Royal Challengers Bangalore will face Chennai Super Kings in the 52nd match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 today. The match will be played at 7:30 pm at the Home Ground M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The two teams will clash against each other this season. In the last match, the RCB beat CSK by 50 runs on its home ground.
RCB is second in the points table with 14 points. Winning today's match will the team come to the top and get closer to qualifying for the playoffs. Meanwhile, CSK is ranked 10th with 4 points and is out of the playoff race.
Match Details, 52th Match RCB VS CSK Date – May 3 Stadium – M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Time: Toss – 7:00 pm, match starts – 7:30 pm
Next in Chennai Hand to Head Chennai has a lead on Bengaluru in a hand -to -head match. So far 35 IPL matches have been played between the two. Out of which Chennai won 22 matches and Bengaluru won 12 matches. The result of a match could not be determined. Both teams have clashed against each other 11 times at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, with Chennai won 5 times and Bengaluru 5 times. At the same time, the result of a match could not be determined.
Many match Winner Players in RCB He scored two half centuries in the last match from the RCB. Virat Kohli scored 51 and Karnal Pandya scored an unbeaten 73. The team includes T20 experts like Liam Livingston, Jitesh Sharma and Kranal Pandya. Fast bowler Josh Hazelwood is the highest wicket -taker bowler. He has taken 18 wickets in 10 matches.
Noor is CSK's highest wicket -taker bowler Chennai has lost the last three matches. Spinner Noor Ahmed is the highest wicket -taker bowler for the team with 15 wickets. Shivam Dubey has a top scorer in the bat. Shivam has scored 248 runs in 10 matches.
Pitch report The pitch at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru will prove to be helpful. At the same time, spinners get some help on this pitch. 99 IPL matches have been played so far in this stadium. The first batting team won 42 matches and the chase team won 53 matches. While the results of four matches could not be announced. In this case, the toss winning team will want to chase. The highest team score here is 287/3, which Sunrisers Hyderabad scored against Royal Challengers Bangalore last season.
Weather conditions The weather will not be good in Bengaluru on Saturday. There will be a thunderstorm for a while in the afternoon, then there will be a cloudy weather and in some places there is a possibility of rain (55%). On the day of the match, the temperature here will be 22 to 34 degrees Celsius. The wind will blow at 13 km / h.
Potential Playing-12 (including Impact Player) of both teams
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB): Rajat Patidar (Captain), Jacob Bethel, Virat Kohli, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Karnal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Tim David, Bhubaneswar Kumar, Josh Hazelwood, Yash Dayal. Suyash Sharma, Devdatta Palakal.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK): Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain and wicketkeeper), Sheikh Rashid, Ayush Mahatre, Sam Karan, Ravindra Jadeja, Dawald Brewis, Shivam Dubey, Deepak Hooda, Khalil Ahmed, Noor Ahmed, Mathisha Pathira.
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