IPL 2019, RCB vs CSK, Match 39: Chennai opt to bowl; Dhoni, Bravo return

IPL 2019, RCB vs CSK, Match 39: Dhoni’s yellow army will be eyeing to finalise the play-off berth with yet another victory against Kohli’s red brigade

After clinching a morale-boosting win against the KKR, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will look to continue with the momentum when they take on Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Sunday. On the other hand, Dhoni’s yellow army will be eyeing to finalise the play-off berth with yet another victory against Kohli’s red brigade. The Toss CSK have won the toss and opted to bowl first. Skipper MS Dhoni is back in the side after recovering from the back spasm and has replaced Karn Sharma. DJ Bravo comes in as well to replace Sam Billings. “We will bowl first. Difficult wicket to defend and also the dew factor. It is already a bit wet. The dew will intensify as the game progresses. They are quite a few areas as I have said in the past. The last game was not up to the mark. In the league phase you can have games like that,” said Dhoni after winning the toss. On the other hand, RCB have also made two changes for tonight’s clash against Chennai. Umesh Yadav comes in to replace Mohammed Siraj. Also, AB de Villiers is fit to play and he replaces Heinrich Klaasen in the side. “We have won the last game convincingly. Lost the toss there as well. We would have loved to bowl as well. Dew is going to be a factor. The team that plays good cricket will win the game. That is exactly what we did in the last game. It is good that we had just a day's gap. You can talk as much as you like but the individual need to correct themselves,” said Kohli. Here are the playing XIs: Chennai Super Kings: Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(w/c), Kedar Jadhav, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Imran Tahir Royal Challengers Bangalore: Parthiv Patel(w), Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers, Akshdeep Nath, Moeen Ali, Marcus Stoinis, Pawan Negi, Dale Steyn, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal, Umesh Yadav