Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will take on Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the 24th match Indian Premier League – IPL 2018 on 25th April 2018 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. As far as weather is concerned, a thunderstorm with some rain is forecasted before the match, unlikely the effect the match.
IPL 2018 Match 24 RCB vs CSK Pitch Report
As far as Chinnaswamy pitch is concerned, it is improved than last year. It is wicket with 190+ as par score. In the last match, Delhi Daredevils posted 174 for RCB to chase, which they did in 18 overs.
IPL 2018 Match 24 RCB vs CSK Team News
Royal Challengers Bangalore are 6th on the IPL 2018 points table with 4 points in 5 matches; 2 wins and 3 losses. On the other hand, Chennai Super Kings are sitting on the top of the points table with 10 points in 6 matches; 5 wins and 1 loss.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Team News
Royal Challengers Bangalore are coming with the win and are unlikely to make changes to their playing XI.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Team News
Imran Tahir is fit to play matches and will be included into playing XI in place of Sam Billing or Fad du Plessis; there are more chances that Sam Billing will have to sit on the bench as the team has Watson and Bravo as an extra bowling option.
IPL 2018 Match 24 RCB vs CSK Head to Head
In IPL, Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore had 20 encounters with Royal Challengers winning 7 matches, Royal Challengers Bangalore winning 12 matches and one ending in a no result.
If records between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore are to be talked at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore than they have played 7 matches against each other with both winning one match each and 1 ending in a no result match.
Chennai Super Kings are in defeated in last 4 matches played between them.
Check: RCB vs CSK Head to Head: CSK vs RCB Head to Head IPL Records
| Total | RCB Won | CSK Won | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 20 | 7 | 13 |
| In IPL | 19 | 7 | 12 |
| At M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Bengaluru | 6 | 3 | 3 |
IPL 2018 Match 24 RCB vs CSK Match Prediction
IPL 2018 Match 24 RCB vs CSK Toss Prediction
The team winning toss would mostly like to bowl first as with dew point at 18º, dew will be seen in later half of the match.
IPL 2018 Match 24 RCB vs CSK Score Prediction
190+ will be a par score on this wicket. In the last match against Delhi Daredevils, Royal Challengers Bangalore chased 174 easily in 18 overs.
| Batting First | Predicted Score |
|---|---|
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | 185+ |
| Chennai Super Kings | 180+ |
IPL 2018 Match 24 RCB vs CSK Match Prediction
MS Dhoni has a good record at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru in IP; scoring 309 runs at an average of 61.08 and strike rate of 177.58 in 8 innings. Virat Kohli will be the 3rd Indian skipper after MS Dhoni (244) and Gautam Gambhir (170) to captain a T20 team in 100 matches or more. Also, Virat Kohli is 18 short of 2000 runs at M. Chinnaswamy.
| Team | Batting First Winning % | Batting Second Winning % |
|---|---|---|
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | 40% | 45% |
| Chennai Super Kings | 55% | 60% |
With the current form of Chennai Super Kings, CSK have an upper hand in this match and are more likely to win this match.
Match Details: IPL 2018 Match 24 RCB vs CSK
Venue: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Date: 25th April, 2018
Time: 8:00 pm (IST)
Toss: Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field first.
Playing XI for RCB: Quinton de Kock(w), Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers, Mandeep Singh, Corey Anderson, Pawan Negi, Washington Sundar, Colin de Grandhomme, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj.
Playing XI for CSK: Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(w/c), Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Deepak Chahar, Sam Billings, Shradul Thakur, Imran Tahir.