Chennai Super Kings IPL 2025 Preview – Schedule, Squad and Prediction

Nikhil Kalro

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Last updated: 13 Mar 2025

Nikhil Kalro 13 Mar 2025

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CSK starts IPL 2025 against MI on March 23, Chennai.
Led by Ruturaj Gaikwad with key players like R Ashwin & Sam Curran.
Predicted slow start but stronger finish in home games.

Chennai Super Kings' wicketkeeper MS Dhoni (Getty Images)

CSK Schedule
CSK Squad
Prediction

The Chennai Super Kings will begin their IPL 2025 campaign with a blockbuster encounter against Mumbai Indians in a clash of two of the biggest teams in the world on March 23 in Chennai.

CSK will play seven games in Chennai in the group stage this season. In the previous season, CSK failed to make the playoffs as they were beaten by Royal Challengers Bangalore in the final group stage game.

CSK Schedule

CSK will begin their schedule against Mumbai on March 23.

CSK vs MI – Chennai on March 23
CSK vs RCB – Chennai on March 28
RR vs CSK – Guwahati on March 30
CSK vs DC – Chennai on April 5
PBKS vs CSK – New Chandigarh on April 8
CSK vs KKR – Chennai on April 11
LSG vs CSK – Lucknow on April 14
MI vs CSK – Mumbai on April 20
CSK vs SRH – Chennai on April 25
CSK vs PBKS – Chennai on April 30
RCB vs CSK – Bengaluru on May 3
KKR vs CSK – Kolkata on May 7
CSK vs RR – Chennai on May 12
GT vs CSK – Ahmedabad on May 18

CSK Squad

Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Noor Ahmad, Matheesha Pathirana, Ravindra Jadeja, Devon Conway, Rahul Tripathi, R Ashwin, Khaleel Ahmed, Vijay Shankar, Sam Curran, Shaik Rasheed, Anshul Kamboj, Rachin Ravindra, Mukesh Choudhary, Deepak Hooda, Gurjapneet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Jamie Overton, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shreyas Gopal, Vansh Bedi, Andre Siddharth

CSK will be led by Ruturaj Gaikwad in the 2025 IPL season. The team has been bolstered by the addition of several new players, such as R Ashwin in his return to the franchise, Rahul Tripathi, Deepak Hooda, Khaleel Ahmed and Vijay Shankar.

Their overseas contingent remains solid, picked for conditions that you would expect in Chennai (slow and sluggish with assistance for the spinners). Sam Curran, Rachin Ravindra, Noor Ahmad, Mathesha Pathirana, Jamie Overton and Nathan Ellis are some of the overseas players for CSK this season.

Prediction

CSK are always in and around the playoffs, as has been the case since the inception of the IPL. The team was very shrewd in the auction, picking players that suited their style of play instead of going for players that could be blockbuster additions.

We predict that CSK will struggle initially but they will pick up steam towards the end of the season, when they have multiple games at home in familiar conditions.