Chennai Super Kings became the first team in the IPL 2025 to get knocked out of the playoffs race after a four-wicket loss to Punjab Kings in the 49th match of the league. The batting all-rounder Sam Curran’s 88 runs innings helped CSK put 190 runs on the board, but that wasn’t enough to stop Punjab Kings from getting their 6th win in the tournament. Sam Curran’s impressive innings of 88 runs included 9 fours and 4 sixes with a strike rate of 187.23. After hitting his fifty, Sam Curran celebrated in a unique way, making a phone call gesture pointing to the CSK’s dug-out, indicating that he should have been included in the playing XI more often.
The English all-rounder has played only 4 matches in IPL 2025 and scored his first fifty this season. The gesture after scoring fifty wasn’t the only event that caught the attention of the spectators. It was the 18th over of the match when Sam Curran got dismissed, missing his hundred by just 12 runs, and while going to his team’s dressing room, Sam Curran, looking at the Punjab Kings’ dug-out, said some words though it was not clear what he said it was evident that it wasn’t something nice as Punjab Kings released the English player from the franchise last year.
Sam Curran seems to having issue with Punjab management pic.twitter.com/8qNS3aA2XU
— MSDian (@NitinMudiyala) April 30, 2025
CSK captain MS Dhoni praised Sam Curran for his impressive innings post-match.
Well he’s a fighter (Curran). That’s something we all know. Whenever he turns up he wants to contribute. Unfortunately so far, whenever we tried to give him a chance, the wicket was on the slower side and he found it slightly difficult. But today’s wicket was one of the best we’ve got at home in this tournament. That’s the reason I felt we needed another 15 runs.”
MS Dhoni said
CSK is now out of the playoffs race, and this is the franchise’s first exit from the IPL playoffs in two consecutive seasons.
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