Finally, the summer extravaganza has arrived ! The summer of cricket, IPL 2024, kicks off on Friday, when the reigning champs Chennai Super Kings(CHE) take on a much fancied Royal Challengers Bengaluru(RCB) at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. Let us go through CHE vs RCB dream11 predictions, match preview, top fantasy picks and see the favourites to win the game.
CHE vs RCB Match Preview
IPL 2024 will witness the dawn of a new era in Chennai Super Kings. MS Dhoni has finally relinquished his captaincy reigns for the star player Ruturaj Gaikwad. To the amusement of all fans, the news broke out on the eve of the IPL opener. Earlier in 2022, Dhoni did handover the captaincy to Jadeja but had to takeover as CSK finished at the bottom of the table that year. Will be interesting to see if it’s finally the passing of baton and truly an indication citing the end of glorious career of the great man.
Coming to the team, CSK definitely have managed to reinforce the team with some great picks in the auction leading up to this year’s IPL. Rachin Ravindra and Daryl Mitchell, already looks steal picks for the men in yellow. In the absence of Devon Conway, Rachin will probably be a straight swap at the opening position. They bowling attack too looks fortified with the inclusion of Mustafizur Rehman and the return of Shardul Thakur. With Pathirana out from injury, the ‘Fizz’ could make his CSK debut on Friday.
From the RCB’s perspective, they will know that they are up against a team that have had a better of them often in IPL. And they are playing at the Lion’s den – Chepauk – a place where they have tasted victory only once. Come Friday, once again the trio of Virat, Faf and Maxwell will share the burden of expectations to conjure up something special to beat CSK. It will interesting to see if Virat Kohli, coming back after a small hiatus from International cricket, can get his mojo back straight away.
In what looks like an inexperienced bowling attack, Mohammed Siraj will have to bear the brunt of a heavy workload. RCB, have managed to make some big signings this season in the form Cameron Green and Will Jacks but it seemed they have failed to address their spin bowling resources. As always their bowling looks weak and without any quality spinner in the ranks, it looks weaker.
Match Details
| Match : Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore |
| Venue : M.A. Chidambaram stadium, Chennai |
| Date & Time : 22 March 2024, 8:00 PM |
| Live Streaming : Star Sports 1, Jio Cinema |
CHE vs RCB head-to-head
Chennai Super Kings have a dominant record against the Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL. At present they hold a 21-10 W/L record against RCB in 32 games. Also the Super Kings holds a impressive record at their own den as they boasts a 7-1 record at the M.A. Chidambaram stadium. If we go by recent history, CSK leads there as well with a 4-1 W/L in the previous five matches player between the teams.
Matches Played – 32
Won by Chennai Super Kings – 21
Won by Royal Challengers Bengaluru – 10
M.A. Chidambaram Stadium Pitch and conditions
The Chepauk pitch is known to assist the spinners and goes slower as the season goes by. Though, one can expect the pitch to aid the batters more during the start of the season. The average score batting 1st at the venue is 158 and teams batted 1st have tasted more success at the venue. Teams batting 1st have won 69 of the 130 matches played at the venue while two matches ended up being a tie. Just tells us how tricky is it to chase at the venue.
CHE vs RCB Probable XI
CHE : Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni(wk), Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Mustafizur Rahman
RCB – Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green/Will Jacks, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Mayank Dagar, Lockie Ferguson/Alzarri Joseph, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal/Akash Deep
CHE vs RCB Dream11 Prediction : Player Stats
| Chennai Super Kings | Royal Challengers Bengaluru |
|---|---|
| Ruturaj Gaikwad (206 runs ) | Faf du Plessis (165 runs ) |
| Ravindra Jadeja( 97 runs & 5 wkts ) | Virat Kohli ( 275 runs) |
| Mustafizur Rahman ( 6 wkts ) | Glenn Maxwell ( 147 runs & 1 wkt ) |
| Moeen Ali ( 104 runs & 1 wkt ) | Mohammed Siraj ( 4 wkts ) |
| Daryl Mitchell ( 109 runs ) | Cameron Green ( 175 runs & 1 wkt ) |
CHE vs RCB Dream11 Prediction: Top Fantasy Picks
Chennai Super Kings – Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja
Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Siraj, Rajat Patidar
CHE vs RCB Dream11 Prediction Team
Wicketkeeper – Dinesh Karthik
Batters – Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube
All-rounders – Glenn Maxwell(c ), Ravindra Jadeja (vc), Rachin Ravindra
Bowlers – Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur
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