RCB vs CSK IPL Match Today Preview: Probable Playing 11, Pitch Report, Head-to-Head Stats And Records

Tonight's RCB vs CSK IPL 2024 match at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru is expected to be a start-stop game, with an 80% chance of rain forecasted to hit the city around match start time.

RCB vs CSK IPL Playing 11, Pitch Report, Head to Head Stats: Indian Premier League (IPL) match number 68 will be played between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Saturday (May 18) at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

RCB needs to beat CSK by a big margin to qualify for IPL 2024 playoffs, while CSK also require a victory to avoid relying on Net Run Rate (NRR) calculations to make it to the playoffs.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Probable Playing 11

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Probable Playing 11: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Swapnil Singh, Karn Sharma, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed Siraj 

Impact Sub: Vijaykumar Vyshak/Yash Dayal

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Probable Playing 11: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wk), Shardul Thakur, Tushar Deshpande, Mitchell Santner/Richard Gleeson, Simarjeet Singh, Maheesh Theekshana.

Impact Sub: Sameer Rizvi

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in IPL 2024 - Bengaluru pitch report 

M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru is one of the most batters-friendly stadium in India. In 94 IPL matches at this venue, teams batting first have won 40 times, while teams batting second have won 50 times.

Tonight's RCB vs CSK IPL 2024 match at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru is expected to be a start-stop game, with an 80% chance of rain forecasted to hit the city around match start time i.e 7:30 PM IST. Of the six IPL 2024 matches played here so far, wins have been evenly split between teams setting targets and those chasing.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in IPL - Head-to-Head Record

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) dominates the head-to-head record between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in IPL. In 32 CSK-RCB clashes in IPL history, RCB have won 10 matches, while CSK have defeated RCB 21 times in the tournament. One IPL match between RCB and CSK has ended in a tie.