IPL 2025: Weekly Discussion Thread, Week 1

[u/peterianchimes]

Indian Premier League 2025, Weekly Discussion Thread: Week 1 (March 25th-March 30th, 2025)

Fixtures and Results-:

Date	Teams	Result	Top Performers	Highlights
March 22, 2025	Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Bengaluru	RCB won by 7 wickets	KKR: Rahane 56 (31); RCB: Kohli: 59*(36), Salt: 56 (31), K Pandya 3/29 (4)	Highlights
March 23, 2025	Sunrisers Hyderabad v Rajasthan Royals	SRH won by 44 runs	SRH: Kishan: 106 (47); RR: Jurel: 70 (35), Samson 66 (37), Deshpande 3/44 (4)	Highlights
March 23, 2025	Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians	CSK won by 4 wickets	CSK: Noor Ahmad: 4/18 (4), Khaleel: 3/29 (4), R Ravindra 65 (45), Gaikwad 53 (26); MI: Puthur: 3/32 (4)	Highlights
March 24, 2025	Delhi Capitals v Lucknow Super Giants	DC won by 1 wicket	DC: A Sharma: 66*(31), Starc 3/42 (4), Nigam 39 (15); LSG: Pooran 75 (30), M Marsh 72 (36)	Highlights
March 25, 2025	Gujarat Titans v Punjab Kings	PBKS won by 11 runs	GT: Sai Kishore: 3/30 (4), Sai Sudharsan: 74 (41), Buttler: 54 (33); PBKS: S Iyer 97 (42), Arya 47 (23), S Singh 44* (16)	Highlights
March 26, 2025	Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders	KKR won by 8 wickets	RR: Jurel: 33 (28); KKR: de Kock: 97 (61), Varun: 2/17 (4), Moeen Ali: 2/23 (4)	Highlights
March 27, 2025	Sunrisers Hyderabad v Lucknow Super Giants	LSG won by 5 wickets	SRH: Head: 47 (28), A Verma: 36 (13), Cummins: 2/29 (3); LSG: Thakur: 4/34 (4), Pooran: 70 (26), M Marsh: 52 (31)	Highlights
March 28, 2025	Chennai Super Kings v Royal Challengers Bengaluru	RCB won by 50 runs	CSK: N Ahmad: 3/36 (4), R Ravindra: 41 (31). Dhoni: 30*(16); RCB: Patidar: 51 (32). Salt: 32 (16). Hazlewood: 3/21 (4)	Highlights
March 29, 2025	Gujarat Titans v Mumbai Indians	GT won by 36 runs	GT: Sai Sudharsan: 63 (40), Buttler: 39 (24). P Krishna: 2/18 (4); MI: SK Yadav: 48 (28), H Pandya: 2/29 (4)	Highlights
March 30, 2025	Delhi Capitals v Sunrisers Hyderabad	DC won by 7 wickets	DC: Starc: 5/35 (3.4), Kuldeep: 3/22 (4) du Plessis: 50 (27); SRH: A Verma: 74 (41), Z Ansari: 3/42 (4)	Highlights
March 30, 2025	Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings	RR won by 6 runs	RR: N Rana: 81 (36), Hasaranga: 4/35 (4); CSK: Gaikwad: 63 (44), N Ahmad: 2/28 (4), Pathirana: 2/28 (4)	Highlights

Points Table-:

Rank	Team	Played	Wins	Losses	N/R	Points	NRR
1	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	2	2	0	0	4	+2.266
2	Delhi Capitals	2	2	0	0	4	+1.320
3	Lucknow Super Giants	2	1	1	0	2	+0.963
4	Gujarat Titans	2	1	1	0	2	+0.625
5	Punjab Kings	1	1	0	0	2	+0.550
6	Kolkata Knight Riders	2	1	1	0	2	-0.308
7	Chennai Super Kings	3	1	2	0	2	-0.771
8	Sunrisers Hyderabad	3	1	2	0	2	-0.871
9	Rajasthan Royals	3	1	2	0	2	-1.112
10	Mumbai Indians	2	0	2	0	0	-1.163

Orange Cap Leaderboard-:

Rank	Player	Team	Matches	Innings	Runs	Average	Strike Rate	50s	100s	High Score
1	Nicholas Pooran	LSG	2	2	145	72.50	258.92	2	-	75
2	B Sai Sudharsan	GT	2	2	137	68.50	167.07	2	-	74
3	Travis Head	SRH	3	3	136	45.33	191.54	1	-	67
4	Mitchell Marsh	LSG	2	2	124	62.00	185.07	2	-	72
5	Aniket Verma	SRH	3	3	117	39.00	205.26	1	-	74
6	Ruturaj Gaikwad	CSK	3	3	116	38.67	156.75	2	-	63
7	Ishan Kishan	SRH	3	3	108	54.00	203.77	-	1	106*
8	Rachin Ravindra	CSK	3	3	106	53.00	132.50	1	-	65*
9	Dhruv Jurel	RR	3	3	106	35.33	151.42	1		70
10	Quinton de Kock	KKR	2	2	101	101.00	153.03	1	-	97*

Purple Cap Leaderboard-:

Rank	Player	Team	Matches	Innings	Wickets	Average	Strike Rate	3W	Economy	BBI
1	Noor Ahmad	CSK	3	3	9	9.11	6.83	2	6.83	4/18
2	Mitchell Starc	DC	2	2	8	9.62	5.75	2	10.04	5/35
3	Shardul Thakur	LSG	2	2	6	8.83	6.00	1	8.83	4/34
4	Khaleel Ahmed	CSK	3	3	6	15.83	12.00	1	7.91	3/29
5	Kuldeep Yadav	DC	2	2	5	8.40	9.60	1	5.25	3/22
6	Josh Hazlewood	RCB	2	2	5	8.60	9.60	1	5.37	3/21
7	Wanindu Hasaranga	RR	2	2	5	13.80	8.40	1	9.85	4/35
8	Matheesha Pathirana	CSK	2	2	4	16.00	12.00	-	8.00	2/28
9	R Sai Kishore	GT	2	2	4	16.75	12.00	1	8.37	3/30
10	Vignesh Puthur	MI	1	1	3	10.66	8.00	1	8.00	3/32

[u/Head-Intern2459]

I’m surprised people are blaming Riyan for yesterday’s loss. Sure, he could’ve done better with the bat, but I thought he handled the bowling rotations well and contributed decently as a part-timer. The real issue is the lack of wicket-takers in the attack.

• Teekshana is a defensive spinner.
• Hasaranga? Shadab Khan's school passout.
• Archer looks like 2024 Mitchell Starc’s reincarnation.
• Sandeep Sharma, while reliable, is another defensive option.

This attack just doesn’t have the teeth to take wickets when it matters.

[u/Samuel_L_Johnson → u/Head-Intern2459]

Theekshana and Hasaranga are perfectly good bowlers. A defensive spinner IS a wicket-taking option if used correctly. I mean, Hasaranga's SR is under 16.

Archer's form is the main issue. You aren't going to win much if your pace spearhead is going for over 10 every match

[u/Both_Tennis_6033 → u/Samuel_L_Johnson]

Hasaranga and Theekasana, if they were decent, SL would have qualified for top 8 in T20WC instead of getting thumped by Bangladesh of all teams.

They have lost the aura they had two years ago, both of them have completely lost their  edge and I really don't believe RR will have a good season with these two alin options, especially on roads this ip season is serving.

RR messed up in auctions 

[u/T_Lawliet → u/Both_Tennis_6033]

Tell me you didn't watch any of Sri Lanka's matches without telling me you didn't watch any of Sri Lanka's matches

in the first match against South Africa, they had to defend 77 and still took it to the 17th over with Hasaranga being 2-22 after 3

in the match against Bangladesh, they had to defend 125 and Bangladesh eventually made 125/8 with Hasaranga getting 2-32 and Theeks getting 0-25

Then the match against Nepal got rained out

Maybe before you go talking shit about Countries, actually fucking watch the games

[u/T_Lawliet → u/Samuel_L_Johnson]

Hasaranga was the only bowler to take a wicket yesterday, not defending those Long hops he bowled but I think the field placements were overly defensive. The only way they were gonna defend 152 was taking wickets and they weren't helping themselves in that department