CSK vs RCB : Team News, Prediction, Live score

Although CSK loves its all-arounders, it won’t be long until question marks show up over Sam Curran if he doesn’t significantly improve from his start this year, where he could bowl one over and score 4 off 9. This is in line with his general declining performance, which led to his England squad departure. He keeps out Matheesha Pathirana as an overseas player; yet a direct move implies Dhoni needs to bat at No. 7, which CSK or Dhoni find objectionable.

Chennai Super Kings (Anticipated Lines of Action):

1 Rachin Ravindra; 2 Ruturaj Gaikwad; 3 Rahul Tripathi; 4 Deepak Hooda; 5 Shivam Dube; 6 Sam Curran 7 Ravindra Jadeja: 8 MS Dhoni (wk), 9 R Ashwin, 10 Nathan Ellis, 11 Noor Ahmad, 12 Khaleel Ahmed.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar missed the last game reportedly niggling. In case he is fit, RCB will want him. If the ground is projected to be particularly spin-friendly, they might consider left-arm spinner Swapnil Singh or legspinning allrounder Mohit Rathee. 

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Anticipated Lines of Action):

1. Virat Kohli, 2. Phil Salt, 3. Rajat Patidar (captain), 4. Devdutt Padikkal/Mohit Rathee, Liam Livingstone, 5 6 Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Krunal Pandya 9 Rasikh Salam, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Swapnil Singh 10. Josh Hazlewood, 11. Yash Dayal, 12. Suyash Sharma