Match Details:
The 25th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020
will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore at
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai.
This game is scheduled to start at 07:30 PM IST (06:00
PM local time) (02:00 PM UTC). The game will be telecasted on the Star Sports
Network (Available in English, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Bengali).
Also, live streaming will be available on Disney+ Hotstar.
Preview:
It seemed as if things got back on track for the
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) after the 10-wicket win against the Kings XI Punjab
(KXIP). However, in their last fantasy
cricket game, the troubles with the middle order were exposed once
again as they threw away a game they should have won. Despite having a fabulous
think tank at their disposal, the Super Kings have more questions glaring at
them that the answers. With so much uncertainty and pressure, they gear up to
face their IPL fantasy cricket nemesis
– the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).
This South Indian Derby gets more exciting this time
since the Royal Challengers Bangalore have looked good this season. Despite the
wonderful record CSK has got against RCB, the latter has looked to be the team
in form this season. They have blown hot and cold but have got a good core
group of players and would be hopeful of getting back to the winning ways.
CSK vs RCB Weather Report for Match 25:
The evening in Dubai is expected to be slightly cooler
than the day. The temperatures will range between 31 and 33 degrees Celsius
while the skies will be hazy.
Pitch Condition/Report:
The sides chasing have struggled at this venue and
only on one occasion, the chasing side was successful thus far. In the last two
matches, teams batting first have put up big totals and registered wins by big
margins here.
Average first innings score:
181 (At this venue till Match 22)
Record of chasing teams:
Won – 1, Lost – 7, Tied – 0
CSK vs RCB Today’s Probable Playing XIs:
Chennai Super Kings:
Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Faf du Plessis, MS Dhoni
(C)(WK), Sam Curran, Kedar Jadhav, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Karn Sharma,
Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar.
Bench:
Lungi Ngidi, Piyush Chawla, Josh Hazlewood, Imran
Tahir, Shardul Thakur, Monu Kumar, Mitchell Santner, Ravisrinivasan Sai
Kishore, N Jagadeesan, KM Asif, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Murali Vijay.
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, Virat Kohli (c), AB de
Villiers (wk), Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Washington Sundar, Isuru Udana,
Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Bench:
Parthiv Patel, Moeen Ali, Pawan Negi, Adam Zampa/Chris
Morris, Pavan Deshpande, Mohammed Siraj, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dale Steyn, Josh
Philippe, Umesh Yadav.
CSK vs RCB Top Picks for Today’s Match:
Faf du Plessis is the man in form for CSK and has
scored 299 runs thus far in 6 games at an average of 75 and a strike rate of
over 150.
Virat Kohli scored 43 and 72 runs in the last two
games and is slowly getting back to his zone in this tournament.
AB de Villiers mustered 155 runs in the tournament at
an average of 52 and a strike rate of 176.
Shane Watson has been impressive with half-centuries
in the last two matches and has scored 185 runs at an average of 37 thus far in
the tournament.
Yuzvendra Chahal has been good with the ball in hand
and has picked up 8 wickets thus far from 5 games.
MS Dhoni has a good record against RCB. The
wicket-keeper batsman scored 84 off 48 in the last game against this team. In
his last three innings against RCB, he wasn’t dismissed even once.
Captain and Vice-Captain Selection:
Captain Options – Faf du Plessis, Shane
Watson
Vice-Captain Options – Virat Kohli, Devdutt
Padikkal
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