RCB vs CSK: Team India's Captain & Mentor To Face Each Other Today, Know Predicted Playing XI

Bangalore vs Chennai: Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bangalore and MS Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings will face each other in IPL 2021 today.

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Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings: In the second half of IPL 2021, Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore and MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings will face each other today. This match will certainly be the most exciting one. The match between the two teams will be played in Sharjah from 7.30 pm. 

The star-studded RCB team will want to forget the crushing defeat of the last match and try to give their best performance against Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings on Friday. RCB team would like to start afresh with a win. Chennai had registered a morale-boosting victory over defending champions Mumbai Indians on Sunday.

Preparations are on in full force for our clash against CSK. 🙌🏻

Drop a ❤️ for the hard work the team is putting in the extreme 🇦🇪 weather. #PlayBold #WeAreChallengers #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/RJy0SaGAZ5

— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) September 23, 2021

RCB vs CSK Head to Head

RCB and CSK have faced each other 27 times in the history of IPL so far. Chennai has always been one step ahead of RCB during this period. Chennai have won a total of 17 matches. While RCB has won just 9 matches. One match ended with no result. Interestingly, Chennai has won 11 of the last 11 matches against Bangalore.

RCB's likely playing XI- Virat Kohli (Captain), Devdutt Padikkal, KS Bharat (wicketkeeper), Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers, Wanindu Hasaranga, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal and Navdeep Saini. 

Chennai Super Kings likely playing XI- Faf du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (Captain), Dwayne Bravo, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar and Josh Hazlewood.