Who will win today’s IPL 2025 matches?

CSK vs SRH match prediction: In the 43rd match of IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) hosted Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at MA Chidambaram Stadium. This match is important for both teams to survive in the competition, as both points are sitting at the bottom of the table. Both will try to give their best to this match. Let’s know match details and prediction.

Matching details

• Teams: Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad
• Match number: 43rd match of IPL 2025
• date: April 25, 2025
• Time: 7:30 PM IST
• venue: Ma Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Ma Chidambaram Stadium Pitch Report

Known to help spinners, the chepack pitch slows down as the game move forward. This feature makes batting challenging in the second innings, making a strategic start. Later in the game the dew may give some relief to the batsmen, naked the captains to consider chasing the captain due to the advantage of potential dew. An equal score on this surface is usually about 160, in which spin expects to dominate the proceedings.

CSK vs SRH predicted to play XI

Chennai Super Kings: Sheikh Rashid, Rachin Ravindra, Ayush Matre, Rabindra Jadeja, Shivam Dubey, Vijay Shankar, Jamie Overton, MS Dhoni (C & WK), Noor Ahmed, Khalil Ahmed, Mathesh Pathirana.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishaan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klassen (WK), Annic Verma, Pat Cummins (C), Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Zishan Ansari, Ishan Malinga.

Head-to-head records:

• Play total matches: 22
• Chennai Super Kings win: 16
• Sunrisers Hyderabad wins: 6

Top artists predicted

Chennai Super Kings

• MS Dhoni: Giants wicketkeeper-batsman, Dhoni, has shown a glimpse of his vintage self in this season, with a significant finishing knock, which has contributed considerably to the CSK’s efforts to handle the pressure in Chepuk, where he is with a decent strike rate above 30, it makes a central person in the CSK lineup.
• Noor Ahmed: Noor Ahmed has been a standout artist in the Bowling Department of CSK, especially in Chepack. On an average 17.46 with 13 wickets this season, his left hand variety has wreaked havoc on opposition batsmen. Their ability to control middle overs with tight mantras is required to increase the aggressive batting order of SRH for CSK.

Sunrisers Hyderabad

• Travis Head: Known for his explosive batting at the top, the head has scored 242 runs this season, showing the ability to score quickly. His innings that change aggression is important, especially on a pitch that initially supports batting. The IPL 2025 jointly makes SRH’s trump card to combat CSK spinners with subcontinent conditions with more than 140 strike rates in 2025.
• Harshal Patel: Harshal’s skill in death overs is important for SRH. In this season, he has taken 11 wickets with an economy rate above 8. The clever changes of yorker’s speed and capacity make them important in terms of CSK batsmen during the later stages of the innings, especially in a format where run may grow rapidly during death.

Momentum shifters

• CSK’s middle overs spin performance (3+ wickets in the economy less than 7.5 in over 7-15): Increases CSK’s chances of victory +28%.
• SRH’s powerplay performance (55+ runs on 9.0+ RPO in the first 6 overs): The +24% win for SRH provides probability.

Match prediction

Despite his struggles this season, Chennai Super Kings mainly gain an edge due to their historical dominance on SRH and their better spin attack for the pitch position. The CSK experience and familiar with the venue gives them a strategic advantage, although SRH’s explosive batting lineup borres CSK’s ability to harass plans.

Ultimately, the result can relax on how well the middle overs handle against SRH CSK’s spin trio and their bowlers include how the CSK lineup prescribed to protect their fort. Given the site and the previous performance, CSK is in favor to restore its superiority, but expects a highly competitive fight.