We are done with game number 62. RR won it easily. They raced home in a canter. CSK again never arrived it seemed. MSD looked poor behind the sticks and also failed to finish well for his team. Dube also didn't come up with the final hurrah. Felt that they were short by 20-30 runs in the end. The two chances that went down, though tough, did hamper CSK. They have one more game left against GT. Would want to finish on a good note like RR. We hope we have finished on a good note tonight. We will be back soon with more cricketing action. For now, goodbye from Kumar, Nikhil and Mukesh.

Sanju Samson: It feels good. To be honest, we were thinking should we bat first and set a score. I decided no hiding in this game. Decided to chase and face it. We have a very young bowling lineup. We are missing Jofra and Sandeep. But the kind of temperament and planning shown by the young bowlers was heartening to see. They have a bright future. They are very young and promising. There has been lot of work going on. He (Akash Madhwal) has played only last four games. Shane Bond has been working closely with him. Rahul sir and others have seen how hard he has worked. We are all happy for him. The way people are looking at powerplay there is not much difference in quality of teams. The margin of error in winning and losing is so less. We have to sit back and do a proper review. Definitely we could have done better. It is not about luck. We have made some mistakes. We should come back with a better mindset in the next season. I don't have words for Vaibhav. The hundred he got was sheer class. He can hit a slower ball over cover. Today when the middle overs was going on, he was going with his job very smartly. He has game awareness at such a young age which is commendable.

Yashasvi Jaiswal: It was pretty good, we were trying our best and I really enjoyed it. There has been few injuries with the team, Sanju bhai came back after a few games and it was a good game for us, we will take the confidence going forward. (on Suryavanshi) He played really well, he played amazingly today, we have seen how he has been playing throughout the tournament. (on the bowlers) They have bowled pretty well, we have a clear plan where we have to bowl. I was telling them whatever plans you have, to go with a clear head and do it.

MS Dhoni | CSK captain: If you look at the amount of runs we had put on the board, it was very good, but you got to see the wickets column as it puts pressure on the lower-middle order that you might not bat 20 overs. I think Brevis' innings was very nice, he was taking chances and I feel run-rate was nice, that's the phase we want to improve slightly. I felt the run-rate was up but where we lacked was losing 1-2 extra wickets. He (Kamboj) is someone who doesn't get swing, but he gets some seam movement, the ball hits you harder than the speed gun suggests, he has taken the responsibility and he is someone who can bowl good yorkers. That's (powerplay) one area where there's a hole for us, we don't want to give away too many runs in the first six overs. He has bowled 3 overs in the powerplay, which I feel is tougher when the ball isn't moving much and when the batsmen are well set. I think you need to look for consistency, which is hard to get when you are looking for a 200 strike-rate. The batters need to back themselves. What is important is to be the same way as your first season for all young batters. You need to get more consistent that's going to help you to develop as a batsman going forward.

RR have finished their campaign and it has ended with four wins. There were a few close games. That didn't go their way. They should finish at least 9th and CSK should finish last for the first time in IPL history.

MS Dhoni | CSK captain: If you look at the amount of runs we had put on the board, it was very good, but you got to see the wickets column as it puts pressure on the lower-middle order that you might not bat 20 overs. I think Brevis' innings was very nice, he was taking chances and I feel run rate was nice, that's the phase we want to improve slightly. I felt the run rate was up but where we lacked was losing 1-2 extra wickets. He (Khamboj) is somewhat who doesn't get swing, but he gets some seam movement, the ball hits you harder than the speed gun suggests, he has taken the responsibility and he is someone who can bowl good yorkers. That's one area where there's a hole for us, we don't want to give away too many runs in the first six overs. He has bowled 3 overs in the powerplay, which I feel is tougher when the ball isn't moving much and when the batsmen are well set. I think you need to look for consistency, which is hard to get when you are looking for a 200 strike rate. The batters need to back themselves. What is important is to be the same way as your first season for all young batters. You need to get consistent and be much more consistent, that's going to help you to develop as a batsman going forward.

Most defeats for CSK in an IPL season
10 - 2022
10 - 2025*
8 - 2012
8 - 2020

RR batting second in IPL 2025[b]
Mats: 10
Won: 2 (GT, CSK)
Lost: 7
Tied: 1 (lost in Super over)

[b]CSK while defending in IPL 2025
Mats: 5
Won: 0
Lost: 5

Since 2020, Rajasthan Royals have won 8 out of the 10 games against CSK.

22:57 Local Time, 17:27 GMT, 22:57 IST: RR have pipped CSK it seems on the race not to fetch the wooden spoon. They were the clinical side and have earned this one-sided win.

Stat: 7 wickets for Ashwin this season, the last time he had fewer wickets in an IPL season was in his debut year in 2009 (2 wickets).

Pathirana to Dhruv Jurel, SIX, to backward square leg

Matheesha Pathirana [2.0-0-16-0] is back into the attack

Ashwin to Hetmyer, SIX, and heaved away over deep mid.

Ashwin to Hetmyer, FOUR, on the pads,

Ashwin to Dhruv Jurel, 1 run, goes back and pats it down to long-on for a single

Most wickets by a CSK spinner in an IPL season
26 - Imran Tahir (2019)
21* - Noor Ahmad (2025)*
20 - R Ashwin (2011)
20 - Ravindra Jadeja (2023)