Conway, Brevis fifties propel CSK to 230

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, Urvil dashed out of the blocks, flicking Mohammed 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 Urvil 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 innovation. He faced 23 balls and crashed nine of those to or over the boundary. It even helped CSK offset Ravindra Jadeja's slow going. 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.