Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will take on Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the 24th game of the Indian Premier League 2023 on Monday (April 17) at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Both teams have won two out of four games so far. RCB defeated Delhi Capitals in their previous game by 23 runs after posting a total of 174 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs. Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis provided a flying start to the team and scored 47 runs in the powerplay. The move to promote Harshal Patel to number five didn’t work for RCB, as he could only score six runs. Shahbaz Ahmed provided some finishing touch to the team with his innings of 20 runs off 12 deliveries. The Capitals lost four wickets in the powerplay, which pushed them to the backfoot. Manish Pandey scored a half-century but couldn’t help the team cross the line.
Chennai Super Kings lost the previous game against Rajasthan Royals by a mere margin of three runs. The Royals made 175 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 20 overs while batting first. Jos Buttler scored another half-century, while Devdutt Padikkal redeemed himself with an inning of 38 runs off 26 deliveries. Ravichandran Ashwin and Shimron Hetmyer also played a crucial role with the bat. Sandeep Sharma dismissed in-form Ruturaj Gaikwad for just eight runs in the third over. Devon Conway and Ajinkya Rahane provided stability to the team. However, CSK lost a couple of wickets in the middle overs, which completely pushed them away from the goal. In the end, they managed 172 runs in 20 overs.
PROBABLE PLAYING XI
Royal Challengers Bangalore
F du Plessis(C), Virat Kohli, MK Lomror, GJ Maxwell, W Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, WD Parnell, Dinesh Karthik(wk), Mohammed Siraj, HV Patel, Vijaykumar Vyshak
BENCH : Anuj Rawat, RM Patidar, SS Prabhudessai, Finn Allen, Avinash Singh, Rajan Kumar, Michael Bracewell, M Bhandage, R Sonu Yadav, DJ Willey, Akash Deep, Josh Hazlewood, S Kaul, KV Sharma, RJW Topley, Himanshu Sharma, WG Jacks
Chennai Super Kings
RD Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, MM Ali, RA Jadeja, S Dubey, SSB Magala, MS Dhoni(C), TU Deshpande, M Theekshana, Akash Singh
BENCH : AT Rayudu, Ben Stokes, Mitchell Santner, DL Chahar, RS Hangargekar, SP Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu, Simarjeet Singh, Dwaine Pretorius, Bhagath Varma, AJ Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Prashant Solanki
PITCH REPORT
It will be the fourth game of the season at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. In the first three games, the team batting first have managed to score more than 170 runs. The pitch here will likely provide a lot of support to the batters in this game, which will likely be a high-scoring game.
