Match Details
- Date: May 18, Saturday
- Time: 7:30 pm IST
- Venue: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
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The group stage of the Indian Premier League 2024 is almost at its end, and before the tournament proceeds towards the playoffs, there’s still a big clash left. In the 68th fixture of the edition, the reigning champions Chennai Super Kings will be up against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their do-or-die fixture. The match is scheduled for May 18, Saturday, at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Chennai need to win the game to secure their berth in the next stage of the season.
RCB, on the other hand, would be required to clinch victory with certain criteria, as well as SRH would be required to lose their games. Needless to say, the forthcoming game would be an exciting event and fans would cheer for their favourites to win the game.
Toss Prediction
Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru kicked off the season with an exciting thriller in the opening fixture on March 22. The match was hosted at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, the same venue that will host the final of the IPL 2024. The fixture saw visiting skipper Faf du Plessis winning the toss. Considering this, we think Ruturaj Gaikwad would be highly likely to win the toss over Du Plessis in the upcoming game.
Win Possibility
As mentioned, Chennai and Bengaluru have already battled it out once in the current edition. The teams rubbed shoulders with each other in the opening clash of the season at the MA Chidambaram. The game saw CSK registering a six-wicket win over their Benagluru-based counterparts by a margin of six wickets. CSK then went on to have a decent campaign, whereas RCB couldn’t make a mark in the first half. However, the Virat Kohli-featuring side then went on to register back-to-back wins in the later half and came off as one of the most in-form teams.
Needless to say, the clash between MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli, the two stalwarts of Indian cricket, would be an exciting one. RCB, being in form would be a threat to their guests. However, since it is going to be a virtual knockout clash, CSK will go all out and would be highly favourites to win the game to seal a playoff berth.
Predicted Powerplay Score and Average First Inning Score
The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium of Bengaluru is known to be a high-scoring ground. The cricketing venue hosted a total of 91 IPL games thus far and has the first innings score of 172. In the upcoming clash between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Chennai Super Kings, we can expect the first-inning score to be around 190-200 and powerplay to be around 60-65.
Betting Odds
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