In today’s match of the Indian Premier League 2024 CSK vs RCB, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will face off against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at MA Chidambaram Stadium. A sea of yellow is expected to greet ‘Thala’ MS Dhoni, while many would cheer for Virat Kohli, who is returning to competitive cricket after a well-deserved break. However, it remains to be seen how the fans will react after Dhoni stepped down from CSK captaincy on the eve of the CSK vs RCB match.
Regarding the team dynamics, newly-appointed captain Ruturaj Gaikwad is expected to take up the wicket-keeping gloves, and MS Dhoni might play as an impact player. Rachin Ravindra is set to debut for CSK in absence of Devon Conway. Sri Lanka’s Maheesh Theekshana is expected to be one of the four overseas players in the CSK Playing on a home ground, which historically supports spinners.
For RCB, it remains to be seen whether Lockie Ferguson will get a chance to play or Reece Topley.
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Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore are playing against each other. Here are the probable playing 11 combinations for both teams based on the toss result.
If Chennai Super Kings bat first, the playing 11 probables are: Ruturaj Gaikwad (capt), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wk), Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, and Maheesh Theekshana.
If Chennai Super Kings bowl first, the playing 11 probables are: Ruturaj Gaikwad (capt), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Daryl Mitchell, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wk), Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Maheesh Theekshana, and either Mukesh Choudhary or Tushar Deshpande.
If Royal Challengers Bangalore bat first, the playing 11 probables are: Faf du Plessis (capt), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, either Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror, or Suyash Prabhudessai, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Alzarri Joseph, Mayank Dagar, either Akash Deep or Vyshak Vijaykumar, and Mohammed Siraj.
If Royal Challengers Bangalore bowl first, the playing 11 probables are: Faf du Plessis (capt), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Alzarri Joseph, Mayank Dagar, either Akash Deep or Vyshak Vijaykumar, either Himanshu Sharma or Karn Sharma, and Mohammed Siraj.
Squads
Chennai Super Kings full squad: MS Dhoni, Aravelly Avanish, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, RS Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Daryl Mitchell, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Nishant Sindhu, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Choudhary, Mustafizur Rahman, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Prashant Solanki, Shardul Thakur, Maheesh Theekshana, Sameer Rizvi.
Royal Challengers Bangalore full squad: Yash Dayal, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Reece Topley, Swapnil Singh, Karn Sharma, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Mohammed Siraj, Alzarri Joseph, Lockie Ferguson, Mayank Dagar, Suyash Prabhudessai, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Will Jacks, Cameron Green, Tom Curran, Manoj Bhandage, Akash Deep, Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik, Saurav Chauhan, Anuj Rawat, Faf du Plessis (c).
