Chennai Super Kings' (CSK) captain MS Dhoni (3rd left) and other players after Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won an IPL 2025 match, at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai, Friday, April 11. PTI
CSK suffer record 5 consecutive defeats including 3 at home
After starting their IPL 2025 campaign with a four-wicket win over Mumbai Indians (MI) on March 23, CSK have struggled
Five-time champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) hit a new low in IPL as they slumped to a fifth successive defeat on Friday (April 11).
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The latest reversal for CSK came in IPL 2025 against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at their home ground – MA Chidambaram Stadium. KKR annihilated the MS Dhoni-led Chennai by eight wickets after keeping them to a paltry 103/9.
CSK's biggest margin of defeat
KKR raced to victory with 59 balls to spare, the biggest margin of defeat in terms of balls remaining, for CSK.
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This is the first time in IPL’s 18-year history that CSK, one of the top teams in the league, have lost five matches in a row. Also, this is the first time that CSK have lost three consecutive games at home.
After starting their IPL 2025 campaign with a four-wicket win over Mumbai Indians (MI) on March 23, CSK have struggled. Since then, they have lost to Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), Rajasthan Royals (RR), Delhi Capitals (DC), Punjab Kings (PBKS) and KKR.
What Dhoni said
Ahead of Friday’s game against Kolkata, CSK were dealt a huge blow when captain Ruturaj Gaikwad was ruled out of the rest of the season with an elbow fracture. The franchise re-appointed Dhoni as captain for the remainder of IPL 2025.
CSK are now in ninth position in the IPL 2025 points table with two points from six matches.
Speaking after the match, Dhoni said, “It has been quite a few nights that has not gone our way. The challenge has been there, we have to accept the challenge. Today I felt we did not have enough runs on the board. It has been the case over there, when we bowled in the second innings it stopped a bit, today it did in the first innings. When you lose too many wickets, there is pressure and with quality spinners it is difficult.”
CSK’s 5 losses in a row in IPL 2025
Lost to RCB by 50 runs (Chennai, March 28)
Lost to RR by 6 runs (Guwahati, March 30)
Lost to DC by 25 runs (Chennai, April 5)
Lost to PBKS by 18 runs (New Chandigarh, April 8)
Lost to KKR by 8 wickets (Chennai, April 11)
CSK’s 3 defeats in a row at home in IPL 2025
Lost to RCB by 50 runs (March 28)
Lost to DC by 25 runs (April 5)
Lost to KKR by 8 wickets (April 11)