CSK vs DC Match 17 IPL 2025: The 17th match of the 18th season of IPL will be played on April 5 between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The match will start at 3:30 PM IST. Ruturaj Gaikwad will be captaining the Chennai Super Kings, while Axar Patel will be leading the Delhi Capitals. In this article, we will talk about the head to head records, pitch report, weather forecast and playing XI of both teams.
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CSK vs DC Match 17 IPL 2025: Head-To-Head Records
In the last 17 seasons of IPL, 30 matches have been played between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals so far. Out of these, CSK has won 19 matches, while DC has emerged victorious in 11 matches. During these matches, CSK’s highest score against Delhi has been 223 runs, while DC’s highest score against Chennai has been 198 runs. On the other hand, CSK’s lowest score against the Capitals is 110 runs, while DC’s lowest score against the Super Kings is 83 runs.
CSK vs DC Match 17 IPL 2025: Pitch Report at MA Chidambaram Stadium
The pitch report of MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai is bowler friendly. 87 IPL matches have been played here so far. Out of these, 48 matches have been won by the team that batted first, while in 37 matches, the team that chased the target has won. So, the team batting first is going to benefit here. However, Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals match is a day game, so dew will not create any factor in it, but one thing is certain that bowlers can dominate this match.
The average score of the first innings in Chennai is 164 and the average score of the second innings is 150, from which it can be guessed that run chase is difficult. Fast bowlers take more than 61 percent wickets, while spinners have a chance of getting wickets close to 39 percent. So, it is difficult for the batters to score runs here. Since this is a day game, the wicket will also be dry and there will be no problem in scoring runs initially, but later the spinners can dominate.
CSK vs DC Match 17 IPL 2025: Weather Forecast in Chennai
The 17th match of the IPL 2025 will be played between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Delhi Capitals (DC) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on 5th April. Both pacers and spinners will have to bowl smartly on this wicket, because despite being a slow pitch, it can prove to be helpful for the batters. Both teams can make changes in the playing XI according to their strategy.
According to AccuWeather.com, the temperature will be around 33°C at 3 pm on Saturday (at the time of toss), but due to being close to the Bay of Bengal, there will be more humidity in the air, due to which the temperature will feel like 40°C. However, this is a day match, so the dew factor will not have any effect. So, the nature of the pitch will not change much in the both innings.
CSK vs DC Match 17 IPL 2025: Probable Playing XI
Chennai Super Kings Probable Playing XI: Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(captain & wicketkeeper), Jamie Overton, Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Matheesha Pathirana, Khaleel Ahmed.
Impact Substitutes: Shivam Dube, Devon Conway, Shaik Rasheed, Sam Curran
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Delhi Capitals Probable Playing XI: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Axar Patel (captain), Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar.
Impact Substitutes: Karun Nair, Ashutosh Sharma, Sameer Rizvi, Tripurana Vijay
Chennai Super Kings Squad for IPL 2025
Rachin Ravindra, Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Rahul Tripathi, Deepak Hooda, Shivam Dube, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wk), R Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Nathan Ellis, Khaleel Ahmed, Vijay Shankar, Jamie Overton, Shreyas Gopal, Devon Conway, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Mukesh Choudhary, Anshul Kamboj, Matheesha Pathirana, Shaik Rasheed, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Vansh Bedi.
Delhi Capitals Squad for IPL 2025
KL Rahul (wk), Jake Fraser-McGurk, Karun Nair, Faf du Plessis, Donovan Ferreira, Abhishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel (c), Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Darshan Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam, Ajay Mandal, Manwant Kumar, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwary, Mitchell Starc, T. Natarajan, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav.