IPL 2025 – RCB vs CSK, Match 52 – Stats Preview of Players’ Records and Approaching Milestones (Source: CSK/X and BCCI)
The in-form and smoothly cruising Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will gear up to take on a wounded Chennai Super Kings (CSK) outfit that has nothing to lose in Match 52 of the ongoing IPL 2025 (Indian Premier League). Currently, CSK are one of the two teams to be fully eliminated from the ongoing IPL season. RCB, on the other hand, are primed to make the playoffs, and a win here will strengthen their chances of finishing in the top two.
Chennai’s last game – a home loss to Punjab Kings – sealed their fate as the first team to be eliminated from IPL 2025. Sam Curran held firm through the struggles of his teammates to make a wonderful 88. CSK looked to capitalise on his knock, but Yuzvendra Chahal took four wickets, including a hat-trick, in the penultimate over. CSK were bowled out in the next, having lost their last five wickets for six runs in six balls.
PBKS’ innings started in blazing fashion, with Prabhsimran Singh scoring a fifty to set the team on the path to victory. Shreyas Iyer then picked up the tempo with his own fifty, and with Shashank Singh’s finishing, the result became a formality. CSK struck back with a few wickets, but it was too little, too late as Punjab got home in the final over.
RCB settled their scores with DC from earlier in the season in their last game, with a tense finish in Delhi. Abhishek Porel started off explosively, but Krunal Pandya and Suyash Sharma controlled the middle order. Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s death-over burst was countered by Tristan Stubbs’ late flourish, but DC managed only 162.
RCB were left reeling at the start, as Axar Patel dismissed Jacob Bethell and Devdutt Padikkal in the same over. Rajat Patidar was run out in the next over, and DC suddenly had full control. Pandya joined Virat Kohli at the crease, and the two were scratchy but cautious in stabilising RCB. As the run rate climbed, Krunal found the fence at the right moments, with Kohli standing like a rock at the other end. Both eventually completed the fifties to put the game in RCB’s grasp. Tim David applied the finishing touches, and RCB made it six out of six in away games this season.
As the points table stands, RCB will move back to the top if they win this game. RCB had outplayed CSK in the reverse fixture in Chennai. Phil Salt and Devdutt Padikkal got starts, while Kohli was scratchy. Noor Ahmad dominated the batters, engineering a middle-order collapse. Rajat Patidar rode his luck to a crucial fifty, and Tim David’s finishing gave RCB a competitive total.
Josh Hazlewood struck twice in the second over of the match, which set CSK back. Yash Dayal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and Liam Livingstone gave him excellent support, as no CSK batter could maintain the required tempo to chase 197. MS Dhoni struck a few boundaries at the end, but they only served to reduce the margin of defeat.
If RCB win this match, it will mark the first time in IPL history that they have completed a season double over CSK.
Important upcoming milestones for RCB vs CSK – Match 52 of IPL 2025:
RCB players’ upcoming milestones:
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Virat Kohli: Needs 53 runs to reach 8,500 runs in IPL.
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Kohli: Needs 3 sixes to become the player with the most sixes at Bengaluru in T20s.
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Kohli: Needs 1 six to complete 150 T20 sixes at Bengaluru.
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Phil Salt: Needs 82 runs to reach 7,000 runs in T20s.
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Krunal Pandya: Needs 58 runs to reach 3,000 runs in T20s.
CSK players’ upcoming milestones:
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Sam Curran: Needs 8 runs to reach 1,000 runs in IPL.
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Ravindra Jadeja: Needs 1 wicket to become CSK’s highest wicket-taker in IPL.
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Jadeja: Needs 1 wicket to complete 150 wickets for CSK in T20s.
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Jadeja: Needs 4 wickets to become the highest wicket-taker against RCB in IPL.
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Ravichandran Ashwin: Needs 5 wickets to become the highest wicket-taker against RCB in IPL.
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MS Dhoni: Needs 1 six to complete 50 sixes against RCB in IPL.
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Dhoni: Needs 11 runs to complete 500 runs at Bengaluru in IPL.
Disclaimer: This latest news is based on the author’s understanding, analysis, and instinct. As you review this information, consider the points mentioned and form your own conclusions.
