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 were eliminated from the IPL 2025 Playoffs race after the MS Dhoni-led five-time champions were eliminated by the Punjab Kings on Wednesday evening. The Chennai franchise lost their fifth straight match at the Chepauk, previously a fortress for them. This is a new low for CSK as they have now missed the playoffs in back to back seasons. Last season also, they were knocked out after a high profile loss to Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

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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.

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On Tuesday, defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders stunned the Delhi Capitals by 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 by 4 wickets in Chepauk:

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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.

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