Match overview
Chennai Super Kings beat Gujarat Titans by 83 runs at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on 25 May 2025. CSK, who won the toss and chose to bat, posted 230/5 from their 20 overs. Gujarat Titans never threatened the target, losing 3 wickets inside the powerplay for 35 runs and eventually folding for 147 all out. D Brevis was named Player of the Match after contributing to a batting performance that surpassed the ground's first-innings average of 206 by a comfortable margin.
The result squared the all-time series between the two sides at 4 wins each from 8 meetings. Gujarat had won the most recent prior fixture between them, a 35-run win at this same ground in 2024, so there was some history to settle. Chennai settled it decisively.
For CSK, the win was only their second in their last six matches. They had suffered four defeats in that run, including losses to Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Punjab Kings, and Sunrisers Hyderabad. Gujarat came in with three wins from their previous five, though that record flattered a side that collapsed under pressure here.
Venue and conditions
The Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad is one of the largest cricket venues in the world and one of the more batter-friendly grounds in the IPL. Across 95 T20 matches, the average first-innings score sits at 206 and the average second-innings score at 196. Teams chasing have won 53% of the time, making it a broadly neutral venue in terms of toss advantage, though 60% of toss winners do choose to field.
Chennan's 230/5 broke down well across phases. They scored 68 in the powerplay for 1 wicket, 95 in the middle overs for 3, and a brisk 67 from the death for 1 more. Gujarat's reply told a different story: 35 for 3 in the powerplay, where the venue average is 43, set the tone for a chase that was always likely to fall short. Their middle overs were more competitive at 90 for 4, but the death brought only 22 runs and 3 further wickets, well beneath the ground's death average of 38.
With the match played in late May, conditions in Ahmedabad can be warm and humid in the evening. Dew is a factor at some Indian venues, but the pace at which Gujarat lost wickets suggests conditions did not flatter the batters in the second innings.
How to watch
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Recent form
Chennai's recent record was mixed heading into this fixture. Wins over Kolkata Knight Riders had been the bright spot, but losses to Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Punjab Kings, and Sunrisers Hyderabad left their campaign under pressure. The 83-run win in Ahmedabad was the kind of performance that had been absent for much of the back end of their schedule.
Gujarat arrived in marginally better shape, with victories over Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Indians, and Sunrisers Hyderabad in their recent run. The collapse here, however, reflected a fragility in their batting order that their middle-overs recovery of 90 runs for 4 wickets could not disguise once the powerplay damage had been done. The two sides will not meet again in this IPL cycle, leaving the head-to-head at 4-4 heading into the next edition of the tournament.
