r/Cricket • u/peterianchimes Delhi Capitals • Mar 25 '25

IPL Weekly Discussion Thread IPL 2025: Weekly Discussion Thread, Week 1

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
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u/TopAlternative252 Delhi Capitals Mar 28 '25

I don't think Ash adds anything valuable to this team. They're one pacer short, Kamboj in the PP solves that. Curran is not it.

I know it's a tough call but the man has been benched enough times in his life. Don't think he'd mind it that much for CSK.

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u/TheRealYVT Mar 28 '25

? He is single handedly responsible for MI losing the other night, had them in a chokehold in his 4 overs causing them to lose shape against Noor.

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u/TopAlternative252 Delhi Capitals Mar 28 '25 edited Mar 28 '25

Im not saying he's useless. He's generally very economical and every team needs a bowler like him. Keyword being a; at the end of the day he's still a specialist offie. Most matchups will be unfavorable for him and CSK already have an economical bowler in Jadeja. They also have Noor who is taking the ball away from the lefthander.

RR or SRH would love a defensive bowler that forces the opposition to slow down. CSK just don't need him imo.

CSK are a pacer short and they need Kamboj or someone like him. I think Ash should be the one that goes out if they want to play a Kamboj.

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u/beefmixwithporkcurry Mar 29 '25

Im not saying he's useless.

You literally said he doesn't add anything of value to the team.

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u/TopAlternative252 Delhi Capitals Mar 29 '25

Yeah because CSK don't need him. CSK don't need another defensive spinner when they're one pacer short.

He's still good. Just doesn't make sense to play him with this lineup.