In the 25th match of the Indian Premier League 2025, five-time champions Chennai Super Kings will face three-time winners Kolkata Knight Riders. The match will be played at CSK’s home ground, the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Chennai started their 18th IPL season with a win but have since suffered four consecutive defeats. With pressure mounting, the team will be keen to avoid a fifth straight loss. On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders are also coming off a defeat in their previous match against Lucknow Super Giants and will be aiming to get back to winning ways.
CSK, as mentioned, began their season with a win but have suffered four consecutive defeats. They are currently placed ninth on the points table with just 2 points and a net run rate of -0.889. Meanwhile, KKR are also struggling for momentum. They sit sixth on the table with 4 points and a net run rate of -0.056. Both teams will be desperate to bounce back and revive their campaign.
Now that the toss is done and KKR have won it, they are set to bowl first. Take a look at their playing XI against CSK.
KKR Playing XI vs CSK
Quinton de Kock, Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (C), Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, Moeen Ali
CSK Playing XI vs KKR
Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Khaleel Ahmed
CSK and KKR IPL 2025 Squads
CSK Squad
MS Dhoni (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Matheesha Pathirana, Shivam Dube, Noor Ahmad, Ravichandran Ashwin, Devon Conway, Khaleel Ahmed, Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Anshul Kamboj, Sam Curran, Gurjapneet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Deepak Hooda, Jamie Overton, Vijay Shankar, Vansh Bedi, Shreyas Gopal, Andre Siddarth, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Shaik Rasheed, Mukesh Choudhary, Kamlesh Nagarkoti
KKR Squad
Ajinkya Rahane (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Anrich Nortje, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh, Quinton de Kock, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Spencer Johnson, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Moeen Ali, Vaibhav Arora, Rovman Powell, Chetan Sakariya, Manish Pandey, Anukul Roy, Luvnith Sisodia, Mayank Markand
