Chennai Super Kings VS Royal Challengers Bangalore, 35th Match, Maharashtra Cricket Association’s International Stadium, Pune. IPL Betting tips for the 2018 season, lineups, predictions, verdict on live matches, IPL betting tips.
Match Information
MS Dhoni’s Chennai super kings will take head-on Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore on 5th May, at Pune’s MCAI Stadium. It will be a battle of the two captains, one, the ever dependable captain cool who took Indian cricket team towards victories at some of the biggest stages in world cricket.
The other one, Virat Kohli, present and future of Indian cricket team. The Delhi born cricketer has certainly filled in the large shoes of our favorite number Seven. Both the players are different in temperament. One prefers to show aggression on filed other likes to remain calm in tough conditions. The different approach to the game is what can be said to be distinctive trait between the two. To get free IPL betting tips on this match, visit Bhaiji betting tips.
As of the points table on 4th may 2018, Chennai has played 8 matches, out of which they have won 6 with a net run rate of 0.553 and they are sitting comfortably on the top position of the points table.
Royal Challengers Bangalore have played 8 matches and out of that they’ve only been able to win 3 matches and suffered a loss in the other 5 matches, their campaign has not been to the level expected from a team like them.
The gap between both the team is big enough to favor MS Dhoni’s side. When both teams will come out on the Pune ground, the only thing that will be going through their mind is winning it.
Head-to-head
CSK and RCB have played against each other on 22 occasions, out of which the Chennai Franchise came out on top with a just double lead, they have won 14 matches where the Bangalore side managed to come out as victorious in 7 matches, one match ended in a draw.
Both teams met each other on Chinnaswamy last month where the Chennai yellows came out as victorious, chasing down a target of 206, set by the home team. AB scored a magnificent knock off 68 runs. Retaliating back the super kings chased the target, thanks to a hundred plus partnership between MS Dhoni and Ambati Rayudu, who scored 70 and 82, respectively.
Pitch report
The Pune pitch is known for being a good track for spinners. The conditions are expected to stay even throughout the game and will be a good place for both batsmen and bowlers to perform.
Both the sides have well-balanced lineup comprising of world class players and young talent. Spinners will play a major role and could turn out to be crucial in delicate stages of the game.
Key players
Chennai Superkings
The top brass in batting is firing up in all cylinders with both openers scoring consistently right from the start. Ambati Rayudu has scored 391 runs in his 9 innings where he managed to hit 20 sixes with an average of 43.44.
Senior players in the team are leading from the front. MS Dhoni has scored 329 in his 9 innings with a strike rate of 169. His knock of quick 70 runs was really helpful in chasing the target of 206 runs against Bangalore last month. Australian all-rounder Shane Watson has also managed to touch the 300 mark which also includes a ton scored against his previous side, Rajasthan Royals.
All-rounder Dwayne Bravo will have a responsibility to chip in with runs and wickets for his team in the fixture. The West Indian has scored 118 runs and clinched 7 wickets into the campaign.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Team skipper, Virat Kohli has been in a fine touch throughout the tournament with an impressive figure of 349 runs averaging 58. RCB’s chances of winning the fixture very much depend on him.
AB De Villiers a.k.a. Mr. 360 has recovered from his illness and would be willing to replicate his form against the CSK. The South African will surely fancy his chances to score and contribute to his team. He has already surpassed his previous season’s record with 280 runs in 6 innings, which also include the explosive 90 runs against Delhi Daredevils which only came in 39 balls.
Pacer Umesh Yadav would be relied on chipping in with those early wickets to put pressure on the Chennai side. The seamer has picked up 11 wickets off his 8 matches so far in the campaign with the best bowling figure of 3/23 against Kings Eleven Punjab.
Team Squad
Cennai Superkings
MS Dhoni (Captain), Asif, Sam Billings, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Dwayne Bravo, Deepak Chahar, Faf du Plessis, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir, Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Narayan Jagadeesan, Kshitiz Sharma, Monu Kumar, Lungi Ngidi, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Mitchell Santner, Kanishk Seth, Karn Sharma, Dhruv Shorey, Shardul Thakur, Murali Vijay, Shane Watson, Mark Wood.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Virat Kohli (Captain), AB de Villiers, Sarfaraz Khan, Chris Woakes, Yuzvendra Singh Chahal, Umesh Yadav, Brendon mccullum, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini, Quinton De Kock, Mohammed Siraj, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Colin De Grandhomme, M. Ashwin, Parthiv Patel, Moeen Ali, Mandeep Singh, Manan Vohra, Pawan Negi, Tim Southee, Kulwant Khejroliya, Aniket Choudhary, Pavan Deshpande, Anirudha Ashok Joshi
Prediction
There is a great chance that Chennai Super Kings can clinch the second victory against their Bangalore rivals. Although AB De Villiers’s comeback has certainly boosted their chances to give a tough fightback to their rivals.
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