Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru are set to conflict in the mouth-watering opening sport of the Indian Premier League 2024 on Friday, March 22.
RCB will enter the sport with stalwart batter Virat Kohli returning to aggressive motion after lacking the final couple of months on account of private causes and a brand new identify. Eyes will be on potential debutant Cameron Green who price the franchise INR 17.50 crore in a commerce from Mumbai Indians.
CSK enter this fixture with a brand new captain Ruturaj Gaikwad who changed MS Dhoni a day earlier than the opening sport. Fans will be excited to see new signings Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell and Shardul Thakur in CSK colors for the primary time.
Match Details
Match: IPL 2024, 1st T20 match
Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Date & Time: Friday, March 22 at 8:00 PM IST (Toss at 7:30 PM)
Broadcast and Live Streaming: Sports18 HD, JioCinema Website and App
CSK vs RCB Probable Playing XIs
CSK probable enjoying XI: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wk), Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Maheesh Theekshana.
RCB probable enjoying XI: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Alzarri Joseph, Mayank Dagar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj.
CSK vs RCB Predictions
Best Batter of the Match: Faf du Plessis (RCB)
RCB captain and the previous CSK participant was the main run-getter for the Bengaluru facet in IPL 2023. Faf scored 730 runs in 14 innings with the assistance of eight fifties, together with 62 runs off simply 33 balls towards Chennai in the league stage sport in 2023. Plessis boasts a powerful report towards CSK and will be wanting so as to add one other spectacular knock in the 2024 opener on Friday.
Best Bowler of the Match: Deepak Chahar (CSK)
The star Chennai medium-pacer will be main the tempo assault with Shardul Thakur in the IPL 2024. He performed one T20I sport towards Australia in December 2023, his final aggressive cricket sport, the place he took two wickets. Chahar took 13 wickets in 10 IPL innings in the 2023 version and is predicted to be the very best bowler in tomorrow’s sport.
Who will win the Match: Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
