Delhi Capital (DC) Vice Captain Faf du Plessis failed to play in the IPL 2025 match against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at MA Chidambaram Stadium on Saturday, April 5. Sameer Rizvi He was replaced in the game.

This development has been a setback for the capital since Du Plessis beat 27 goals as his team beat Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) with seven wickets in the last game. The Swashbuckling batsman has 4,650 runs in 147 IPL games, including 38 and a half centuries.

Axar Patel tells Ravi Shastri in Toss (via Cricbuzz):

“FAF is not suitable for this game, Sameer Rizvi is playing.”

Rizvi ran 55 times in six innings with a 117.02 strike rate in the IPL. Overall, he has 48 runs in 23 innings, including two and a half centuries. The UP batsman has been in cricket for a century. Last season, he accumulated 134 innings with a batting rate of 136.73 in eight games.

DC chooses to oppose CSK in IPL 2025 conflict

DC captain Axar Patel won the game and chose to fight against CSK in the IPL 2025 conflict. Axar said it was reasonable in tossing (via Cricbuzz):

“We’re going to hit the ball first. I think it will help the bowler. Hopefully it will get slower as the game goes on.”

The capital will hope to complete the victory hat trick after winning against the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and SRH. They beat CSK 20 last season last season.

Meanwhile, the Super Kings, led by Ruturaj Gaikwad, made two changes to their matches after losing to Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the last match. Devon Conway Jamie Overton has been replaced and Rahul Tripathi has made a way for Mukesh Choudhary. The two will hope to change the fate of CSK, who won a lonely victory in the first three games.

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