CSK VS RCB BATTLE: Royal Challengers Bangalore will face Chennai Super Kings on Saturday in a bid to make it to the fourth team in the IPL playoffs. For RCB, it is a fight-or-die match.
Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals, and Sunrisers have got their playoff tickets cut due to the match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Gujarat Titans being washed out due to rain. Now there will be a fight for a place.
CSK and RCB are in the race. Chennai has a strong claim with a better run rate of +0.528 and 13 points. At the same time, Bengaluru has 12 points. His net run rate is +0.387.
Will the match be affected by rain
The meteorological department has predicted rain on Saturday. If the match does not take place then CSK will reach the playoffs. At the same time, Bengaluru will have to win by at least 18 runs or 11 balls remaining. RCB is in better form at the moment. He has achieved 5 consecutive wins.
There will be hope from Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli is in great form, has scored half-centuries in the last three matches. A good innings will be expected from captain Faf Duplessis. Cameron Green and Rajat Patidar are playing better in the middle order. Mahipal Lomror and Dinesh Karthik would like to take advantage of the Chinnaswamy Stadium pitch.
Will keep an eye on Shivam and Ruturaj
Ruturaj Gaikwad has scored the most runs for Chennai Super Kings. Rachin Ravindra has played useful innings. There is hope for a good performance from Shivam Dubey also.
Simarjeet Singh and Tushar Deshpande have performed better in bowling. The team will miss Mustafizur Rahman, Deepak Chahar, and Mathisha Pathirana.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad
Faf du Plessis (captain), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik (w), Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Lockie Ferguson, Yash Dayal, Swapnil Singh, Anuj Rawat, Suyyash Prabhudesai, Vijaykumar.
Vaish, Himanshu Sharma, Mayank Dagar, Manoj Bhandage, Tom Curran, Alzarri Joseph, Akash Deep, Saurav Chauhan, Rajan Kumar.
Chennai Super Kings Squad
Rachin Ravindra, Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Shardul Thakur, Tushar Deshpande, Simarjeet Singh, Mahesh Theekshana, Ajinkya Rahane, Sameer Rizvi, Prashant Solanki.
Ajay Jadav Mondal, Mukesh Choudhary, Mitchell Santner, Richard Gleeson, RS Hungerkar, Sheikh Rashid, Nishant Sindhu, Aravelli Avneesh.
