RCB vs CSK Dream11 Grand League Team, Team News: IPL 2019
The most awaited sporting event –Indian Premier League- is back at your doorsteps. The event is set to start today. Royal Challengers Bangalore will square off against Defending champions Chennai Super Kings at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. The two months long cricketing event will take place from March 23 to May 05, where eight teams will be seen facing against each other to engrave their names in the finals of the tournament.
The 2018 IPL champions Chennai Super Kings have come to rule the pitch with the similar squad this year with very few changes. It’s going to be a nail-biting situation, seeing MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli standing in front of each other as rivals. There is a piece of bad news revolving around CSK that their pacer Lungi Ngidi has been ruled out of the tournament because of the injury. Though, they have a solid batting line up.
Coming to RCB, they have been like chokers of this tournament. They have never had their hands on the trophy but always begin their tournament as favorites. RCB are ready with their giant batters such as ABD Villiers, Hetmyer and captain itself Virat Kohli. Marcus Stoinis and Nathan Coulter-Nile will not be able to contribute for their team in some opening matches as they are busy playing against Pakistan in UAE. They are expected to join soon.
Both the teams will be looking forward to entertaining the crowd with their masterpieces and would want to register their first win of the season.
When and Where:
RCB vs CSK, Indian Premier League 2019
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
March 23, 2019
Last meeting at Venue:
West Indies 181/3 lost to India 182/4
Last five matches:
RCB :L, W, W, W, L
CSK: W, W, W, L, W
Squad:
RCB:
Virat Kohli (C), Parthiv Patel, Devdutt Padikkal, AB de Villiers, Gurkeerat Singh, Akshdeep Nath, Shimron Hetmyer, Colin de Grandhomme, Shivam Dube, Himmat Singh, Milind Kumar, Marcus Stoinis, Moeen Ali, Pawan Negi, Washington Sundar, Prayas Ray Barman, Heinrich Klaasen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Kulwant Khejroliya, Tim Southee, Nathan Coulter-Nile.
CSK:
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C), Suresh Raina, Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Kedhar Jadhav, Dhruv Shorey, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sam Billings, David Willey, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Karn Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Mohit Sharma, Monu Kumar, KM Asif, Murali Vijay, Chaitanya Bishnoi, N Jagadeesan.
Team News:
RCB:
Mascus Stonis and Nathan Coulter-Nile to join the team after finishing their tour against Pakistan.
Colin DeGrandhomme and Tim Southee have joined the RCB squad. AB de Villiers to be seen along with the team in the first match.
CSK:
Lungi Ngidi ruled out of the tournament because of injury in the 5th ODI against Sri Lanka.
David Willey is a back up for CSK.
Probably playing 11:
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Parthiv Patel, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Akshdeep Nath, Shimron Hetmyer, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Tim Southee, Washington Sundar/Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Umesh Yadav
Chennai Super Kings: Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Kedar Jadhav, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, David Willey, Harbhajan Singh/Karn Sharma, Deepak Chahar
RCB vs CSK Dream11 Grand League Teams:
MS Dhoni (WK)
S Raina
Virat Kolhi
AB de Villiers
Akshdeep Nath
D Bravo( vc)
M Ali
K Jhadav (c)
D Chahar
D Willey
Y Chahal
RCB vs CSK Dream11 Grand League Teams:
Team 1: The venue record
MS Dhoni (WK)
S Raina
Virat Kolhi
AB de Villiers
Akshdeep Nath
D Bravo( vc)
M Ali
K Jhadav (c)
D Chahar
D Willey
Y Chahal
Team 2: This pitch even favors the batsman
M S Dhoni (wk)
S Billing
Virat Kohli (c)
A Rayudu
S Hetmyer
AB de Villiers (vc)
M Ali
U Yadav
Chahal
Chahar
D Willey
Team 3: Along with the batters, this pitch even gives a fair chance to spinners
Parthiv Patel (Wk)
Suresh Raina
S Watson (c)
A Rayudu
S Hetmyer
AB de Villiers
D Bravo
U Yadav
D Chahar
H Singh
Y Chahal (vc)
Key players:
RCB:
AB de Villiers
Virat Kohli
Moeen Ali
Umesh Yadav
CSK:
MS Dhoni
Shane Watson
Suresh Raina
Kedar Jadhav