Royal Challengers Bangalore will face Chennai Super Kings in the Southern Derby to be played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on 17 April in the IPL 2023.
RCB is coming to this match with 23 run win over Delhi Capitals. Virat Kohli was in excellent form and scored his 3rd fifty so far. On other hand, Chennai Super Kings is struggling with injuries as Sisanda Magala is ruled out for 2 weeks, Ben Stokes will not feature in the squad and Deepak Chahar is ruled out of the tournament. Both RCB and CSK have 2 wins so far but due to a better net run rate, CSK is above RCB.
Match Details
Details– Match 24, CSK vs RCB
Venue– M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Date and Time– 17 April, 7.30 PM
Head-to-Head Record
Chennai Super Kings and RCB have played 30 IPL matches so far, with CSK winning 19 out of them, and RCB winning 10 and 1 resulting in no result. RCB and CSK met twice last year with CSK winning the first encounter by 23 runs while Royal Challengers Bangalore won the second match by 13 runs.
Top Run Scorer
Virat Kohli is the leading run-scorer between CSK and RCB. The former Indian captain Kohli has scored so far 979 runs. He is just 21 runs away from 1000 runs against CSK and would look to continue his brilliant form so far.
Top Wicket Taker
Ravindra Jadeja is the top wicket between CSK and RCB. He picked 18 wickets so far and hopes to provide another brilliant performance for CSK.
Pitch Report
It promises to be a belter as both teams look to chase the target. The last time day night was played at this ground, RCB scored 212 for 2 and Lucknow Super Giants won the match on the last ball.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK)- Predicted XI
RCB
Faf du Plessis (C), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, Hasranaga, Wayne Parnell, Mohammed Siraj, Vijaykumar Vyshak.
CSK
Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Ajinkya Rahane, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (C), Tushar Deshpande, Mitchell Santer, Mahesh Theekshana, Akash Singh.
Fantasy Team Selection
CSK vs RCB
Team 1– Faf du Plessis (C), Virat Kohli (VC), Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik, Hasranaga, Moeen Ali, Wayne Parnell, Theekshana, Vijaykumar Vyashak.
Team 2– Virat Kohli ©, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Ajiyanka Rahane, Devon Conway (VC) Ravindra Jadeja, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mitchell Santer, Mohammed Siraj, Tushar Deshpande, Harshal Patel
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