In the 39th fixture of Indian Premier League, table toppers Chennai Super Kings will lock horns against with the most unfavourable side of IPL history Royals Challengers Bangalore at the Chinnaswamy.
Both the teams lost their previous matches and would be hoping for their return. At present, Chennai Super Kings are sitting at the peak of the points table with seven wins in nine games, whereas Royal Challengers Bangalore has sealed their spot at the bottom of the table with two wins since the IPL 2019 kick-started.
The loss to Chennai Super Kings against Sunrisers Hyderabad was said to be because of the absence of skipper MS Dhoni, and this states that Super Kings could not survive without inputs of the great MS Dhoni. The skipper is likely to come back against the RCB in their upcoming fixture and would be willing to humiliate Virat Kohli & Co. as they did in their first encounter of this season.
Meanwhile, the middle order and the openers of Royal Challengers Bangalore have started to make some valuable contribution with their bat. The knock by M Ali and Kohli in the previous game against KKR was must needed. Ab de Villiers is likely to return in the next encounter after missing out against KKR. The only thing RCB needs to focus on is bowling in the death overs. New signing – Dale Steyn even failed in slowing down runs for RCB in the final overs.
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings, 39th Match
M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
02:30 PM GMT/ 08:00 PM LOCAL
Total Matches Played: 24
CSK: 16
RCB: 7
Pitch Report:
Bowlers will have no advantage here, no big total has been ever chased here. Batsmen will be seen smashing balls in all the areas on Sunday. Weather is expected to be good on the match day. Spinner might get spin, otherwise, this pitch offers nothing to the bowlers.
RCB vs CSK Squad:
RCB:
Parthiv Patel, AB de Villiers, Tim Southee, Virat Kohli (c), Umesh Yadav, Moeen Ali, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Yuzvendra Chahal, Colin de Grandhomme, Pawan Negi, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Akshdeep Nath, Milind Kumar, Marcus Stoinis, Navdeep Saini, Shimron Hetmyer, Heinrich Klaasen, Himmat Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Kulwant Khejroliya, Devdutt Padikkal, Prayas Barman
CSK:
M.S. Dhoni (c), Ambati Rayudu, Shane Watson, Dhruv Shorey, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suresh Raina, Kedar Jadhav, Mitchell Santner, David Willey, Sam Billings, Mohit Sharma, Faf du Plessis, Chaitanya Bishnoi, N Jagadeesan, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, KM Asif, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir, Murali Vijay
Probable Teams
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
Parthiv Patel (WK), Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers/Khassen, Akshdeep Nath, Moeen Ali, Marcus Stoinis, Pawan Negi, Dale Steyn, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal
Chennai Super Kings:
Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (C), Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Scott Kuggelejin, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Imran Tahir
1: Bangalore home advantage:
Wicket Keeper: Parthiv Patel
Batsmen: S Raina, F d Plessis, A d Villiers, V Kohli, A Nath
All-rounder: R Jadeja, A Ali
Bowlers: S Thakur, D Steyn, Y Chahal
Captain/Vice-captain here: Kohli, Parthiv Patel, A Ali
2: Chennai Super Kings Bowling strength
Wicket Keeper: Parthiv Patel
Batsmen: S Raina, F d Plessis, A Rayudu A d Villiers, A Nath
All-rounder: R Jadeja, A Ali
Bowlers: I Tahir, D Chahar, S Thakur
Captain/Vice-captain here: R Jadeja, D Chahar, I Tahir
3: Chennai Super Kings batting strength
Wicket Keeper: MS Dhoni
Batsmen: S Raina, Watson, A Rayudu A d Villiers, A d Villiers
All-rounder: R Jadeja, A Ali, M Santer
Bowlers: I Tahir, D Steyn, Y Chahal
Captain/Vice-captain here: MS Dhoni, Watson, M Santer
4: The least selected players for Fantasy team
Wicket Keeper: MS Dhoni
Batsmen: S Raina, Watson, K Jadhav, A Nath
All-rounder: R Jadeja, A Ali, M Santer
Bowlers: I Tahir, Pawan Negi, Y Chahal
Captain/Vice-captain here: Watson, Pawan Negi, A Nath
CSK:
MS Dhoni
S Raina
Faf du Plessis
K Jadhav
RCB:
V Kohli
Ab de Villiers
M Ali
Y Chahal