CSK vs RCB Highlights: The thrill of IPL 2025 continues On Friday, the great match will be played between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). In this match, At Chepauk RCB will be looking to snap a 17-year losing streak. Only in the inaugural season of the competition in 2008 has RCB triumphed over CSK here.
All new players are included in RCB except Virat
Only ace batsman Virat Kohli played in that game for the current RCB club, and he now wants to beat the Super Kings’ record for the second time. But RCB’s journey won’t be simple. In their home games on a pitch that is conducive to spinners, the Chennai team will be prepared to put up a fierce fight against the opposition.
Although Kohli hasn’t always been good at facing spin, he has made significant progress in this area over the past two years. His wish to play more sweeps and slog sweeps against spinners is the primary driver of this move, and Kohli will need to demonstrate his full range of skills in the encounter on Friday night. Batsmen like Phil Salt, captain Rajat Patidar, Liam Livingstone, and Jitesh Sharma will also be necessary to help Kohli. Tim David may be replaced in the XI by Jacob Bethell, who also offers the possibility of left-arm spin bowling given the Chepauk pitch.
One has to be cautious of Chennai’s spinners trio
Chennai has experienced Ravindra Jadeja who has been a part of the team for a long time, while through the players’ auction last year, they have added their ‘old player’ Ravichandran Ashwin to the team. The team has also included Afghanistan’s left-arm wrist spinner Noor Ahmed in the team and this trio performed well against five-time champion Mumbai Indians a few days ago. Against Mumbai, the trio together bowled 11 overs and took five wickets for 70 runs.
This match will also feature Chennai’s customary pitch, therefore the RCB batters under Kohli will need to step up their game to defeat the seasoned bowling attack. RCB’s batting order will have to be more clever than being completely aggressive against the three-pronged spin attack of Super Kings and Kohli will have to lead them.
CSK vs RCB Predicted Playing 11
Chennai Super Kings: Rituraj Gaikwad (captain), Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Shivam Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmed, Nathan Ellis/Mathisha Pathirana and Khalil Ahmed.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Phil Salt (wicketkeeper), Rajat Patidar (captain), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Rasikh Dar Salam/Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal.
