CSK vs RCB, MCA Stadium. Royal Challengers Bangalore will be playing tonight with the playoff hopes in their mind. On the other hand, if Chennai Super Kings loses this game, it will be confirmed that defending champions will not be playing in the playoffs this season. Faf du Plessis could be the man who slays a giant team like CSK single-handedly.
With the return of Devon Conway, CSK got excellent stability in the opening pair. Ruturaj and Devon played a record-breaking inning against a strong bowling attack like SRH. It will be interesting to see the batting position of Uthappa, Dube, and Raydu.
MS Dhoni will be looking to get Virat Kohli with the help of Mukesh Choudhary. If that plan doesn't go well, Theekshana can be the bowler Dhoni could use against Kohli. Jadeja will be very crucial for CSK.
RCB can still keep their hopes for playoffs alive if they win this match. Some major changes have to be made in the bowling section to perform well in the death overs. They can start by replacing Siraj with Kaul. Siraj is bowling poorly in the death overs and doesn't have good matchups against CSK batters.
At MCA Stadium:
| Matches | Won | Lost | |
| CSK | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| SRH | 8 | 5 | 3 |
CSK vs RCB at MCA Stadium:
Match – 1
CSK won – 1
RCB won – 0
CSK vs RCB H2H:
| Batting 1st Won | Batting 2nd Won | |
| CSK | 9 | 11 |
| RCB | 5 | 4 |
Previous Match Performances:
| CSK – 216/4 | RCB – 193/9 | ||
| S Dube – 95(46) | W Hasaranga – 2/35 | S Ahmed – 41(27) | M Theekshana – 4/33 |
| R Uthappa – 88(50) | J Hazlewood – 1/33 | D Karthik – 34(14) | R Jadeja – 3/39 |
| R Gaikwad – 17(16) | S Prabhudessai – 34(18) | M Choudhary – 1/40 | |
| G Maxwell – 26(11) | DJ Bravo – 1/42 |
H2H Player Stats:
| M | I | R | 100s | 50s | 30s | Avg. | SR | |
| V Kohli | 29 | 29 | 963 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 38.52 | 126.71 |
| MS Dhoni | 28 | 27 | 748 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 41.56 | 145.53 |
| A Rayudu (vs RCB overall) | 26 | 25 | 729 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 31.70 | 121.70 |
| D Karthik (vs CSK overall) | 30 | 28 | 695 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 28.96 | 137.08 |
| R Uthappa (vs RCB overall) | 21 | 21 | 686 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 38.11 | 139.15 |
| A Raydu (for CSK) | 9 | 8 | 298 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 37.25 | 121.63 |
| G Maxwell (vs CSK overall) | 11 | 11 | 285 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28.50 | 179.25 |
| R Jadeja | 17 | 13 | 159 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22.71 | 140.71 |
| R Gaikwad | 4 | 4 | 153 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 51.00 | 129.66 |
| S Dube (vs RCB overall) | 2 | 2 | 141 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 141.00 | 180.77 |
| DJ Bravo | 17 | 12 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.75 | 137.84 |
| R Uthappa (for CSK) | 1 | 1 | 88 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 88.00 | 176.00 |
| D Karthik (for RCB) | 4 | 4 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23.75 | 133.80 |
| S Dube (for CSK) | 1 | 1 | 95 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 206.52 |
| G Maxwell (for RCB) | 3 | 3 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.67 | 168.57 |
| S Ahmed | 1 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41.00 | 151.85 |
| M Ali | 2 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.00 | 100.00 |
| Faf du Plessis | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.00 | 88.89 |
| M | I | W | ER | |
| R Jadeja | 17 | 16 | 18 | 7.04 |
| DJ Bravo | 17 | 17 | 17 | 7.97 |
| H Patel | 5 | 5 | 9 | 7.84 |
| M Theekshana | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8.25 |
| G Maxwell | 11 | 8 | 3 | 8.64 |
| C Jordan | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7.89 |
| W Hasaranga | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10.71 |
| S Kaul | 7 | 7 | 2 | 9.77 |
| M Siraj | 7 | 7 | 1 | 9.14 |
| J Hazlewood | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8.25 |
| M Santner | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.75 |
| M Choudhary | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13.33 |
Venue Stats:
(Overall T20 stats)
| M | I | R | 100s | 50s | 30s | Avg. | SR | |
| R Uthappa | 21 | 20 | 543 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 28.58 | 123.97 |
| MS Dhoni | 23 | 21 | 526 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 52.60 | 139.52 |
| A Raydu | 12 | 11 | 337 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 33.70 | 137.55 |
| V Kohli | 10 | 10 | 293 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 29.30 | 117.20 |
| R Gaikwad | 2 | 2 | 172 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 86.00 | 163.81 |
| Faf du Plessis | 9 | 8 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17.88 | 98.62 |
| D Karthik | 7 | 7 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14.50 | 99.15 |
| R Jadeja | 14 | 10 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23.50 | 151.61 |
| D Conway | 1 | 1 | 85 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 154.55 |
| G Maxwell | 8 | 8 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.67 | 151.85 |
| M | I | W | ER | |
| DJ Bravo | 10 | 10 | 11 | 8.70 |
| H Patel | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8.05 |
| R Jadeja | 14 | 12 | 7 | 7.33 |
| M Choudhary | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9.14 |
| W Hasaranga | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6.50 |
| J Hazlewood | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4.75 |
| M Theekshana | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6.25 |
| M Siraj | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10.07 |
| D Pretorius | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10.00 |
Probable Playing 11:
CSK: R Gaikwad, D Conway, R Uthappa, M Santner/M Ali, A Raydu, R Jadeja, MS Dhoni (C & WK), S Dube, D Pretorius, M Theekshana, M Choudhary
RCB: Faf du Plessis (C), V Kohli, R Patidar, G Maxwell, S Ahmed, D Karthik (WK), J Hazlewood, W Hasaranga, M Siraj/S Kaul, J Hazlewood, H Patel
Fantasy Picks:
WK – D Karthik
Batters – V Kohli, Plessis/Patidar, R Gaikwad, D Conway/S Dube
AR – G Maxwell, M Ali/M Santner, R Jadeja
Bowlers – H Patel, M Choudhary, W Hasaranga
Punt picks – M Theekshana, M Lomror, D Conway, S Ahmed
Common C/VC – R Gaikwad, V Kohli, G Maxwell, R Jadeja
Punt C/VC – H Patel, D Conway, Faf du Plessis, M Choudhary
RCB Batters vs CSK Bowlers:
Faf du Plessis:
vs Theekshana – 1W
vs Jadeja – 1W
vs DJ Bravo – 2W
vs M Ali – 1W
vs C Jordan – 1W
vs Pretorius – 3W
V Kohli:
vs Choudhary – 1W
vs Jadeja – 3W
vs Bravo – 2W
vs M Ali – 1W
vs C Jordan – 2W
vs Santner – 1W
vs D Chahar – 1W
G Maxwell:
vs Jadeja: 7W
vs DJ Bravo – 4W
vs M Ali – 1W
vs C Jordan – 4W
vs Santner – 1W
D Karthik:
vs DJ Bravo – 4W
vs Jadeja – 3W
vs C Jordan – 2W
W Hasaranga:
vs Jadeja – 1W
vs DJ Bravo – 1W
vs C Jordan – 1W
vs D Chahar – 1W
S Ahmed:
vs Theekshana – 1W
CSK Batters vs RCB Bowlers:
R Gaikwad:
vs Hazlewood – 1W
vs Hasaranga – 1W
vs Siraj – 1W
vs A Deep – 1W
R Uthappa:
vs Hasaranga – 1W
vs H Patel – 1W
vs Siraj – 1W
vs Hazlewood – 1W
vs S Kaul – 1W
A Raydu:
vs H Patel – 5W
vs Siraj – 1W
vs Behrendorff – 1W
vs S Kaul – 1W
vs K Sharma – 1W
R Jadeja:
vs Hasaranga – 1W
MS Dhoni:
vs H Patel – 2W
vs S Kaul – 1W
M Ali:
vs Willey – 1W
vs H Patel – 1W
vs Maxwell – 2W
DJ Bravo:
vs Willey – 1W
vs Hasaranga – 1W
S Dube:
vs Maxwell – 1W
Interesting Records:
- Harshal Patel dismissed Raydu five times in the T20s.
- Bravo has dismissed Karthik four times and Jadeja three times.
- Jadeja has dismissed Maxwell seven times in the T20s.
- MS Dhoni averages 52.60 at MCA Stadium.
- Virat Kohli needs 37 runs to complete 1000 runs against CSK.
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