Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will play against Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR) in the twenty-fifth match of IPL 2025 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. KKR won the title last season, while Chennai missed the playoffs, ending in fifth place.

Impact Players: Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

Noor Ahmed: A talented Afghanistan spinner who could be a game-changer when bowling second, especially on spin-friendly pitch. He has 24 wickets in 23 IPL games. In the last match against PBKS, he showed his magical spin and took one wicket conceding 32 runs in 3 overs.

Deepak Hooda: A classic all-rounder from India who can make the batting depth for his team needs and step in as an impact sub if CSK loses early wickets.  In the last match against MI, he scored 3 runs in 5 balls.

 Rahul Tripathi: A very talented batter from SRH. If, CSK loses early wickets while batting first or needs big hits during a run chase. In the last match against RR, he scored 23 runs in 19 balls.

Shivam Dube: A very talented batter, If, CSK loses early wickets while batting first or needs big hits during a run chase. In the last match against PBKS, he scored 42 runs in 27 balls.

Jamie Overton: The English pacer brings all-round skills and could be used to strengthen the batting in the first innings or bowl a few overs later. In the last match against RR, he scored 11 runs in 4 balls.

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Impact Players: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

Angkrish Raghuvanshi: A promising youngster who is showing an impact when batting second. He played this role the most for KKR's last IPL season, scoring 163 runs in 10 matches. Last time he played against LSG, he scored 4 runs in 5 balls.

Manish Pandey: A dependable batter who can come in as an impact player if KKR loses early wickets while batting first. In the twelfth match against MI in IPL 2025 in a crucial situation he played very calmly and scored valuable 19 runs in 14 balls.

Mayank Markande: A leg-spinner who can be used as an impact player in the second innings if the team needs a spin.

Vaibhav Arora: A pacer who swings the ball and can be brought in as an impact in the second innings if the pitch helps fast bowlers. Against SRH, he bowled crucial powerplay overs but the ball didn't swing in that pitch. In that match, he bowled four overs and took 0 wickets an economy of 8.75.