated standings of the Indian Premier League after the Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings match on March 30.
RR beats CSK by 6 runs
It came down to the last two balls, with CSK needing 11 runs, but Sandeep Sharma, preferred to bowl the last over ahead of Jofra Archer, held his nerve and got his team over the line by six runs. With 20 needed off the last over, MS Dhoni had the opportunity to wind back the clocks and play the finisher’s role, but he holed out at deep midwicket off the first ball. Jamie Overton kept the game alive with a six off the fourth delivery, but the last two balls only produced four more runs.
- CSK will rue the PowerPlay it had, with just 42 runs coming in the first six overs. RR, thanks to Nitish Rana, scored 79 in the same phase, and that eventually turned out to be the difference.
CSK 176/6 in 20 overs
20 runs needed off the last over. Sandeep will bowl the last over, and not Archer. He starts off with a wide. 19 to get off six balls. OUT! And Dhoni holes out at deep midwicket. It was a low full toss, the bat turned in Dhoni’s hand, and Hetmyer takes an excellent low catch in the deep.
In comes Jamie Overton. 19 to win off 5 balls. Driven down the ground for just a single.
18 to win off 4 balls.
Drilled down the ground by Jadeja now and just a single again. 17 needed off 3 balls.
SIX! Overton keeps the game alive. Goes for maximum down the ground. CSK needs 11 from 2 balls. Bouncer and pulled away by Overton for just a couple of runs. CSK needs 9 off 1 ball. RR just needs a legal delivery.
Dragged to deep midwicket by Overton for a couple and RR wins by six runs.
MS Dhoni c Shimron Hetmyer b Sandeep Sharma 16 (11b 1×4 1×6)
CSK 163/5 in 19 overs
- CSK needs 39 runs from 12 balls now. Deshpande with the ball. FOUR! Short and wide and slashed by Dhoni to the boundary behind the keeper. Dragged to wide long-on by Dhoni for just a single. Good yorker outside off, Jadeja shuffles across to flick through midwicket for a single. SIX! Dhoni pummels this down the ground for big maximum. Slow and short, and pulled away by Dhoni for just a single. SIX! Jadeja shuffles across the clears the rope over backward square-leg for a maximum.
RR 144/5 in 18 overs
- Theekshana bowls out. A couple for Jadeja at deep point to start the over. Jabbed to deep midwicket by Jadeja for one more. Flicked off the toes by Dhoni to wide long-on for one more. Excellent delivery outside off in the block hole, and just a single for Jadeja. Full toss and Dhoni smashes it straight to extra-cover for a dot ball. A single at long-on for Dhoni to end the over.
CSK 138/5 in 17 overs
- Sandeep again. FOUR! Guided behind point again by Jadeja to the boundary. Slow and short, and dragged to deep midwicket by Jadeja for a single. Steered to short-third by Dhoni for a quick single. Driven to long-on by Jadeja for one more. Pushed to mid-off by Dhoni for another quick single. Low full toss to end the over and Jadeja can only collect a single at long-on.
CSK 129/5 in 16 overs
Hasaranga bowls out. A couple of slower googlies and two dot balls to start the over. A miscued sweep from Jadeja and he collects a single behind square-leg. SIX! In the slot, on middle and slog swept by Gaikwad over deep midwicket for a huge maximum. OUT! Gaikwad goes for the sweep again but finds the long-on fielder on this occasion.
And in comes MS Dhoni, at No. 7. He takes a big stride forward and defends the ball.
Ruturaj Gaikwad c Yashasvi Jaiswal b Wanindu Hasaranga 63 (44b 7×4 1×6)
CSK 122/4 in 15 overs
- CSK needs 72 runs from the last six overs, at 12 an over. Deshpande comes back. He starts off with a wide outside off. Guided by Jadeja straight to backward point for a dot ball. Dug into the pitch, and Jadeja fetches this from outside off and pulls this to wide long-on for a quick couple. FOUR! Full toss outside off and Jadeja slices this over short third-man and finds the boundary. Another wide outside off from Deshpande. This is short and pulled straight to deep midwicket by Jadeja for a single. Slower bouncer, Gaikwad misses the pull and a much-needed dot ball for the Royals. Gaikwad jams out this yorker through point for another quick brace to end the over.
CSK 111/4 in 14 overs
- Theekshana replaces Hasaranga. FOUR! Gaikwad fetches this from outside off and sweeps this to the boundary behind square-leg. Hundred up for CSK in 13.1 overs. Punched to long-on for a couple and that’s 50 for Gaikwad off 37 balls. A couple more Gaikwad as he sweeps this to deep midwicket. Steered through point by Gaikwad for another brace and that’s 12 runs from the over with minimal risk. Time for a time out!
CSK 99/4 in 13 overs
- Sandeep Sharma is back into the attack after an expensive first over. Pace off, and pushed to long-on by Jadeja for a single. Pulled in front of square by Gaikwad for one more. Slower one again, and spliced over the bowler’s head by Jadeja for a single. Full and flicked off the toes by Gaikwad for one more. Fifth single in a row as Jadeja tucks this to fine-leg after making room outside off-stump. Low full toss and driven down the ground for a sixth single in a row by Gaikwad.
CSK 93/4 in 12 overs
Hasaranga continues. Tucked to short fine for a single by Shankar. Pushed to wide long-on by Gaikwad for one more. SIX! Slog swept by Shankar over deep midwicket for a maximum. OUT! Bowled next ball. Shankar is cleaned up as he misses the googly this time.
Ravindra Jadeja comes in now. Flicked off the thighs by Jadeja for a single to get off the mark.
Vijay Shankar b Wanindu Hasaranga 9 (6b 1×6)
CSK 84/3 in 11 overs
Kartikeya Singh into the attack. He comes over the wicket to Gaikwad. FOUR! Pulled away and he beats wide long-on at the boundary. Short again and dragged to deep square-leg by Gaikwad for one more. Pulled to deep square now by Shankar for one more. FOUR! Too short again and pulled along the ground by Gaikwad to the boundary.