Chennai and Bangalore have a storied rivalry in the IPL tournament.
The Royal Challengers Bangalore have won two of their last three matches and with Virat Kohli scoring a century, their batting is finally clicking to take advantage of the Chinnaswamy track. Their bowling, however, is stuck in the same rut. But they will be glad to have AB de Villiers back in the game after missing the last game due to a minor concussion.
Also, they might include Shivam Dube to bolster their death overs batting. Dube also provides some handy medium pace bowling to help out Dale Steyn and Saini.
Otherwise, the team will be looking to have their in-form batting unit take advantage of the Bengaluru pitch instead. Last time these two teams met in the IPL in Bengaluru in 2018, Dhoni smacked 70 odd runs and CSK chased down a total in excess of 200 runs.
The match is something the RCB will be looking to win, while for CSK a win here will ensure them a spot in playoffs.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Predicted Playing XI:
Virat Kohli (C), Parthiv Patel (WK), AB de Villiers, Moeen Ali, Marcus Stoinis, Shivam Dube, Pawan Negi, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal, Dale Steyn
Chennai Super Kings Predicted Playing XI:
Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (C&WK), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Scott Kuggeleijn, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Imran Tahir