ABOUT THE MATCH

In the 25th match of the 2020 Indian Premier League (IPL), Chennai Super Kings will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. It is scheduled to be started at 07:30 PM IST (06:00 PM local time) (02:00 PM UTC).

So far, Chennai Super Kings won two matches out of six and they are desperately looking to get back to the winnings ways, whereas Royal Challengers Bangalore has won 3 games out of 5 and they have lost their previous match against Delhi Capitals by 59 runs.

Match Preview:

Chennai Super Kings:

  • CSK is currently standing in the 6th position on the table with only 4 points.
  • Chennai would definitely look to fix their bowling department.
  • Deepak Chahar was the most expensive bowler in the previous game.
  • The top order is batting really good and they are giving the perfect start to the innings – But the problem lies in the middle order.
  • Star players like MS Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav, and Ambati Rayudu have failed to perform in the previous game.
  • If they want to be in the title race – they need to win all the matches from now on. Each loss will narrow the chances for their playoffs.

Probable Playing XI:

Shane Watson, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (c, wk), Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Deepak Chahar, Piyush Chawla, Lungi Ngidi

Royal Challengers Bangalore:

  • RCB is currently standing at the 5th position of the table with 6 points.
  • They really have a good bunch of players – but they really need to make a few changes to their playing 11 to get back to winnings ways.
  • After facing a defeat in their last game, they will look to get back to their winning form.
  • RCB doesn’t have a good record against CSK, they have won only 8 games out of 24 matches.
  • They really have the capability and strength in their squad to beat a champion side like CSK. It’s just that they need to regroup themselves and get back strong.

Probable Playing XI:

Aaron Finch, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers (wk), Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Dale Steyn, Navdeep Saini, Mohammad Siraj

Pitch Report:

In Dubai, most of the matches in this IPL have been won by the team batting first. So, the toss winning team will look to bat first and post a challenging total to the opponents. And this track will assist bowlers too – especially spinner, with a little turn to the wicket.

Weather condition:

In Dubai, the weather conditions will be hot, clear, and sunny for the match day.

Probable top performers:

Chennai Super Kings:

Faf du Plessis: 

He is currently in great form and he has announced himself with his 87* winnings knock against Kings XI Punjab – which was his third half-century of the tournament.

Shane Watson:

Watson looks in really good touch with the bat and he has made back to back fifties. We might expect him to fire up in this fixture.

Sam Curran:

The young all-rounder has impressed everyone with bowling and batting skills. In total, he has picked 7 wickets in the tournament so far and he can also swing the bat down the order.

Royal Challengers Bangalore:

Virat Kohli: 

RCB skipper Virat Kohli has not been not been in great form from the start of the season – But he has slowly regained his form in the last match by hitting 72* and 43 runs in his last two innings.

Aaron Finch:

The Aussies skipper and opener of RCB have started the season really well and he has hit a half-century against Mumbai. He will look to get that quick runs at the start of the batting innings – So that he can take off the pressure from the middle-order batsman.

AB de Villiers: 

Mr.360 has already made two fifties in this season so far against Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians. And he has performed on each occasion when the team needed him the most.

Head to head:

  • Overall T20I Matches – 24
  • Chennai Super Kings won – 16
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won – 8
  • No Result – 0
  • Tie– 0

Team form in last 5 matches:

  • Chennai Super Kings – L, L, L, W, L
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore –W, L, W, W, L

Broadcast Details:

  • Tv – Star Sports Network
  • Live Streaming – Disney+ Hotstar
  • Match Timings –10th October 2020 at 07:30 PM IST (06:00 PM local time) (02:00 PM UTC)

Probable winning team:

Chennai Super Kings will look to get back to their winnings ways and they will look to dominate this fixture with their top order line up and make some necessary changes in their bowling department so that they could give a good fight against RCB. And RCB is still struggling with their mix. CSK has the potential to upset all the odds and they have a higher chance to win this match.