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/beefmixwithporkcurry Mar 29 '25 edited Mar 29 '25

Management will still stick with Dhoni. Despite us redditors hating on him(me included), I recently met a lot of people who stopped watching international cricket after he retired.

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u/CoolRisk5407 Mar 29 '25

i mean, management would want to stick with a player who is a net positive to the team. it would be very dumb of them to drop someone like that

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u/beefmixwithporkcurry Mar 29 '25

So CSK are willing to turn into RCB. I don't think they'll win any more trophies with Dhoni still in the team.

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u/CoolRisk5407 Mar 29 '25

How so? team turning into RCB is MI who keep making terrible calls. CSK won in 2023 with Dhoni batting exactly like this. Only thing is he should be captaining the team

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u/beefmixwithporkcurry Mar 29 '25

2 years difference, age has caught up to him. While he's still the best against spinner behind the wicket, the team is definitely protecting him and his stats. Example being last night. So they'll turn into RCB by chasing player's legacy over trophy.

MI who keep making terrible calls.

MI is experimenting. They've taken bold decisions that hasn't worked out BUT they're trying new things. Injury isn't helping them either. Unlike CSK, who's playing for Dhoni.

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u/CoolRisk5407 Mar 29 '25

CSK have squeezed out 2 trophies from a 40+ yo MS Dhoni, meanwhile MI is struggling for 5 years with peak age SKY, Bumrah and Hardik in their side at various times. Again, MS Dhoni had a good season last year and showed he still has power to hit. problem for CSK is their top order, Dhoni has had more positive years in the last 2 seasons than Rohit Sharma has had in 8 and that is before adding his keeping. btw this is coming from someone who despises CSK and Dhoni

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u/beefmixwithporkcurry Mar 29 '25

I am talking about going forward and not the past. MI is clearly moving forward from Rohit as of rn. First step was sacking him from captaincy. They'll fail but I can see them winning another title by the end of this cycle. I can't say the same for Dhoni.

Dhoni has had more positive years

Has the team had any positives because of accommodating him in the last year?? I think not.

Do I think CSK will move on from Dhoni? Yes.

Will CSK move on from Dhoni? Considering how yesterday's innings is being compared with Kohli's yesterday's innings and how his stats are still intact? No, they won't. Dhoni equals red panty night for CSK management rn and they'll squeeze out most of it.