Chennai Super Kings will begin their IPL title and look for a winning start to a campaign that could potentially make them the most successful team in IPL history against a Royal Challengers Bengaluru outfit that will have added motivation and inspiration to end their title drought this year in the form of the historic WPL title win from Smriti Mandhana’s RCB.
But it is easier said than done, and Faf Du Plessis’s side will know it better than anybody else. In the 31 matches that the two teams have played in the IPL, CSK have won 20 of them, with RCB managing only 10. In that last match, in IPL 2023, CSK got the better of RCB by eight wickets at Chepauk. RCB, as always, has a solid batting unit, but the bowling will worry the Bengaluru side – primarily due to the lack of a proper spinner. In Cameron Green, they have a trump card, but Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, and Faf will remain the key.
For CSK, as has been the norm, their bases are covered, and while all the talks revolve around MS Dhoni and this season being his swansong, in inclusion, supremely talented Rachin Ravindra makes this CSK line-up look threatening.
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CSK VS RCB Head To Head (Past 5 Matches)
2023 – CSK won by 8 runs
2022 – CSK won by 13 runs
2022 – RCB won by 13 runs
2021 – CSK won by 69 runs
2021 – CSK won by 6 wickets
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Probable XI Team
Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Cameron Green, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Suyyash Prabhudessai, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik (WK), Mayank Dagar, Alzarri Joseph, Mohammed Siraj
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Probable XI Team
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway/Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Deepak Chahar, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande/ Shardul Thakur
CSK vs RCB Dream11 Prediction:
Captain: Virat Kohli
Vice-Captain: Daryl Mitchell
Wicketkeeper: MS Dhoni
Batters: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Suyyash Prabhudessai
All-rounders: Glenn Maxwell, Daryl Mitchell, Ravindra Jadeja, Faf du Plessis
Bowlers: Maheesh Theekshana, Mohammed Siraj, Deepak Chahar
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Full Squad:
Cameron Green, Virat Kohli, Alzarri Joseph, Glenn Maxwell, Faf du Plessis, Mohammed Siraj, Dinesh Karthik, Yash Dayal, Anuj Rawat, Will Jacks, Lockie Ferguson, Reece Topley, Mayank Dagar, Tom Curran, Mahipal Lomror, Rajan Kumar, Karn Sharma, Suyash Prabhudessai, Manoj Bhandage, Akash Deep, Saurav Chauhan, Himanshu Sharma, Swapnil Singh, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Rajat Patidar.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Full Squad:
MS Dhoni (C), Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Mustafizur Rahman, Avanish Rao Aravelly.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) VS Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB) Match Details:
What: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) IPL 2024
When: 7:30 PM IST, Friday – March 22
Where: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Bengaluru
Where to watch CSK vs RCB Live Streaming: JioCinema app