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Royal Challengers Bangalore will face the Chennai Super Kings at the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium, Pune on 4th May.
Chennai Super Kings is currently placed at the ninth position on the points table with 3 wins out of their 9 games.
RCB is placed at fifth with 5 wins and 5 defeats from their 10 matches.
Both these sides have already faced each other in this season.
Chennai Super Kings had beaten RCB by 23 runs. RCB will aim to take their revenge and settle the scores against CSK.
Performance in the previous match:
Chennai Super Kings:
CSK will now continue their IPL 2022 campaign under the leadership of MS Dhoni as Ravindra Jadeja has stepped down as the skipper.
Dhoni inspired the side with a win in their previous match against Sunrisers Hyderabad and they are now very much alive in this competition.
CSK registered a 13-run victory against SRH.
Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway scored 99 and 84 runs respectively in that game for CSK.
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
On the other hand, RCB were superb in the first 7 games but have lost all the momentum now by consecutively losing their last three matches.
In their previous match, Gujarat Titans defeated them by 6 wickets.
Virat Kohli returned to form as he scored his first half-century of the season.
The performance of Kohli will be crucial for RCB’s chances in the playoffs.
Match Details
Teams: RCB vs CSK
Venue: Maharashtra Cricket Stadium, Pune
Date: 4th May, Wednesday
Time: 7:00 pm IST
Average 1st innings score
The average 1st innings total at this venue is 168
Head to head record
Here is the head-to-head record between these two sides in the history of IPL.
Total Matches Played: 29
RCB won: 9
CSK won: 19
Tie/no results: 1
Pitch Report
The pitch at the Maharashtra Cricket Stadium offers benefits for both the batters and bowlers.
The balls show a little movement early on while dew will play an important factor because it is a night game.
Both teams will prefer to chase because bowling second is not easy on this pitch.
CSK Probable Playing 11
Faf du Plessis ©, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Shahbaz Ahmed, Mahipal Lomror, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood
RCB Probable Playing 11
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Mitchell Santner/Dwayne Bravo, Dwaine Pretorius, Simarjeet Singh, Mukesh Choudhary, Maheesh Theekshana
Jeetbig Star bowler of the match
Wanindu Hasaranga has been the best bowler for RCB this season.
He has picked up 15 wickets from 10 matches so far and he is in the top 5 wicket-takers of this season.
He will be the star bowler of the match.
Jeetbig Star batsman of the match
Ruturaj Gaikwad has regained his form with a brilliant knock in the previous game.
He scored 99 runs and missed a well-deserved hundred by just 1 run.
Gaikwad is expected to score another big knock today.
Jeetbig star Wicketkeeper of the match
MS Dhoni has played some match-winning knocks for his side this season and he is obviously excellent behind the stumps.
Dhoni will be the best wicketkeeper of the match.
Jeetbig star all-rounder of the match
Ravindra Jadeja hasn’t delivered a match-winning innings this season but there will be no burden of captaincy on him in this game.
This will help him to shine with both bat and ball.
Who will win?
It will be an exciting game between two of the most popular sides of the IPL.
Both RCB and CSK look strong on paper but the moment is with CSK as they won their last game and they are more dangerous under the leadership of MS Dhoni.
RCB will desperately need to win this game to break their losing streak of 3 games.
The team combination and confidence of Chennai are looking better than the Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Hence, our prediction for match 49 is that Chennai Super Kings will beat Royal Challengers Bangalore.
