Dhoni will come out to avenge last season’s defeat today; RCB is nowhere behind in head to head
Today, RCB Vs CSK will face each other in the eighth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. This match will be played at Chennai’s home ground MA Chidambaram Stadium. This will be the second match between the two teams this season. Chennai defeated Mumbai Indians in their first match and Bengaluru defeated Kolkata Knight Riders.
Last season, RCB Vs CSK reached the playoffs by defeating Chennai. This match was very good. It was a do or die match for both the teams to reach the playoffs. Bengaluru needed to beat Chennai by at least 18 runs to make it to the last-4. On the other hand, if RCB Vs CSK had lost by less than 18 runs, they would have reached the playoffs. RCB won by 27 runs at their home ground and entered the next round.
Match Details, Match 8
CSK Vs RCB
Date: 28 March
Stadium: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Time: Toss – 7:00 PM, Match Start – 7:30 PM
RCB Vs CSK lead in head to head
Chennai has an advantage over Bengaluru in head to head matches. So far, 34 IPL matches have been played between the two. Out of which Chennai has won 22 matches and Bengaluru has won 11 matches. While the result of one match could not be decided. At the same time, both the teams have clashed 9 times at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai has won 8 times and Bengaluru has won only 1 time. This victory came in 2008.
Noor is CSK’s highest wicket taker in this IPL.
Chennai defeated Mumbai in the last match. In this low-scoring match, spinner Noor Ahmed took 4 wickets. He was declared the player of the match. Apart from Noor, Jadeja and Ashwin are making the spin department very strong. In batting, Rachin Ravindra played an unbeaten innings of 65 runs.
Both RCB openers scored half-centuries in the last match.
In the last match for RCB, both the openers scored half-centuries. Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten 59 and Phil Salt scored 56. The team has T20 experts like Liam Livingston, Jitesh Sharma and Krunal Pandya. Krunal Pandya is the team’s highest wicket-taker. He took 3 wickets in the last match against KKR and was declared the player of the match.
Pitch Report
The pitch at MA Chidambaram Stadium is spin-friendly. Batting here is a bit difficult. So far, 86 IPL matches have been played here. 49 matches were won by the team batting first and 37 matches were won by the team chasing. The highest team score here is 246/5, which was scored by the host team Chennai Super Kings against Rajasthan Royals in 2010 RCB Vs CSK.
Weather report
The weather in Chennai will be very hot today. There will be heavy sunshine throughout the day and there is no chance of rain. The temperature is expected to be between 26 and 36 degrees.
Probable playing 12 of both teams (including impact players)
Chennai Super Kings (CSK): Rituraj Gaekwad (captain), Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Deepak Hooda, Shivam Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmed, Nathan Ellis and Khaleel Ahmed.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): Rajat Patidar (captain), Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Liam Livingston, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Rasikh Dar Salam, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal and Devdutt Padikkal.