RR vs CSK, IPL 2025 Highlights: Rajasthan Royals register first win of the season, beat CSK by 6 runs

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• 30 Mar 2025, 11:22 PM

  RR vs CSK Live Score Updates: Rajasthan Royals won by 6 runs

  CSK needed 20 runs off the last over. Sandeep bowled instead of Archer. Dhoni got out, followed by a single from Jamie Overton. Overton hit a six, but RR won by six runs with CSK needing 9 off 1 ball.

  RR 182/9 (20)

  CSK 176/6 (20)

  
• 30 Mar 2025, 11:12 PM

  RR vs CSK Live Score Updates: CSK 163/5 in 19 overs

  CSK needs 39 runs from 12 balls. Dhoni hits a four and a six, while Jadeja also hits a six. They manage to score some singles as well.

  
• 30 Mar 2025, 10:54 PM

  RR vs CSK Live Score Updates: CSK 129/5 in 16 overs

  Hasaranga bowled a couple of slower googlies and two dot balls at the start of the over. Jadeja hit a miscued sweep for a single behind square-leg. Gaikwad then hit a huge six off a ball on middle and slog swept it over deep midwicket. However, he was then caught by the long-on fielder while attempting the same shot again. MS Dhoni came in at No. 7 and defended the ball after taking a big stride forward.

  
• 30 Mar 2025, 10:43 PM

  RR vs CSK Live Score Updates: CSK 111/4 in 14 overs

  Gaikwad hits a four by sweeping the ball for a boundary, reaching 100 runs for CSK in 13.1 overs. He then scores his 50 off 37 balls with a couple of runs. Gaikwad continues to add runs with a couple more and a steer through point, totaling 12 runs in the over. It's now time for a timeout.

  
• 30 Mar 2025, 10:32 PM

  RR vs CSK Live Score Updates: CSK 93/4 in 12 overs

  Hasaranga bowled a googly which Shankar managed to hit for a six over deep midwicket but was then cleaned up the next ball as he missed the googly.

  
• 30 Mar 2025, 10:19 PM

  RR vs CSK Live Score Updates: CSK 74/3 in 10 overs

  Dube hits a four by pulling a half tracker to square leg, then hits a six by slog sweeping a fuller ball over midwicket. However, he gets out as Parag takes a stunning one-handed catch off Dube's cover drive.

  
• 30 Mar 2025, 10:09 PM

  RR vs CSK Live Score Updates: CSK 54/2 in 8 overs

  Wanindu Hasaranga bowled the first ball of his spell and got Tripathi out for 23 runs off 19 balls by taking a catch at deep midwicket.

  
• 30 Mar 2025, 10:04 PM

  RR vs CSK Live Score Updates: CSK 42/1 in 6 overs

  Sandeep Sharma starts bowling. Tripathi gets a single, Gaikwad hits a four and another boundary, and then another four to fine leg off a full toss.

  
• 30 Mar 2025, 10:00 PM

  RR vs CSK Live Score Updates: CSK 28/1 in 5 overs

  The appeal for LBW against Tripathi was not given by the umpire as it likely had impact outside off. Tripathi then hit a six by moving inside and pulling it over fine leg, followed by a four using a similar tactic of shuffling inside and going over the short fine leg fielder.

  
• 30 Mar 2025, 09:48 PM

  RR vs CSK Live Score Updates: CSK 16/1 in 4 overs

  Gaikwad hits the ball to midwicket for three runs, while Tripathi hits two fours by placing the ball towards backward point and pulling it past the short fine leg fielder.

  
• 30 Mar 2025, 09:41 PM

  RR vs CSK Live Score Updates: CSK 4/1 in 2 overs

  Tushar Deshpande bowls to Rahul Tripathi who scores a single to start Chennai Super Kings' chase. Gaikwad is hit on the elbow, causing him pain and forcing him to take a two-minute break. He then gets up and hits a double towards the off side.

  
• 30 Mar 2025, 09:25 PM

  RR vs CSK Live Score Updates: CSK 0/1 in 1 over

  Rachin Ravindra and Rahul Tripathi open the innings. Jofra Archer bowls the first over and gets Rachin out with a delivery that moves away from the left-hander, resulting in a faint edge to the wicketkeeper.

  
• 30 Mar 2025, 09:04 PM

  RR vs CSK Live Score Updates: RR 182/9 in 20 overs

  Pathirana bowled the final over with a wide followed by a wicket caught by Ashwin. Tushar Deshpande came in as the last batsman, scoring a single before Theekshana hit one to fine-leg for another single. Two runs were scored off a wide down the leg side, a yorker went through to the keeper, and Theekshana hit a single to mid-off. Deshpande missed a scoop but the batters ran through for a bye to finish the innings.

  
• 30 Mar 2025, 08:59 PM

  RR vs CSK Live Score Updates: RR 166/6 in 18 overs

  Parag gets hit on the elbow while trying to hit a big shot, receives medical attention, but is okay to continue playing. Unfortunately, he gets bowled out by a yorker from Pathirana on the very next ball.

  
• 30 Mar 2025, 08:49 PM

  RR vs CSK Live Score Updates: RR 165/5 in 17 overs

  Parag hits a four and a six off Noor's delivery, showcasing his skills in reading the googly. He also takes a single and helps Hetmyer score another run through the leg-side to finish the over.

  
• 30 Mar 2025, 08:42 PM

  RR vs CSK Live Score Updates: RR 145/5 in 15 overs

  Jadeja returns and takes an amazing catch in the deep to dismiss the batter. Hasaranga is out after third umpire confirms the catch was clean. Shimron Hetmyer comes in and scores a single, ending the over with five singles in a row.

  
• 30 Mar 2025, 08:39 PM

  RR vs CSK Live Score Updates: RR 140/4 in 14 overs

  Jurel is out after a stunning catch by Pathirana off a googly. Wanindu Hasaranga comes in, struggles initially but eventually scores some runs off Noor's bowling, including a couple and a single.

  
• 30 Mar 2025, 08:21 PM

  RR vs CSK Live Score Updates: RR 129/3 in 12 overs

  Rana is out by a smart stumping from Dhoni off Ashwin's delivery. Jurel comes in and gets a single. Parag hits a four down the ground due to a misfield by Rachin, ending Ashwin's spell.

  
• 30 Mar 2025, 08:14 PM

  RR vs CSK Live Score Updates: RR 99/2 in 10 overs

  Noor outperforms Parag, who then takes a single. Nitish hits a four with a lofted drive over cover.

  
• 30 Mar 2025, 07:55 PM

  RR vs CSK Live Score Updates: RR 87/2 in 8 overs

  Samson has been dismissed by Ahmad after scoring 20 runs off 16 balls. Riyan Parag has replaced him and scored one run.

  
• 30 Mar 2025, 07:50 PM

  RR vs CSK Live Score Updates: RR 45/1 in 4 overs

  Nitish hits two fours and a six, while Samson hits a six, totaling 16 runs in the over.

  
• 30 Mar 2025, 07:37 PM

  RR vs CSK Live Score Updates: RR 23/1 in 2 overs

  Jamie Overton bowled an over where Nitish scored 14 runs. Samson got off the mark with a single, Nitish hit a four and a six, and also managed to get a double.

  
• 30 Mar 2025, 07:12 PM

  RR vs CSK Live Score Updates: RR 9/1 in 1 over

  Khaleel Ahmed bowled a delivery that swung in and was at a good length, causing Jaiswal to hit a cover drive for four runs on the first ball. However, on the next ball, Jaiswal mistimed his shot and was caught at mid-off, getting out after scoring 4 runs off 3 balls.

  
• 30 Mar 2025, 07:10 PM

  RR vs CSK Live Score Updates: Impact Substitutes

  Rajasthan Royals impact Subs: Kunal Singh Rathore, Shubham Dubey, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kumar Kartikeya, Yudhvir Singh

  Chennai Super Kings Impact Subs: Shivam Dube, Mukesh Choudhary, Devon Conway, Shaik Rasheed, Sam Curran

  
• 30 Mar 2025, 07:07 PM

  RR vs CSK Live Score Updates: Teams

  Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Vijay Shankar, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Jamie Overton, Noor Ahmad, Matheesha Pathirana

  Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag(c), Dhruv Jurel(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande

  
• 30 Mar 2025, 07:06 PM

  RR vs CSK Live Score Updates: Chennai Super Kings opt to bowl

  Ruturaj Gaikwad: We will bowl first. Looks a good wicket, better than the last game that was played here so we'll look to chase. So far so good, it was a quick turnaround, very little time for us but that's how the IPL is. We have to be ready. We have come here for the first time as a franchise, good to see all the love we've got. Two changes, Jamie Overton comes in for Sam Curran and Vijay Shankar for Deepak Hooda.

  Riyan Parag: Would've done the same as well. My hometown, been brought up here and played a lot of cricket here, surreal feeling to play in front of all these people. We've done well in small bits, it's about coming together and putting up a collective performance. Same team for us.

  
• 30 Mar 2025, 07:06 PM

  RR vs CSK Live Score Updates: Hello and Welcome!

  Hello and welcome to our live blog of Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings match from Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati.