CSK vs DC Match Prediction 2025: Match Preview, Pitch Report and Who will win Today’s IPL Match?

Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals, Match 17th Preview

CSK vs DC Match Prediction 2025: Both Team’s Recent Form

Delhi Capitals are in better form with four wins in the last five games. They were brilliant in the last season’s final half and have started the season with the same energy. Chennai Super Kings are struggling in their last five matches. They lost three games out of their last five showing a need of improvement from this match itself.
 

CSK vs DC Head-to-Head Records in IPL 2025

Chennai Super Kings have always dominated Delhi Capitals in the IPL history. In 30 matches played between CSK and DC, Chennai Super Kings defeated Delhi Capitals 19 times while Delhi could only manage to win 11 matches. These records might put pressure on Delhi Capitals ahead of this match but, Chennai’s current form will normalise that for DC supposedly.

Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals Team Previews

Chennai Super Kings

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) started IPL 2025 with a good win against Mumbai Indians. Noor Ahmad was the star bowler with 4 wickets for 18 runs, in the batting department captain Ruturaj Gaikwad and Rachin Ravindra scored 53 and 65* to help CSK win by 4 wickets. But after that, things got tough. They lost badly to Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 50 runs. This match marks the first win of RCB in Chennai since 2008. 

Then, CSK went on to play an away game against Rajasthan Royals in Guwahati. It was for the first time in 18 seasons that CSK was playing in Guwahati and they didn’t disappoint the home fans of Rajasthan Royals, losing the match by six runs. There is also talk about MS Dhoni’s batting position in RCb’s match but even Dhoni’s change in position can’t win the match for Chennai Super Kings.

Delhi Capitals

Delhi Capitals (DC) have had some good and bad moments but they managed to win both games. In the first match before SRH, Delhi defeated Lucknow Super Giants by just one wicket. Bowling first, DC gave away 206 runs with no bowler looking effective. While chasing Faf did well but other top order players looked uncomfortable. However, impact players Ashutosh Sharma and Vipraj Nigam won the last over thriller match for Delhi Capitals.
 

Their best match was against Sunrisers Hyderabad where their marquee players including Mitchell Starc, Freser McGurk and Faf Du Plessis did well. Starc took 5 wickets while McGurk and Faf scored 38 and 50 respectively. They won the match by seven wickets against Sunrisers Hyderabad. They are second in the points table.

CSK vs DC, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Pitch Report and Weather Report

The weather in Chennai will be hot and humid with temperature ranging between 32-33°C and humidity of 67-71%. There are very less chances of rain during the match and MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai have always hosted full matches without any rain interruptions. Out of 87 matches played here, team batting first have a slight edge over team batting second, winning 48 matches.

CSK vs DC Session Score Based on Scenario

If Delhi Capitals win the toss, they will bowl first. If Chennai Super Kings win the toss, they will also bowl first. So, the other team will bat first. In the first 6 overs, the batting team might score 40-50 runs or 35-45 runs, depending on how they play. By the end of their innings, the team batting first is expected to score 185-195 runs if they do well. If they don’t play well, they might only get 170-180 runs. No matter who bats first, Chennai Super Kings are likely to win the match.

CSK vs DC Match Prediction Today Match Predicted Playing11

Chennai Super Kings Predicted Playing XI

Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Jamie Overton, Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Matheesha Pathirana, Khaleel Ahmed

Impact Players: Shivam Dube, Mukesh Choudhary, Devon Conway, Shaik Rasheed, Sam Curran

Injury Update: None

Delhi Capitals Predicted Playing XI

Jake Fraser-McGurk, Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel, KL Rahul(w), Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar

Impact Players: Karun Nair, Ashutosh Sharma, Sameer Rizvi, Donovan Ferreira, Tripurana Vijay

Injury Updates: None

CSK vs DC Match Prediction Key Performers

Top Batter: KL Rahul

KL Rahul will play in the middle order for Delhi Capitals. He scored a quick 15 runs of just 5 balls against SRH in the last game. Chennai Super Kings are taking early wickets in the powerplay from the first game and number three/four batter becomes important against CSK. For instance Tilak Verma, Rajat Patidar and Nitish Rana in the first three games. Now only this record is not enough to pick Rahul as the best batter in this game. KL Rahul has an average of 42.54 against CSK and an average of 32.00 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, making him an important pick in this match.

Top Bowler: Mohit Sharma

The former Chennai Player player, Mohit Sharma is an important pick in this match due to his team and venue specific records. Mohit Sharma has a vast experience of playing at MA Chidambaram Stadium. In 15 games he played in this ground, Mohit Sharma has taken a total of 19 wickets with a best of 3/25 runs. Adding more to this is his record against Chennai Super Kings, where he has taken 11 wickets in just 6 games having an strike-rate of 12.09 (two wickets per match). 
 

CSK vs DC Today Match Prediction

Defeating Chennai at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai is a difficult task but teams have done that in recent times as CSK is not looking comfortable even at their home ground. Their batting was disappointing in each match leaving the first match against Mumbai Indian. For now, Delhi are looking favorites to win this match but we believe CSK will make a comeback in this match itself meaning Chennai Super Kings will win this match.

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