Royal Challengers Bangalore will face Chennai Super Kings at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru in the 24th match of the season on Monday. RCB had returned to winning ways after their 23-run win against Delhi Capitals in their last match following their two losses. CSK, on the other hand, had lost their previous match against Rajasthan Royals by three runs.
We look at the current form, head-to-head, players to look out for, and squads of both teams in our match preview.
Current form for CSK: L W W L
Chennai Super Kings have bowled well so far despite injury woes and their spinners have done the bulk of the work for them. However, MS Dhoni will want more from his fast bowling unit. Moreover, they were not at their best with the bat in the previous match against RR.
Current form for RCB: W L L W
RCB got the much-needed win against Delhi Capitals in their previous match. Virat Kohli batted at his best for RCB as he scored a fine fifty whereas Mohammed Siraj and Vijaykumar Vyshak were right on the money with the ball for the Faf du Plessis-led team.
Head to Head: Matches: 31, Won by CSK: 20, Won by RCB: 10, NR: 1.
CSK clearly holds the advantage against RCB in the head-to-head battle.
Players to watch out for: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Mohammad Siraj, and Dinesh Karthik will hold the key for RCB.
Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, and Mitchell Santner will be the key players for CSK.
CSK IPL 2023 Squad:
Wicketkeepers: MS Dhoni, Devon Conway (NZ).
Batters: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, Ajinkya Rahane.
All-rounders: Moeen Ali (ENG), Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwaine Pretorius (SA), Mitchell Santner (NZ), Ben Stokes (ENG), Kyle Jamieson (NZ), Ajay Mandal, Bhagath Varma, Nishant Sindhu.
Bowlers: Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana (SL), Simarjeet Singh, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana (SL).
RCB IPL 2023 SQUAD
Wicketkeepers: Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik.
Batters: Faf du Plessis (SA), Finn Allen (NZ), Virat Kohli, Suyash Prabhudessai, Michael Bracewell.
All-rounders: Wanindu Hasaranga (SL), Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell (AUS), Shahbaz Ahmed, Sonu Yadav, Manoj Bhandage.
Bowlers: Akash Deep, Josh Hazlewood (AUS), Siddarth Kaul, Mohammed Siraj, Harshal Patel, Karn Sharma, David Willey (ENG), Avinash Singh, Rajan Kumar, Reece Topley (ENG), Himanshu Sharma.
