Sam Curran to play CSK vs MI IPL 2025 match? Check CSK Playing 11

After a wonderful start to the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), its time for a blockbuster evening as arch-rivals Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Mumbai Indians will be locking horns in the second encounter of the day on 23 March, 2025 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Incidentally, both these teams failed to qualify for the playoffs in IPL 2024 and therefore, they will be eyeing to start strongly this year both in the batting as well as bowling departments. It is still not certain whether England all-rounder Sam Curran will be part of the upcoming CSK vs MI IPL 2025 match or not. 

Sam Curran set to be part of CSK vs MI IPL 2025 match?

Things have not turned out really for 26-year-old Sam Curran in the recent few months as he went out of contention from the England team across the three formats of the game and was also not retained by the Punjab Kings (PBKS) ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction. However, the destiny had better plans for the left-arm speedster as he was bought by the Chennai Super Kings at a price of INR 2.40 Crore which is a happy homecoming for the Englishmen having represented CSK in 2020 and 2021. 

While talking about his performance in the Indian Premier League 2024 season, he ended up taking as many as 16 wickets from 13 games at an economy of 10.14 and also smashed 270 runs with the bat. Sam Curran IPL stats includes 58 scalps in 59 matches at an economy of 9.65 and he has notched up a total of 883 runs at a strike-rate of 136.48. However, it will be a very tough call for the Chennai Super Kings team management to pick their four overseas players.

Chennai Super Kings have the option of two really talented New Zealand batters, Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra while the trio of Sam Curran, Nathan Ellis, Matheesha Pathirana and Noor Ahmad are the foreign cricketers available in the bowling department. It is very much likely that only two of Curran, Noor, Pathirana and Ellis will find a place in the CSK playing 11 for the big game against Mumbai Indians starting on Sunday. 

Predicted CSK Playing 11

Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Rachin Ravindra/Devon Conway, Rahul Tripathi, Shivam Dube, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Khaleel Ahmed, Noor Ahmad, Matheesha Pathirana. 

CSK IPL 2025 Squad

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Matheesha Pathirana, Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni, Devon Conway, Rahul Tripathi, Rachin Ravindra, Ravichandran Ashwin, Khaleel Ahmed, Noor Ahmad, Vijay Shankar, Sam Curran, Shaik Rasheed, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Choudhary, Deepak Hooda, Gurjapneet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Jamie Overton, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Shreyas Gopal, Vansh Bedi, Andre Siddharth.