CSK vs RCB: Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Chennai Super Kings by 50 runs on Friday. In every match on Chepock, the entire stadium looks yellow. The stadium resonates with the slogans of ‘CSK, CSK’, but Nazra was something else on Friday. In front of MS Dhoni, ‘RCB, RCB’ slogans were being raised in the stadium. Its video is becoming increasingly viral on social media.

“RCB, RCB, RCB” Chants at Chepauk .. !!! pic.twitter.com/jz09nfdbpz

– Johns. (@Criccrazyjohns) March 28, 2025

RCB won by 50 runs

Chasing the target of 197 runs, Chennai did not start well. After Rahul Tripathi (5), captain Rituraj Gaikwad was dismissed for zero. Deepak Hooda fell victim to Bhuvneshwar Kumar after scoring 4 runs. At one end, Rachin Ravindra struggled for a short time but Yash Dayal bowled the match unilateral by bowling on the first ball of the 13th over. Rachin scored 41 runs in 31 balls.

Josh Hazlewood took the most 3 wickets for RCB. He conceded only 21 runs in 4 overs. Yash Dayal took 2 wickets for 18 runs in 3 overs. Liam Livingstone took 2 wickets for 28 runs in 4 overs. One wicket was in the name of Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

Earlier, Royal Challengers Bangalore scored 196 runs while batting first after losing the toss. Opener Phil Silet scored 32 and Virat Kohli scored 31 runs. The most runs for the team were scored by captain Rajat Patidar (51). CSK spinner Noor Ahmed took 3 wickets.

CSK vs RCB: Rajat Patidar created history as RCB captain by scoring a half -century against Chennai Super Kings. He has become the second captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore, who has scored a half -century against CSK in this stadium. He has broken the record of 12 -year -old Virat Kohli.

On Friday, Phil Salat and Virat Kohli started the RCB innings. Dhoni’s brilliant stumping dropped the first wicket as Salt (32). After this, Devdutt Padikkal (27) and Virat Kohli (31) played a small but important innings. But after Kohli, the pressure on RCB was increasing after Liam Livingstone was dismissed, but Rajat Patidar played a brilliant half -century innings at this time.

Rajat Patidar broke 12 -year -old record by scoring half -century in Chepock

Rajat Patidar played a brilliant innings of 51 runs in 32 balls. In this innings, the captain hit 3 sixes and 4 fours. Patidar is the second RCB captain to score a half -century in Chepock. Before him, on 13 April 2013, Virat Kohli last scored a half -century in Chepock as captain. Since then, he was the only RCB captain to score a half -century on this ground.

Although Virat Kohli had earlier scored a half -century against CSK in Chepock in 2012, Daniel Vettori had the command of RCB in that season.

7th captain of Silver Patidar RCB

Rajat Patidar has been made the captain of RCB for IPL 2025. Before him, he has been 6 captains of this team. The team was the first captain of the team, Rahul Dravid, who took command in 2008. After him, Kevin Pietersen, Anil Kumble, Daniel Vitori, Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis have also captained RCB.

Leading from the front!

MAIDEN 5ager 5ager for Rapa as our captain, and number 8 OPL!#Playbold #ನಮ್ಮ RCB #IPL2025 #CSKVRCB pic.twitter.com/fj2awrjrhm

– Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@Rcbtweets) March 28, 2025

RCB won in Chepock after 17 years

RCB has started a great start under the captaincy of Rajat Patidar. RCB has defeated KKR first and then now Chennai in his house. After 17 years, RCB defeated CSK in Chepock. The team has retained its top position in the points table by defeating Chennai by 50 runs.

IPL 2025: Batting first in the match being played in Chepock, Royal Challengers Bangalore have set a target of 196 runs to win in front of Chennai Super Kings. Captain Rajat Patidar scored the most runs for RCB, he scored 51 runs. In the final over, Tim David hit 3 consecutive sixes and took the team’s score to 196. Noor Ahmed took the most wickets for Chennai Super Kings, he took a total of 3 wickets including Virat Kohli.

Rajat Patidar played captaincy innings

Phil Salt and Virat Kohli started the innings. Salt was playing in a fast -paced manner but on the last ball of the 5th over by Noor Ahmed, MS Dhoni stumped at the speed of the bullet and sent him to the pavilion. Salt scored 32 runs in 16 balls, in which he hit 1 six and 5 fours.

Devdutt Padikkal, who came at number three, played in an aggressive manner but Ashwin dismissed him in the 8th over. He scored 27 runs in 14 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 2 fours. He along with Kohli added 31 runs for the second wicket. After this, Kohli, along with captain Rajat Patidar, shared a 41 -run partnership. Kohli was dismissed by 31 runs in 30 balls, taking his wicket by Noor Ahmed.

5ager 5 RCB’s Gen Bold Skipper!#Rajatpatidar LED the fight from the front, Scoring his first half-content as RCB Captain!#Iplonjiostar CSK RCB | Live Now on SS-1, SS-1 Hindi, SS-3 & Jiohotstar! pic.twitter.com/pm3kmayyyrk

– Star Sports (@StarsportsIndia) March 28, 2025

After Kohli’s dismissal, Liam Livingstone (10) was also bowled by Noor Ahmed. Jitesh Sharma was also dismissed for 12 runs. However, at the other end, Rajat Patidar hit good shots and scored important half -centuries. He scored 51 runs in 32 balls, in this innings he hit 3 sixes and 4 fours.

Tim David hit 3 sixes in the last over

For CSK, Sam Karan put the last over of the innings, in which he conceded 19 runs. Tim David hit 3 consecutive sixes in the over and took the score to 196.

Noor Ahmed took 3 wickets

Spinner bowler Noor Ahmed took 3 wickets including Virat Kohli. He bowled Liam Livingstone on the third ball of the 16th over. On this, Livingstone hit a six on the back ball, which Noor took with the wicket. He conceded 36 runs in his 4 overs spell.

How do you reply after you are hit for a six?

Noor Ahmad Says Timber Strike

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– Indianpremierleague (@IPL) March 28, 2025

This season, Mathisha Pathirana, playing her first match, took 2 wickets for 36 runs in 4 overs. This includes the wicket of Rajat Patidar. Khalil Ahmed and R Ashwin had 1-1 wickets.

Ms dhoni stumping: In the 8th match of IPL 2025, MS Dhoni sent Phil Salat to the pavilion with his sharp stumping. It took him about 0.10 seconds in this stumping, only Dhoni can do this work. Seeing this stumping, Virat Kohli, standing at the other end, was also surprised.

Time taken for a bullet to travel = 0.25 seconds

MS Dhoni’s Stumping = 0.12 seconds pic.twitter.com/ieqfyswkrj

– Hittler (@Testosteron3_) March 28, 2025

Stump Cam View of MS Dhoni Stumping #CSKVRCB #MSDhoni pic.twitter.com/Zfidilvztk

– ꪻﺃꪀᛕꪊ ꪑꪖꫝﺃ᭙ꪖꪶ (@kali77899) March 28, 2025

Goat of Stumping – MS Dhoni #CSKVRCB #MSDhonipic.twitter.com/Ugrztylylq

– (@itzamol07) March 28, 2025

IPL 2025: The 18th edition of the Indian Premier League continues. Today (Friday) The 8th match of the tournament is between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. In the first week of the season, many exciting matches have been played so far. The tallest sixes of the matches so far are Travis Head, who is playing for the Sunrisers Hyderabad team. No Indian batsmen are included in the top 5 batsmen of this list.

The longest six in IPL 2025

Sunrisers Hyderabad’s explosive batsman Travis Head hit a 105 -meter six in the match against Rajasthan Royals on Sunday (March 23). This is the longest six ever in IPL 2025. In this match, Head scored 67 runs in 31 balls. In this innings, he hit 3 sixes and 9 fours.

Delhi Capitals Player Triston Stabs is the second batsman to score the longest six in IPL 2025. He hit a 98 meter six in the match against Lucknow Super Giants. Delhi won this match by 1 wicket.

Top 5 batsmen list in IPL 2025

• 1. Travis Head (SRH)- vs Rajasthan Royals- 105 meters
• 2. Triston Stabs (DC)- vs Lucknow Super Giants- 98 meters
• 3. Sherfen Rutherford (GT)- vs Punjab Kings- 97 meters
• 4. Nicholas Puran (LSG)- vs Sunrisers Hyderabad- 97 meters
• 5. Nicholas Puran (LSG)- vs Sunrisers Hyderabad- 96 meters

No Indian in the top 5

In terms of hitting the longest six, 2 sixes of the top 5 are from Nicholas Puran. In the match held on Thursday, he played a 70 -run innings against Hyderabad. He included 1 six 97 meters and the second 96 meters included in the list. In this innings played in 26 balls, Puran hit 6 sixes and the same number of fours.

RCB on top in points table

After the initial 7 matches of the IPL, the points in the points table are RCB, who has won 1 match but its net run rate (+2.137) is better than other teams. 4 teams (Lucknow, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Rajasthan) have played 2-2 matches but no two matches have won.

Matheesha Pathirana Injury Update: Chennai Super Kings have suffered a major setback before the big match against RCB. The match is to be played on Friday, March 28, but a day before that CSK head coach Stephen Fleming has revealed that Mathisha Pathirana will not play in the match against Bangalore. Pathirana is one of the main fast bowlers of the team, he took 13 wickets in the last season 6 matches. Please tell that Pathirana could not play in the match against Mumbai Indians earlier.

Right now more information is not available on the seriousness of Mathisha Pathirana’s seriousness. According to a report published in the Indian Express, Pathirana is still recovering from injury. Let us know that this 22 -year -old Sri Lankan bowler has been associated with the Chennai Super Kings team since 2022.

What is the trouble of CSK?

Mathisha Pathirana’s absence in the playing XI may not be such a big problem for CSK because the team’s bench strength is also very strong. Khalil Ahmed, Sam Curran, Mukesh Chaudhary, Anshul Kamboj, Kamlesh Nagerkoti and Gurjanpeet Singh are already present in Chennai’s fast bowling department. Khalil Ahmed, against the previous match i.e. Mumbai Indians, took over the weight of fast bowling on his shoulders and took a total of three wickets.

Talking about Mathisha Pathirana, she has remained one of the most influential bowlers of CSK. Youth are full of passion, Lasith considers Malinga as his idol and action is also like him. He has taken a total of 34 wickets in his 20 IPL matches so far. His bowling average is 17.41, which is considered very good. Let us know that Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore have won their first match in IPL 2025.

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Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: The eighth match of IPL season 18 will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday. This match to be held at MA Chidambaram Stadium will start at 7:30 pm. Talking about the head to head records of both teams, Chennai’s hand is heavy. RCB has a worse condition against CSK at Chepock Stadium. Let’s know the figures of matches between the two teams.

Both CSK and RCB teams won in their last match. Chennai defeated Mumbai Indians at MA Chidambaram Stadium itself. While RCB defeated KKR. Both teams look strong, but on Friday, the team whose spin bowling will do well will be more than winning.

Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Head to Head

Both teams are playing from the first edition of IPL. In between, there was a ban on CSK 2 seasons, due to which she did not play in the tournament. A total of 33 matches have been played in the IPL between CSK and RCB so far. Among them, CSK’s hand has been heavy.

Chennai Super Kings have defeated RCB 21 times out of 33. RCB has won against CSK in just 11 matches. One match has been inconclusive.

• CSK vs RCB Total Match- 33
• CSK won, 21
• RCB won – 11

CSK vs RCB record at Chepock Stadium

A total of 9 matches have been played between CSK and RCB in Chepock (MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai). Of these, only 1 match has won RCB while CSK has defeated RCB in 8 matches.

In the first edition of IPL (2008), RCB defeated CSK at Chepock Stadium. In that match held on May 21, RCB won by 14 runs. Since then, CSK has never lost against RCB on Chepock.

How will the weather be during CSK vs RCB match

Chennai will be cloudy on Friday. The possibility of rain in the afternoon is 10 percent. Humidity will blow the winds from 63 percent and 21 kilometers per hour. The temperature will be 30-31 degrees Celsius during the match.