Chennai Super Kings take on Royal Challengers Bangalore in the first of the two games on a Super Sunday in Mumbai. Banglore is topping the table with four back to back wins, while Chennai closely follows their arch-rivals second on the points table. RCB registered a 10-wicket win over RR in their last game while. CSK beat KKR in a close contest. More about the match 19 Preview in detail below.
RCB under Virat Kohli seems to be enjoying a great run in the IPL. For the first time in their first four games, they have won all four and are currently topping the table. The RCB batting has gathered a lot of semblance since the arrival of Glenn Maxwell. With Kohli batting above him and AB De Villiers below him, Maxwell has all the more freedom to play his natural game which he displayed against KKR recently.
The bowling has a lot of potential with Mohammed Siraj putting his hand up. Harshal Patel with his changeups has been a revelation for the side. He is the leading wicket-taker in the season so far with 12 wickets from 4 games leaving the likes of Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult behind.
The side looks to have all the bases covered and their performances so far have spoken about the side’s depth in all facets of the game.
Coming to Chennai Super Kings, they have gathered good momentum after their early loss against Delhi Capitals. Deepak Chahar have been shouldering the responsibility with the ball up front having taken eight wickets from four games.
Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf Du Plessis and Sam Curran have been playing their roles perfectly for the side in the game so far. Suresh Raina after his fifty in the first game has not hit his strides. MS Dhoni hit some lusty blows against KKR in the last game that the Men in Yellow played. CSK has a chance to dethrone RCB from the number one spot if they win the game.
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Head To Head: Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
Total Played: 27
CSK Won: 17
RCB Won: 9
N/R-1
Pitch & Weather Conditions
Going by the CSK vs KKR contest, another high-scoring encounter is on the cards with big hitters on both sides. The temperature will be around 33 degrees Celsius with the humidity in the low-60s. There will be a fair bit of cloud cover, but with no chances of rain as such.
Team News For Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
Both teams would ideally not like to break the winning combination. However, CSK would need to rethink their bowling options after the bowlers took a pounding from Russell and Cummins.
Squads
Chennai Super Kings
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf Du Plessis, Moeen Ali, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (C and WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Lungi Ngidi, Robin Uthappa, Imran Tahir, KM Asif, Bhagath Verma, C Hari Nishanth, Narayan Jagadeesan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Harishankar Reddy, Sai Kishore, Mitchell Santner, Karn Sharma, Dwayne Bravo, Jason Behrendorff
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli (C), Washington Sundar, AB de Villiers (WK), Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed/Mohammad Azharuddeen, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammad Siraj/Kane Richardson, Suyash Prabhudessai, Sachin Baby, Pavan Deshpande, Rajat Patidar, Dan Christian, Daniel Sams, Mohammad Azharuddeen/Shahbaz Ahmed, Finn Allen, KS Bharat, Kane Richardson, Navdeep Saini, Adam Zampa
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