Here is everything to know about the match between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) today. The match will begin today at 4:00 P.M., at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune.
The CSK team at present is ranked at the second spot with 6 wins out of the 9 matches played. The Chennai team was leading the scoreboard but lost the spot after their loss against the Kolkata Knight Riders. In the last match, CSK took on the Riders who won by 6 wickets.
The Chennai team is looking to stay in this game and defeat the RCB team. Players who are picking up the pace in this tournament are Shane Watson. Ambati Rayudu and Suresh Raina.
Chennai Super Kings Squad: MS Dhoni (C/Wk,) Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Faf du Plessis, Harbhajan Singh, Dwayne Bravo, Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, KM Asif, Kanishk Seth, Lungi Ngidi, Dhruv Shorey, Murali Vijay, Sam Billings, Mark Wood, Kshitiz Sharma, Monu Kumar, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Imran Tahir, Karn Sharma, Shardul Thakur, N Jagadeesan and David Willey.
The RCB team on the other end is hanging down at the 6th spot with just 3 wins out of the 8 matches played. The RCB team is adamant to stay in this tournament and defeated the Mumbai Indians by 14 runs in their last match.
The Bangalore team needs to win every single match from now to have a chance at the playoffs. Players to look out for from the Bangalore team are Virat Kohli, Brendon McCullum and Manan Vohra.
The CSK and RCB teams have played against each other early in the tournament. The Chennai team beat the Bangalore team by 5 wickets.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Brendon McCullum, AB de Villiers, Sarfaraz Khan, Mandeep Singh, Chris Woakes, Washington Sundar, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Colin de Grandhomme, Moeen Ali, Pawan Negi, Mohammed Siraj, Corey Anderson, Parthiv Patel and Tim Southee.
