IPL 2025: RCB eye season double over downbeat Chennai in crucial clash

With the road to the IPL 2025 playoffs virtually sealed, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will look to complete a rare season double against a hapless Chennai Super Kings (CSK) that offers fans in what could perhaps be a final face-off between Virat Kohli and Mahendra Singh Dhoni when the two sides square off at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday.

- TRIDIB BAPARNASH

With 14 points in their kitty, RCB are currently at the second spot in the IPL points table with seven wins from 10 games, while five-time title holders CSK are already out of the race to the playoffs, and are languishing at the bottom with mere four points, after a rather lacklustre season.

While RCB will be eager to keep the momentum going with another win in what has been yet another season of mixed fortunes at home, CSK will be happy to end the season on a high with a couple of wins, and avoid the ignominy of finishing at the bottom.

For each side to achieve their goals, the onus will be on their icons, Kohli and Dhoni—synonymous with the respective brands RCB and CSK. Kohli has looked in red-hot form of late, slamming four fifties in his last five innings and pushing for Orange Cap with 443 runs. The star batter will be eager to produce another little masterclass to help RCB inch closer to the play-offs.