Preview:
All forces will converge at the MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai, on Friday March 12, as defending champions Chennai Super Kings will take on Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the inaugural game of IPL 2024. Both teams just met once last time as CSK emarged victorious in a run-fest amidst the Bengaluru crowd. RCB will walk cautiously into the game with a record worth not flaunting against CSK.
Mahendra Sing Dhoni will potentially call it quits with the culmination of IPL 2024. CSK will ride on momentum from the previous year's champions. Their auction strategy was spot on as they acquired the services of Rachi Ravindra and Daryll Mitchell in a steal deal. However, RCB's auction this year was a mixed bag as they couldn't bolster their bowling line-up with significant names, an aspect they seemed to have lacked since previous seasons.
Pitch Report:
The Chepauk pitch displays wear and tear with a solid deck. As a result, it assists spinners as well as the Pacers who have the variations at their disposal. Batters will to have fetch the run from the relatively low bounce of the strip. On the weather front, their will be clear skies in Chennai on Friday evening, with tamperatures hovering around 29 degrees. Humidity might be a factors for the teams as it does not seem to drop from 75 percent.
CSK Playing XIs:
Rachin Ravindra, Ruturaj Gikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryll Mitchell, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c,wk), Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Mukesh Choudhary, Maheesh Theekshana.
RCB Playing XIs:
Faf du plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Mayank Dagar,
Vijaykumar Vyashak, Alzarri Joseph, Muhammad Siraj, Karn Sharma.
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