CSK commences its Gaikwad era against ‘known foes’ RCB.

An event such as the Indian Premier League requires no introduction, particularly when it begins with the Chennai Super Kings taking on the Royal Challengers Bengaluru. That should be enough promotion for the two teams that have the two most popular cricket players. If that’s still not enough for you, however, surprise! Ruturaj Gaikwad, not MS Dhoni, will be leading CSK. On the eve of the IPL 2024 season launch, Gaikwad took over as captain from the man who had five IPL championships.

Given Gaikwad’s home edge, home advantage will play a significant role in this match. Chennai, the reigning champions, have a 70% victory rate at Chepauk and an excellent record versus the Royals. Bengaluru, however, has had difficulty at this location in

CSK against RCB Head-to-Head

CSK 20 | RCB 10 | NR 1 overall after 31 games

H2H in Chepauk: Games 8 | CSK 7 | RCB 1
At the beginning of IPL 2023, the Chepauk felt a little different when the first four games yielded six totals of 170-plus, four of which were 200-plus. Nevertheless, there were just two 170-plus totals in the following five games. Consequently, it will be interesting to observe the surface’s behavior this time.

Fast bowlers outperformed spinners in the 2023 IPL in terms of average (24.4) and strike rate (17.1), while tweakers were significantly more economical (7.7 vs 8.6). At Chepauk, the RCB hitters have never had much luck against the CSK spinners, so don’t be shocked if the surface

The weather forecast

While there was little drizzle in Chennai on Thursday, match day weather is predicted to be clear and around 30 degrees Celsius. In the meantime, there will be about 75% humidity.

Teams

CSK: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), MS Dhoni (wk), Ajinkya Rahane, Aravelly Avanish (wk), Devon Conway, Moeen Ali, Shaik Rasheed, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Mandal, Daryl Mitchell, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Nishant Sindhu, Maheeesh Theekshana, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Choudhary, Mustafizur Rahman, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Prashant Solanki, Shardul Thakur, Sameer Rizvi

RCB: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan

Also Read: CSK vs RCB : IPL 2024 Match 1: Match Prediction, H2H, Playing XI.