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Here are the final list of all the squads after the Indian Premier League 2025 auction which took place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on November 24 and 25.
Total of 182 players were sold during the event. Continue reading “Full list of Indian Premier League Squads 2025”
Here are the list of players who have been retained by their respective franchise for the IPL 2025 Continue reading “List of players retained by their respective franchise- IPL 2025”
Bengaluru skipper Faf du Plessis led from the front by scoring a fine 54 in front of 29,680 crowd as RCB clinched the final spot in the playoffs in the IPL 2024 by defeating Chennai Super Kings by 27 runs on Saturday.
Continue reading “RCB vs CSK 2024 IPL Attendance 29,680 May 18 Bengaluru”
An excellent crowd of 90,143 was in attendance at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad (Motera) for the Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings IPL clash on May 10, 2024.
Many of the 90,143 were CSK supporters- there was a significant amount of yellow in the stands.
A crowd of 36,084 was present in attendance at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in the evening for the IPL fixture between the Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad on 28 April, 2024.
The figure was announced while Chennai were batting.
After being asked to bat first, CSK skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad lead from the front by scoring quickfire 98 to take CSK to a formidable score of 212/3 in their 20 overs.
In response, Tushar Deshpande claimed figures of 4/24 as Sunrisers were bowled out for 134, giving CSK a 78 run win. With this victory, Chennai finished third in the table.
Chennai Super Kings skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad‘s valiant unbeaten knock of 108 went in vain as Lucknow Super Giants defeated Chennai Super Kings by 6 wickets at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Tuesday.
After being asked to bat first, Matt Henry drew first blood by dismissing Ajinkya Rahane to a brilliant one handed catch by KL Rahul behind the stumps for 1.
Gaikwad along with Daryl Mitchell added 45 runs for the second wicket stand before the latter (11) pulled a short delivery from Yash Thakur to Deepak Hooda at midwicket.
In the other end CSK Skipper Gaikwad reached his half century in just 28 balls. Left hander Ravi Jadeja departed cheaply as he gloved a slower bouncer from Mohsin Khan to wicket keeper Rahul for 16.
Shivam Dube‘s explosive 27 ball- 66 powered CSK to a fantastic score of 210/4 in their 20 overs. Ruturaj was unbeaten at the other end on 108.
Chasing 211, Lucknow got off to a poor start as Quinton De Dock dragged a delivery from Deepak Chahar on to his stumps. KL Rahul then perished to a length delivery from Mustafizur to Gaikwad at extra cover.
Marcus Stoinis along with Devdutt Padikkal added 55 for the third wicket stand before the latter was knocked over by Matheesha Pathirana for 13. Stoinis featured in yet another crucial 70 run stand for the fourth wicket alongside Nicholas Pooran . The partnership was broken when Pooran miscued a big hit off Pathirana for a 15 ball-34.
The Australian all rounder scored a scintillating unbeaten 63 ball-124 to power LSG to a sixth wicket win.
Lucknow Super Giants 213 for 4 (Stoinis 124*) beat Chennai Super Kings 210 for 4 (Gaikwad 108*, Dube 66) by six wickets
