Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore IPL 2024 Match Preview, Team News, Head-to-head, Possible XI and Dream11 Team Prediction

Defending Champions, Chennai Super Kings will face Royal Challengers Bangalore in the opening fixture of the IPL 2024 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Ruturaj Gaikwad will lead the CSK side as MS Dhoni has left the captaincy while Faf du Plessis will be captaining the RCB team. From possible playing XIs to Dream11 predictions, here is everything you need to know about the Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore match in IPL 2024 as both teams look to start their season on a high.

Also Read: Most Runs in IPL History: Virat Kohli leading the charts

Match Details

• Match: Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - IPL 2024

• Date: 22/3/2024

• Time: 8:30 pm

• Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Matchday morning it is, #SummerOf24 is here! ☀️



GET. SET. #WhistlePodu 🥳🔥#CSKvRCB pic.twitter.com/tUY7yFxAMb

— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) March 22, 2024

How to watch the Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore IPL 2024 Match?

The Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore IPL 2024 match will be televised on Star Sports Network. All the IPL 2024 matches will be streamed free on the Jio Cinema app and website.

Pitch & Weather Report

The Chennai wicket will suit the spinners and medium pacers throughout the game. Batters might have to make the best use of the conditions in the powerplay and avoid losing wickets during those six overs. Chennai's MA Chidambaram Stadium is known for favouring spin bowlers. Chepauk has hosted 76 IPL matches, and the team batting first has won 46, which is more than 60 percent of the matches. 

The highest temperature will rise to 31 degrees while the lowest will be 27 degrees. There is no chance of rain.

CSK vs RCB: Head-to-Head Record

The two teams have faced each other in 31 matches. CSK have won 20 matches while one match has ended in no result, with RCB winning 10 of them. In their last five encounters, the Yellow Brigade has a 4-1 lead.

Team News

Chennai Super Kings

CSK doesn't like to change their winning combinations and with the new season set to start, they will be trying to play with their best playing XI. They brought in the experienced Shardul Thakur back in their squad to support Chahar in the bowling department. They also roped in youngsters like Rachin Ravindra and Sameer Rizvi for the batting. Last season's youngster Pathirana will miss the game due to an injury. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is back post-knee surgery, while all-rounder Shivam Dube is also fit after recovering from injury. Ravindra Jadeja is set to play the opener after dropping some brilliant performances in the recently concluded India vs England test series. Ruturaj Gaikwad is set to lead the side in the brand-new season of IPL. Now, it will interesting to see if he manages to perform at the same level with the bat after the extra responsibility upon his shoulders.

In Process, We Trust! 💪🏻🔥#WhistlePodu #CSKvRCB 🦁💛 pic.twitter.com/RDdpfq5v3Q

— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) March 22, 2024

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Royal Challengers Bangalore tried to strengthen their bowling unit but once again ended up splashing too much money on the overseas bowlers. They brought in the likes of Lockie Ferguson, Alzarri Joseph, and Tom Curran to the squad. The franchise also roped in Australian all-rounder Cameron Green for INR 16.50 crore. Mohammed Siraj will lead the bowling attack for RCB and he is in brilliant form. Virat Kohli returns to Bangalore for the 2024 edition of the Indian Premier League after a two-month break from Cricket. He scored 639 runs last season but RCB couldn't qualify for the playoffs. Skipper Faf Du Plessis would like to start this season on a high against his ex-franchise.

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Talk about 6⃣ hitting prowess, and these lads will put their hand up! 🙋‍♂🚀#PlayBold #ನಮ್ಮRCB #Choosebold #IPL2024 pic.twitter.com/fF906xhOGB

— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) March 22, 2024

Possible XIs:

Chennai Super Kings: 

Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni (Wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande

Royal Challengers Bangalore:

Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik (Wk), Alzarri Joseph, Mayank Dagar, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Mohammed Siraj

Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore: Dream XI Team Prediction