Blog - CSK sign off with big win against GT

Dewald Brevis, Ayush Mhatre and Urvil Patel were not even part of Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) squad at the start of IPL 2025. Picked as mid-season replacements, the trio played bright knocks in CSK’s final game of the season, offering hope that the future could be just as bright.

After the 17-year-old Mhatre and local boy Urvil Patel set the platform with thirty-somethings each, Brevis launched from there, cracking a 19-ball half-century on a hot afternoon in Ahmedabad. The upshot was CSK finishing with 230 for 5, their highest total in IPL 2025, and signing off with a win.

Chasing a steep target, Gujarat Titans lost three wickets in the powerplay for the first time in this season, which exposed their soft underbelly. CSK cut through it to hand them an 83-run drubbing. Sunday’s defeat now leaves GT vulnerable to being overtaken by two of the other three teams in the playoffs.

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Noor and Pathirana join the party as CSK pin GT down to 126 for 8 in the 16th over. If CSK had kept GT to 121 or below, they could've avoided the wooden spoon.

After Shahrukh took Dube for 15 off five balls, Jadeja darts one wide of the batter's reach and has him caught at short third, with Pathirana someone hanging onto the ball after almost spilling it. In the same over, Jadeja has Sai Sudharsan caught by Dube at point. GT are 86 for 5 in 11 overs. Game over for them?

After getting Gill, Kamboj puts it on a hard length once again and leaves Rutherford in a tangle this time. He is cramped on the pull and ends up flapping it to Mhatre at mid-on. Kamboj and Khaleel have exposed GT's middle order ahead of the playoffs.

Kamboj comes away with 2-0-10-2 in the powerplay. This will surely boost his confidence before he links up with the India A squad for the England tour.

Jadeja is off after that exploratory opening over.

Kamboj comes on and has Gill nicking off to slip. After Gill stepped out and launched him for six, Kamboj hits a hard length, even as Gill charged at him once again, and hits the outside edge. Urvil Patel does the rest.

Dhoni pats Patel on his back. Jadeja has a big smile on his face. GT are 24 for 1 in the third over.

In the next over, Khaleel has Buttler holing out to Kamboj. CSK reduce GT to 29 for 2. Buttler goes for 5 in his last game for GT this season. Pressure on SRK, Rutherford, Tewatia.

Surprise! Surprise! Dhoni throws the new ball to Jadeja, who is bowling the first over for only the first time in over a decade in the IPL.

Back in 2013, he had opened the bowling twice.

He starts well on Sunday, conceding just seven runs in his first over. "The last time CSK opened with a spinner was also against GT in Ahmedabad in 2024," our statsman Namooh Shah says. "It was Mitchell Santner on that occasion."

Chennai Super Kings’ mid-season replacements – Ayush Mhatre, Urvil Patel and Dewald Brevis – played bright knocks in their last game of IPL 2025, offering hope that the future could be just as bright.

After 17-year-old Mhatre, CSK’s youngest player ever, and local boy Urvil set the platform with thirty-somethings, Dewald Brevis launched from there, cracking a 19-ball half-century on a hot afternoon in Ahmedabad. The upshot was CSK finishing with 230 for 5, their highest total in IPL 2025 and a "great score," according to Brevis.

If GT fail to chase this, they could end up playing the Eliminator and missing the chance to have two cracks at the final.

The carnage started when Mhatre took left-arm seamer Arshad Khan for a sequence of 6,6,4,4,6 in the second over, which cost GT 28 runs. Prasidh Krishna cut Mhatre’s innings short on 34 off 17 in the fourth over, but CSK went onto score 68 for 1, their joint-highest powerplay score this season.

Much like Mhatre, Patel dashed out of the blocks, flicking Siraj for six and then picking Gerald Coetzee, who had replaced Kagiso Rabada, for back-to-back fours. He also showed his attacking enterprise against the spin of R Sai Kishore and Rashid Khan. Sai Kishore, however, had the last laugh when he switched to over the wicket and had Patel holing out to extra-cover for 37 off 19 balls.

Devon Conway, becalmed in the early exchanges, attacked Rashid in the middle overs, smashing him for 21 off ten balls before the legspinner bowled him for 52 off 35 balls.

Brevis then took charge at the death with a rare combination of explosive power and T20 invention. He faced 23 balls and crashed nine of those to or over the boundary. It even helped CSK offset Jadeja’s go-slow. By the time Brevis was dismissed off the last ball of the innings for 57, CSK had already touched 230.

Jadeja stayed unbeaten on 21 off 18 balls. Prasidh was the pick of the bowlers for GT, coming away with 2 for 22 in his four overs.

While Jadeja has managed only nine off 11 balls, Brevis has raced to 28 off 13 balls, giving CSK a shot at finishing strongly. Brevis has already hit two fours and two sixes, the pick of them a straight six off Rashid.

When Rashid tossed one up outside off, Brevis dropped down to one knee, used his reach and smacked Rashid over his head. CSK are 187 for 4 in 17 overs.

With two lefties in the middle, Gill throws the ball to Shahrukh Khan. He does his job and has Dube holing out to long-on for 17.

SRK bowls quick offspin and is among the top wicket-takers across the last two seasons of the TNPL. Timely breakthrough for GT

In the next over, Rashid knocks Conway over for 52. CSK are 156 for 4 in the 14th over.

The arrival of Dube has put Sai Kishore out of the attack.

Rashid replaces him and gets taken for a four and six by Conway in the 12th over. Rashid keeps floating it up and keeps getting hit.

Gill introduces Shahrukh into the attack. He's bowling for the first time this season

Sai Kishore ends Urvil's cameo. Gone for 37 off 19 balls.

When Sai Kishore slid one in from left-arm around, he dragged it shorter and watched Urvil muscle him over midwicket for six.

He changes his angle next ball. Operates from left-arm over, tries to take it away from the advancing Urvil's hitting arc and slows it down. Urvil looks to swipe it over the leg side, but ends up skewing it to cover.

Here comes another challenge for Sai Kishore: two lefties in the middle as Dube joins Conway. No Jadeja at No.4 this time

Rashid is having a tough season. His strength is to dart the ball into batters and keep stumps in play. He's been doing something strange this season. He's trying to toss it up and perhaps hide it away from the reach of batters. When Rashid tries to do the same against Urvil, he crashes the ball over Rashid's head.

Rashid could have actually dismissed him on 25, but Sharukh Khan dropped him at long-on earlier in the over.

Coetzee, who had replaced Rabada, concedes 13 in his first over. He strays down the leg side twice to Urvil and gets picked away for two fours. Urvil has run away to 20 off 12 balls at his domestic home ground.

Arshad is out of the attack after leaking 28 runs in his first over.

Prasidh Krishna comes on and cuts Mhatre's knock short on 34 off 17 balls. Seems like the slower ball. Mhatre tries to swing it over mid-off, but ends up slicing it to Siraj who pedals back and pouches it.

Wicket no. 22 for Prasidh in IPL 2025. He surpasses Noor to go top of the purple cap table.

CSK are 46 for 1 in four overs.

Local boy Urvil Patel announces himself in Ahmedabad with a M Vijay-esque six over midwicket. Stylish hit

Ayush Mhatre is a 17-year-old intent machine.

Mohammed Siraj susses out that there's no swing or seam movement on offer. He targets the top of the stumps with a blameless back-of-a-length delivery, but Mhatre stands tall and pumps him straight of mid-on for four.

In the second over, bowled by Arshad Khan, he clatters him for a sequence of 6,6,4,4,6.

Mhatre has charged to 33 off 12 balls. He celebrates his elevation to Under-19 captaincy in grand style.

The ball is coming onto the bat nicely and Mhatre looks good for more. Conway has also found his groove with a driven four between point and cover.