Published Feb 16, 2025, 10:10 pm IST
IPL 2025 most anticipated schedule has been released, the wait has been over for the fans who had been longing for this moment. IPL 2025 starts with RCB facing defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders in Eden Gardens. But the most anticipated and eagerly rivalary between Chennai And Mumbai commences on 23 March 2025.
Biggest Rivalary In IPL
Mumbai and Chennai has produced most epic matches which always guarantees a sure shot blockbuster. The rivalary started from the inaugural itself, it bit developed from 2010 where Chennai beat Mumbai in the semi finals which layed the foundation between them.
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The year 2013 Mumbai got their new captain in form of Rohit sharma who led the the team extremely good in that season. Finally Mumbai ended the winning streak of Chennai Super Kings who were on the line to win their third trophy but Mumbai broke their dream and took the revenge of the semi finals which they lost in 2010.
Hype And TRP Valuation
From 2013 Mumbai became a different team under Rohit Sharma, though Ms Dhoni considered as pioneer of captaincy in limited overs but he too got a traiter who just started to exempel him. The rivalary just pundled in league matches too where the coin sometime swings to Chennai side or Mumbai side.
It was 2015 and the final was between Chennai and Mumbai the excitement was on the peak it was no ordinary match or teams. Mumbai gave a huge target 202 runs to chase by batting first but Chennai couldn't able to cope up at the end still having a good start. The domination of Mumbai was just on firey level in those levels. Series of events between after that Csk been suspended for 2 years and they were returning in 2018.
It was opener of 2018 and these teams started the clash and Mumbai were above Chennai but after that Mumbai lost the track on later stages and Chennai winning their third title after 5 years.
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The Excitment Still Glows
The pathway between these two peaked in 2019 finals where Mumbai just won their fourth title beating Csk by 1 run what an last over thrill it was which just kept every fans on the edge of their seats that match created a huge trp and viewership beating all the records.
But after that things started to change between these teams and respective captains just stepped down. Mumbai and Chennai rivalary started to fade but the excitement between their matches still on. Now both the teams are led by Hardik Pandaya and Ruturaj Gaikwad, after the IPL 2025 schedule has been out the 23 March date is under a radar where these two teams gonna meet once again. Can Hardik and Rituraj maintain the stability of the rivalary which is just a month away to watch.
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