Punjab Kings go second, eliminate Chennai Super Kings from playoffs race
IPL 2025 Points Table, Top Batters, Top Bowlers, Team Rankings & Standing After IPL Today Match Update: Chennai Super Kings playoffs race is run as the MS Dhoni-led side were eliminated the Punjab Kings after they lost 5 straight matches at the Chepauk. This was a new low for CSK as they were eliminated from playoffs contention in back to back seasons. Last season also, they were knocked out after a high profile loss to Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Punjab captain Shreyas Iyer and Prabhsimran Singh scored half centuries while bowler Yuzvendra Chahal snapped up 4 wickets, including a hattrick as Sam Curran’s 88 for CSK in the first innings went in vain. With the result, Punjab Kings went second in the table while CSK remained rooted to the bottom of the table.
On Tuesday, defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders stunned the Delhi Capitals 14 runs at the Arun Jaitley Stadium to keep their slim chances of making it to the Indian Premier League playoffs alive. This was the fourth win of the season for KKR. Batting first on Tuesday, Kolkata Knight Riders managed to score 204/9 in their quota of 20 overs, thanks to Angkrish Raghuvanshi (44 off 32) and Rinku Singh (36 off 25). Mitchell Starc played his role for Delhi, ending with 3/43 on a night when his over saw three KKR wickets fall in three balls, including a run out. Starc also took a brilliant catch on the ropes. In response, Delhi Capitals folded for 190/9. Faf du Plessis (62 off 45) and skipper Axar Patel (43 off 23) were the pick of the batters in the chase. While they were in the middle, it felt like the hosts should get to the target comfortably. But Sunil Narine took 29/3 to weave his magic.
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Here’s what the points table looks like after Punjab Kings eliminated the Chennai 4 wickets in Chepauk:
IPL 2025 points table after CSK vs PBKS
Rank
Team
P
W
L
NR
NRR
POINTS
1
RCB
10
7
3
0
0.521
14
2
PBKS
10
6
3
1
0.199
13
3
MI
10
6
4
0
0.889
12
4
GT
9
6
3
0
0.748
12
5
DC
10
6
4
0
0.362
12
6
LSG
10
5
5
0
-0.325
10
7
KKR
10
4
5
1
0.271
9
8
RR
10
3
7
0
-0.349
6
9
SRH
9
3
6
0
-1.103
6
10
CSK
10
2
8
0
-1.211
4
Orange Cap top 5 after CSK vs PBKS
The top 5 spots in the Orange Cap race were unchanged after the CSK vs PBKS clash at the Chepauk on Wednesday.
Rank
Player Name
Team
Runs
Mat
Inn
NO
HS
AVG
SR
1
Sai Sudharsan
GT
456
9
9
0
82
50.67
150.00
2
Virat Kohli
RCB
443
10
10
3
73*
63.29
138.87
3
Suryakumar Yadav
MI
427
10
10
3
68*
61
169.44
4
Yashasvi Jaiswal
GT
420
10
10
0
75
46.67
152.17
5
Jos Buttler
LSG
406
10
10
4
97*
81.20
168.46
Purple Cap top 5 after CSK vs PBKS
While the top 5 of the Orange Cap race was unchanged after Wednesday’s game, but in the Purple Cap race, CSK’s Khaleel Ahmed broke into the top 5.
Rank
Player Name
Team
WKTs
Mat
Inn
Ov
Runs
BBI
Avg
Econ
1
Josh Hazlewood
RCB
18
10
10
36.5
311
33/4
17.27
8.44
2
Prasidh Krishna
GT
17
9
9
35
273
41/4
16.05
7.8
3
Noor Ahmad
CSK
15
10
10
35
288
18/4
19.20
8.22
4
Khaleel Ahmed
CSK
14
10
10
35.4
316
29/3
22.57
8.85
5
Mitchell Starc
DC
14
10
10
36
366
35/5
26.14
10.16
