Five-time champion Chennai Super Kings has lost five consecutive matches in IPL 2025. The road to the playoffs has now become difficult for Chennai Super Kings. CSK has to play 8 more matches, which are going to be very important.Chennai Super Kings (CSK)’s poor performance continues in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. Chennai Super Kings, led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, now had to face defeat by 8 wickets at the hands of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). This was Chennai Super Kings’ fifth consecutive defeat in the current season. Five-time champion Chennai Super Kings has lost five consecutive matches for the first time in IPL history. Also, this is the first time that Chennai Super Kings lost three consecutive matches at home in a season.Kolkata Knight Riders defeated CSK by 8 wickets in their own home on the basis of their all-around game. Batting first, Chennai scored 103 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. Kolkata easily achieved this target in just 10.1 overs. This was CSK’s fifth consecutive defeat in the current season and their third consecutive defeat at home. At the same time, this was the third win of KKR’s team.In fact, the KKR team made a big jump in the points table by defeating CSK. KKR’s team reached the third position in the points table of IPL 2025, while CSK’s team occupies the 9th position on the points table.The RCB team also got a shock after the 25th match of IPL. The RCB team has slipped one place from third. Now Rajat Patidar’s team is at the fourth position on the points table.The KKR team has won 3 out of 6 matches in the current season and lost 3. KKR are placed third on the points table with 6 points, while CSK, having won just 1 match out of 6, are placed ninth with 2 points and a net run rate of -1.554.The comeback season is not going to be easy for Chennai Super Kings. In the history of IPL, it has happened only once that a team qualified for the playoffs and won the title after losing 5 of the first 6 matches. This miracle was achieved by the Mumbai Indians team in 2015. In IPL 2015, the Mumbai Indians team lost 5 of the first 6 matches. After this, the team made a comeback and won 7 of the next 8 matches to secure its place in the playoffs. After this, it won the title by defeating the CSK team in the qualifier and the final match.After the defeat against KKR, CSK batting coach Michael Hussey said, ‘We are definitely not raising the white flag yet. You just have to move forward to reach the fourth and last playoff spot. And in a big, long tournament like IPL, it is all about momentum. Now, certainly the momentum is not with us at the moment. We are not playing good cricket consistently. We definitely accept it, raise our hands, and say that this is a fact at the moment. But that does not mean that things cannot change.’Talking on this topic, Sourabh Solanki, cricket coach at Ambedkar University Delhi, said, “In the points table of IPL 2025, CSK’s team is currently at number 9 with 1 win and 2 points in 6 matches. Its net run rate is minus 1.554. However, even after this poor performance, it is not out of the playoff race. But reaching the playoffs is going to be no less than a miracle for CSK. Let us tell you, all the teams play 14-14 matches in the league stage of IPL, so CSK still has 8 matches left. If the team performs well in these remaining matches, then it can make a comeback in the season.”
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