The 25th match of the ongoing IPL 2025 will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders. This match will be played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium which is the home ground of CSK. Both teams will play each other on April 11 at 7:30 PM IST. CSK has managed one win in five games while KKR has managed two wins in five games.
CSK vs KKR: Predicted Playing XI
This is the best possible playing XI for the match. The playing XI is expected to be the same unless the pitch demands other players to be included. However, there is an impact player rule which makes one of these players be replaced during the game.
| Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) |
|---|---|
| Rachin Ravindra ✈️ | Quinton de Kock (w) ✈️ |
| Devon Conway ✈️ | Sunil Narine ✈️ |
| Shaik Rasheed | Ajinkya Rahane (c) |
| Vijay Shankar | Venkatesh Iyer |
| Ravindra Jadeja | Rinku Singh |
| MS Dhoni (w) (c) | Andre Russell ✈️ |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | Ramandeep Singh |
| Noor Ahmad ✈️ | Harshit Rana |
| Mukesh Choudhary | Anukul Roy |
| Khaleel Ahmed | Spencer Johnson ✈️ |
| Matheesha Pathirana ✈️ | Varun Chakaravarthy |
CSK vs KKR Squad
| Chennai Super Kings | Kolkata Knight Riders |
|---|---|
| Ruturaj Gaikwad – Batter (Withdrawn Player) | Ajinkya Rahane (C) – Top Order Batter |
| C Andre Siddarth – Batter | Quinton de Kock (WK) ✈️ – Wicketkeeper Batter |
| Vansh Bedi (WK) – Wicketkeeper Batter | Manish Pandey – Top Order Batter |
| Devon Conway (WK) ✈️ – Wicketkeeper Batter | Rovman Powell ✈️ – Middle Order Batter |
| MS Dhoni (WK) (C) – Wicketkeeper Batter | Angkrish Raghuvanshi – Top Order Batter |
| Shaik Rasheed – Batter | Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK) ✈️ – Wicketkeeper Batter |
| Rahul Tripathi – Top Order Batter | Ramandeep Singh – Middle Order Batter |
| Ravichandran Ashwin – Bowling Allrounder | Rinku Singh – Middle Order Batter |
| Sam Curran ✈️ – Allrounder | Luvnith Sisodia (WK) – Wicketkeeper Batter |
| Shivam Dube – Allrounder | Venkatesh Iyer (VC) – Allrounder |
| Ramakrishna Ghosh – Bowling Allrounder | Moeen Ali ✈️ – Batting Allrounder |
| Shreyas Gopal – Allrounder | Sunil Narine ✈️ – Bowling Allrounder |
| Deepak Hooda – Allrounder | Anukul Roy – Allrounder |
| Ravindra Jadeja – Allrounder | Andre Russell ✈️ – Allrounder |
| Anshul Kamboj – Allrounder | Vaibhav Arora – Bowler |
| Jamie Overton ✈️ – Bowling Allrounder | Harshit Rana – Bowler |
| Rachin Ravindra ✈️ – Batting Allrounder | Spencer Johnson ✈️ – Bowler |
| Vijay Shankar – Allrounder | Mayank Markande – Bowler |
| Khaleel Ahmed – Bowler | Anrich Nortje ✈️ – Bowler |
| Nathan Ellis ✈️ – Bowler | Chetan Sakariya – Bowler |
| Gurjapneet Singh – Bowler | Varun Chakravarthy – Bowler |
| Mukesh Choudhary – Bowler | Umran Malik – Withdrawn Bowler |
| Kamlesh Nagarkoti – Bowler |
CSK vs KKR: Injury Updates
Chennai Super Kings: Regular captain Ruturaj Gaikwad has been ruled out for the rest of the tournament. The team has not announced any replacement but MS Dhoni will lead the team for the remaining games
Kolkata Knight Riders: The team is free of injuries and all their players are available to play.
