Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings IPL 2024 Match 68

The Indian Premier League (IPL 2024) fans are gearing for a blockbuster clash between the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) scheduled to be hosted at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on 19 May, 2024. Both these teams are coming into this game after having registered impressive victories in their respective previous matches during this T20 competition. The Royal Challengers Bangalore registered an amazing 47-run victory over Delhi Capitals during their most recent IPL 2024 match while Chennai Super Kings got the better of Rajasthan Royals. After three teams have already booked a spot in the IPL 2024 playoffs, Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad, a lot will be on the line during the RCB vs CSK IPL 2024 match starting on Saturday. 

There are still a lot of Net Run Rate (NRR) calculations to be made in order to pick the fourth team that will make to the IPL knockouts. With a tally of 14 points and a positive NRR, the Ruturaj Gaikwad-led CSK team only need to beat the Royal Challengers Bengaluru to guarantee a place in the IPL 2024 playoffs and need not worry about any other calculations. On the other hand, if they are chasing a target of 200 runs, RCB will have to finish the game in 18.1 overs and while defending the total, they will need to win by a margin of 18 runs. 

After facing a lot of criticism due to their performance in the opening stage of the Indian Premier League 2024 where the Royal Challengers Bengaluru suffered as many as five consecutive losses. Except for Virat Kohli, both their batting as well as bowling departments came under the scanner for below-par performances. However, the Faf du Plessis-led RCB team made a fabulous comeback to win their next five games on the trot and be alive in the race to IPL 2024 playoffs. RCB are currently slotted at the sixth position on the IPL 2024 points table. They will now have to beat CSK by a big margin to qualify for the knockouts stage. 

On the other hand, the Chennai Super Kings have not played consistent cricket in this T20 tournament so far. The defending champions were at the top of their game in the first few matches and then their performance came down to a great extent. In the business end of the tournament, Chennai Super Kings defeated Rajasthan Royals by a comprehensive margin of 5 wickets during their last game. The Ruturaj Gaikwad-led CSK team are placed at the fourth spot with as many as 7 victories and 6 losses. The Chennai Super Kings also have a chance to finish at the second position, but for that to happen, they will have to beat RCB in their last league match and then hope that both Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals lose their respective remaining games. 

Predicted Royal Challengers Bangalore Playing XI

The duo of Will Jacks and Reece Topley have already returned to England and will not be available for the remainder of the Royal Challengers Bangalore's IPL 2024 campaign. The RCB team management will now have their hopes on big-hitting Aussie all-rounder Glenn Maxwell to end his poor run and finally come back to form in this knockout game. The rest of the playing combination will be the same from the previous game. 

RCB Playing 11

Faf du Plessis (C), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Rajat Patidar, Cameron Green, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Swapnil Singh, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Lockie Ferguson.

Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan. 

Predicted Chennai Super Kings Playing XI

Moeen Ali will not be available for the rest of Indian Premier League 2024 season having returned for national duty with his English teammates. This means that the likes of Deepak Chahar, Mustafizur Rahman, Matheesha Pathirana and Moeen are no longer part of IPL 2024. Sameer Rizvi is likely to be included in the playing XI. With a lot of right-handers in the RCB line-up, Mitchell Santner might replace Maheesh Theekshana. 

CSK Playing 11

Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wk), Shardul Thakur, Mitchell Santner, Tushar Deshpande, Richard Gleeson. 

Ajinkya Rahane, Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Daryl Mitchell, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Mustafizur Rahman, Matheesha Pathirana, Sameer Rizvi, Shardul Thakur, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Rachin Ravindra, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Prashant Solanki, Mukesh Choudhary, Simarjeet Singh, RS Hangargekar, Maheesh Theekshana, Nishant Sindhu, Aravelly Avanish, Richard Gleeson.