Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bangalore gained some boost with a win against Kolkata Knight Riders at their home and will look to continue their momentum to keep their chances alive to qualify for the play off. While, Chennai Super Kings main aim will be to seal the play-off birth before anyone else in IPL 2019.
RCB had to face an embarrassing seven-wicket defeat against CSK in the first game of the IPL 2019. Their batting had failed miserably as they were bundled-out for mere 70 runs on a slow, turning wicket of the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Virat Kohli scored his first century of this IPL during RCB's narrow 10-run victory against KKR in their last game and RCB fans would be hoping that the skipper continues with his ruthless batting form against CSK.
RCB, languishing at the bottom of the table with just four points from nine games, would be aware of the fact that it won't be easy for them to over the MS Dhoni-led side, even while playing at their home ground and having their star batsman in form.
On the other hand, Chennai, who were comfortably beaten by the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the last encounter, would be desperate to make amends in their game.
Their might be some chances that match-winners MS Dhoni and Dwyane Bravo will be in the playing XI against RCB. While, there is still no clarity about the availabilty of RCB's Ab de Villiers in the upcoming clash.
What to expect and Match Predictions:
Chennai are the clear favourites to win this match and Virat Kohli is the only player who can turn the tides in Bangalore's favour.
Predicted Playing XI of RCB vs CSK
Probable Playing XI of RCB: Virat Kohli, Parthiv Patel, AB de Villiers/Heinrich Klaasen, Moeen Ali, Marcus Stoinis, Shivam Dube, Pawan Negi, Yuzvendra Chahal, Dale Steyn, Navdeep Saini, Umesh Yadav
Probable Playing XI of CSK: Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo, Imran Tahir
(With IANS Inputs)
