Squads –
CSK –
MS Dhoni (C & wk), Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Faf du Plessis, Shardul Thakur, Mitchell Santner, Dwayne Bravo, Josh Hazlewood, Kedar Jadhav, Karn Sharma, Piyush Chawla, Ambati Rayudu, Lungi Ngidi, Sam Curran, Monu Kumar, Shane Watson, Sai Kishore, Narayan Jagadeesan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KM Asif, Ravindra Jadeja, Murali Vijay.
RCB –
Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Devdutt Padikkal, Gurkeerat Singh, Moeen Ali, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Parthiv Patel, Pawan Negi, Shivam Dube, Umesh Yadav, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Aaron Finch, Chris Morris, Dale Steyn, Isuru Udana, Joshua Philippe, Pavan Deshpande, Shahbaz Ahamad, Adam Zampa.
Team News –
CSK –
– CSK are struggling with their batting this season as a result they are at 6th position in the points table with just 2 wins in 6 games. CSK will still likely go unchanged.
– Shane Watson, Faf Du Plessis, Sam Curran and DJ Bravo will be their 4 foreign players.
– Shane Watson and Faf Du Plessis will open the innings. Both of them smashed unbeaten 183 runs last 2nd game against KXIP. Du Plessis Averages staggering 53 when it comes to RCB.
– Ambati Rayudu will bat at 1 down. Rayudu is best player of spin in the CSK squad and has a excellent Average of 42 against RCB.
– Kedar Jadhav and MSD will bat at 2 and 3 down respectively. Kedar has been in poor form this season and can be dropped this game.
– Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran will do the late hitting for CSK. Both Curran and Jaddu can be promoted. Jaddu scored attacking 21 last game.
– Ravindra Jadeja and Karn Sharma will be the spinners for CSK. Karn took 2 Wickets last game.
– Deepak Chahar, Sam Curran, Shardul Thakur and DJ Bravo will handle the pace attack. Chahar and Bravo will bowl in death.
RCB –
– Royal Challenges Bangalore are placed 5th in the points table with 3 wins from their 5 games. They had a poor outing in last game against the capitals which RCB lost by 59 runs.
– Chris Morris is fit to play and will be directly drafted into the playing XI.
– Their Likely 4 foreign players will be Aaron Finch, ABD, Chris Morris and Isuru Udana/Moeen Ali.
– Aaron Finch and Young Devdutt Padikal will open the innings. Finch is a world class batter while Padikal showed his class in with 3 50+ scores in 5 games.
– Virat Kohli will bat 1 down. Virat is back in form after scoring 72 and 42 in last 2 games . He has an excellent record against CSK scoring 761 runs in 24 games.
– AB De Villiers will follow Virat at 2 down. He has a very poor Average of 21 when it comes to CSK. He will also keep the Wickets.
– Shivam Dube and Gurkeerat will bat in middle and should also play the role of hitter.
– Yuzvendra Chahal and Washington Sunder will lead the spin section.
– Isuru Udana, Chris Morris and Navdeep Saini/Mohammad Siraj will be the likely pace attack with Shivam Dube to assist.
Probable XI –
CSK –
Shane Watson, Faf Du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav/Ruturaj Gaikwad, MS Dhoni(C & wk) , Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Shardul Thakur, DJ Bravo, Deepak Chahar, Karn Sharma.
RCB –
Aaron Finch, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers(wk), Gurkeerat Singh, Chris Morris, Shivam Dube, Washington Sunder, Yuzi Chahal, Navdeep Saini/Mohammad Siraj, Isuru Udana.
Pitch Report –
Dubai International Stadium, Dubai
Dubai Pitch has favored the spinners historically but batters are getting more help here at dubai now.
Average Score : 167
Head to Head –
Total games : 24
CSK Won : 16
RCB Won : 08
Team Blueprint –
WK –
AB De Villiers ( 2 down + wk, best T20 striker even if retired, 51(30), 54(27) last 2 of 3 games, 345 runs in 16 games against CSK, Must have )
MS Dhoni ( Middle order, best finisher in world cricket, averaging 83 last IPL with 416 runs, Must have especially in 2nd innings, his Batting position is not fixed)
Parthiv Patel( Opener, known for his fiery starts, SR of 170 in powerplay)
Josh Philippe( 3 down, very attacking Aussie Batsman, 487 runs in BBL 2019 with SR of 130, will not play)
BAT –
Virat Kohli ( 1 down, highest IPL runs , 72*,43 last 2 game, 761 runs against CSK in 24 games, Must have)
Shane Watson( Opener, highly experienced, will play solely as a Batsman, 398 Runs in 17 games last season, attacking 83*, 50 last 2 games, Must have )
Faf Du Plessis(Open, international player, had a very good IPL with 396 Runs and scored 219 in 10 games in MSL 2019, 87* last 2nd game, Averages 52 against RCB,Must pick)
Ambati Rayudu ( 1 down, 71 in 1st game, most imp player of CSK, 171 runs in 4 games against RCB, Must have )
Aaron Finch ( Opener, very aggressive Batsman, 125 in 3 t20s against Aus recently, Must have especially in 1st innings, can take risk of dropping if he’s chasing, poor form)
Gurkeerat Singh( Middle order bat + part time off spin, 1200+ T20 runs , experienced)
D Padikal( Opener, loads of domestic records on his name, 178 runs in 5 games this IPL, Must have)
Kedar Jadhav( 2 down + 1-2 overs spin, can play , just 12R in 2 games against SRH, can be crusial if top order fails, out of form)
M Vijay ( Opener, experienced, 2500+ IPL runs with 2 100s on his name, not much a recommended pick in sL even if plays )
Ruturaj Gaikwad ( Opener/2 down, 848 runs in 20 t20 games , can play)
ALL –
DJ Bravo ( Medium pacer , bats very low in IPL, best bowler for CSK, will Bowl in death, 13w in 13 games against RCB,3w last game, must especially in 1st Innings)
Chris Morris( Right Arm fast + late hitting, death overs expert, 22 Wicket in BBL 2019, will play)
Moeen Ali ( Middle order+ off spin, very attacking Batsman, can be promoted, 6w + 220R for last season, 1w last game, Must have if plays )
Shivam Dube( Lower order + part time pace, can hit the ball really big, 2 Wickets last game, good option now as he will also bowl, 4w this season, 27(10b) against MI game)
M Santner( Slow left arm, excellent option in this spin conditions, will likely miss out )
Ravindra Jadeja( Slow left arm + finisher, 16 wickets + 106 runs in 15 games last season for CSK, 110 overall Wickets, 21 runs last game)
Washington Sunder ( Off spin, very economical, bowls most overs in powerplay, bowling very economical)
S Ahmed( Bowling All, slow left arm, excellent domestic season, 36R + 3W in practice game, can be a excellent pick even in SL )
Sam Curran( Left arm pacer + hard hitter of bowl, he can bat at any position, 7w this IPL, 17R + 2w last game )
BOWL –
Imran Tahir( Leggie, Purple cao holder with 26 Wickets last season , didn’t played last game, Must have if plays )
Yuzi Chahal( Leggie, highest wicket taker for RCB, 19 wickets against KXIP, 8 Wickets in 5 games, Must have )
Umesh Yadav( Right Arm fast, bowls his 2-3 overs in powerplay, 20 Wickets in 2018 for RCB, very expensive last game + wicketless, will not play)
Dale Steyn( Right arm fast, very experienced, 256 T20 Wickets, could be benched again)
Navdeep Saini ( Right Arm fast, emerging talent, bowls close to 150ks, wicketless last game, Must pick from RCB)
Josh Hazelwood( Pacer, known for his swing early on, 4w in ODI series against Eng , will likely not play)
Deepak Chahar( Right Arm Swing bowler, death bowler for CSK, 35 wickets in IPL career, wicketless from last 2 games )
Piyush Chawla( Leggie, 3rd highest wicket taker in IPL, 153w in 148 Innings, didn’t played last game)
Karn Sharma( Leggie, can also bat, 2 Wickets in his last game against KKR )
Shardul Thakur( Pacer, raw pace, 9w last IPL, economy rate is very high close to 10, 2w last game)
Isuru Udana( Left arm Medium + late hitting, dark horse for RCB, experienced, 147 t20 Wickets, 1w last game)
C/VC Options –
CSK –
Faf Du Plessis
Shane Watson
Ambati Rayudu
RCB –
AB De Villiers
Virat Kohli
Aaron Finch
Devdutt Padikkal