RCB vs. CSK REAL-TIME SCORE UPDATES IPL2025: Sam Curran leaves as RCB takes early wickets to take the lead

IPL 2025, Live Cricket Score Updates for CSK vs. RCB: At the Chepauk, the Chennai Super Kings are struggling to reach their 197-run target against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru after losing four wickets with just 52 runs remaining. In their Indian Premier League match, Josh Hazlewood took the wickets of Rahul Tripathi and Ruturaj Gaikwad in the same over, leaving CSK at 8/2 in the second over alone.

Only RCB skipper Rajat Patidar reached a half-century, while Noor Ahmad of CSK took three wickets, including Phil Salt and Virat Kohli. MS Dhoni has already shown his magic in the contest by dismissing Phil Salt with another lightning-fast stumping. In CSK's opening encounter with Mumbai, Dhoni also displayed his mastery of wicketkeeping by dismissing Suryakumar Yadav.Both Bhuvneshwar Kumar for RCB and Matheesha Pathirana for CSK are making their season debuts. Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeated Chennai Super Kings in their final league game to advance to the IPL playoffs in 2024, the last time these two teams faced each other. Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, and Yash Dayal make up the RCB first team (with Suyash Sharma perhaps having an impact).