Teams Breaching Chepauk : CSK’s Home Struggles in IPL 2025

In IPL 2025, visiting teams are breaching CSK's Chepauk fortress like never before. Discover how Chennai's home dominance is fading and what this means for their season

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The Chepauk fortress, traditionally a stronghold for Chennai Super Kings (CSK), has suffered multiple defeats in IPL 2025, marking a significant shift in their home dominance. Here’s a breakdown:

Teams Breach CSK’s Stronghold in IPL 2025

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB): Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) ended Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) 17-year unbeaten streak against them at the MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk) with a commanding 50-run victory in IPL 2025. This was RCB’s first win at Chepauk against CSK since their 14-run triumph in the inaugural IPL season in 2008. Between 2008 and 2025, CSK had won all eight encounters against RCB at Chepauk, making it the longest streak of defeats for any team against a particular opponent at a single IPL venue. This result marked a significant turnaround in the rivalry and ended one of the IPL’s most remarkable venue-specific streaks.

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Delhi Capitals (DC): Delhi Capitals (DC) ended Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) long-standing unbeaten streak against them at Chepauk by winning their IPL 2025 encounter on April 5, 2025. This victory was historic as it marked DC’s first win at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai against CSK since 2010, breaking a 15-year drought at the venue. This result not only ended a 15-year winless streak for DC at Chepauk but also highlighted a shift in the home ground advantage that CSK had enjoyed for over a decade.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) ended Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) long-standing unbeaten streak against them at Chepauk with a dominant eight-wicket victory on April 11, 2025, during the IPL 2025 season. CSK, who have been famously strong at their home ground, MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk), were bowled out for just 103/9-their lowest-ever IPL total at Chepauk-after being put in to bat by KKR. KKR’s emphatic win not only ended CSK’s unbeaten run against them at Chepauk since 2008 but also set several new records for both franchises, signaling a dramatic shift in fortunes at one of the IPL’s most iconic venues.

Also Read: CSK Creates Unwanted History: 4 Consecutive Home Losses in IPL 2025

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Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH): Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) ended Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) long unbeaten streak against them at Chepauk (MA Chidambaram Stadium) with a historic five-wicket victory in IPL 2025. This was SRH’s first-ever win over CSK at Chepauk since the team’s inception, breaking a run of five consecutive losses at the venue against the hosts stretching back to 2008. This result not only ended SRH’s Chepauk hoodoo but also pushed CSK to the brink of elimination from the 2025 IPL playoffs.

This season has exposed cracks in CSK’s strategy, with their once-impenetrable home ground now vulnerable.

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