CSK vs GT, 67th Match at Ahmedabad, IPL, May 25 2025 - Ball by Ball Commentary

As widely expected, there's no announcement from MS Dhoni tonight. As entirely predictable, Dhoni doesn't give anything away even as CSK have wrapped their campaign up with a massive win. Will he? Won't he? Only He knows. How we wish we could time travel! But to come back to today, CSK have shown what was possible had they performed even close to what they did in beating GT. Nevertheless, there's always a next time. With that, we close this game out. But remember, it's a double-header Sunday. So switch over to KKR vs SRH, as we bid you goodbye!

Dewald Brevis is the Player of the Match: "I'm definitely happy. I'm really enjoying and having fun. Just be myself - the kid who has played the game. I just enjoyed it. I kept telling my mind that it's cool out there. I needed to play an innings like that, and I'm, very grateful for it. For me, a big thing is I've got people who advice me. It's always been a privilege [to be called Baby AB]. He's someone I've always looked up to. It's an honour to be compared to him."

Nikhil Singh : "Who's the Andre whom Dhoni talked about?" --- It's him

MS Dhoni: "It's good. I wouldn't say today was housefull, but decent number of crowd. Good to finish on a winning note. This was among the perfect performances. This was one game where the catching was also good. It depends. I have four or five months to decide [whether to play or not]. It's professional cricket; you have to be at your best. It's not performances. What's important is to see how much hunger you have. I have enough time to decide. I'll go back to Ranchi. I'm not saying I'm done; I'm not saying I'm coming back. I have the luxury of time. When we started the season, the first four games out of six were in Chennai. We won tosses and chased. Second innings, we were under a bit of pressure. So I was more worried about the batting department. Now everybody has contributed. When Ritu comes back next year... he doesn't have to worry about too many things. Definitely you feel old [as Suryavanshi touched his feet]. I asked Andre, 'How old are you?' And he's exactly 25 years younger than me!"

Time for the presentations

Vkumar: "Now that the season ends with a win, will Dhoni announce his retirement in the post-match presentation?" ---- Ssshhhh....

Noor Ahmad has the Purple Cap: "Great way to finish the tournament. We didn't have a good season, but it's so good to finish this way. The third one, the bowled [was the best]. It was a bit faster. That's what I enjoyed about it. Everyone gave their best, and the season was good. But it's cricket - sometimes up and down happens. We can comeback stronger, hopefully."

Pradeep Kumar A: "Top two yet not finalized but bottom two are frozen today."

Shubman Gill: "The game pretty much went away from us in the powerplay. We never really came back in the game; 230 is a big target. Teams that are already eliminated don't have anything to lose. We were not able to stay clam under pressure. It's very important to control runs in the middle overs. If you don't pick wickets, it's always going to be difficult and challenging. This one would be a hard pill to swallow for us. But on the bright side, we have two or three important games for us. Fortunately for me, going back to my hometown."

7.05pm So GT enter the playoffs with two losses in a row. Today is also their heaviest defeat in terms of runs across the three seasons that they've been playing for so far. CSK's campaign, meanwhile, finishes with a comprehensive win. They did with the bat what they hardly did all season. With that cushion, their bowlers delivered from the get go, and GT's chase never took off.

A slip in place

Kamboj is back

From around now

Siraj is the last man out

Pathirana back

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