The world’s biggest sporting event is back, the Indian Premier League 2019. In the first match today Chennai Super Kings will face Royal Challengers Bangalore at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.
Both the teams would want to start the IPL season on a winning note. With the likes of Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers, RCB would like to punch over, while CSK’s Captain cool and team would want to defend the title.
Match 1, 23rd March 2019 – 8 pm : Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
Venue : MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Historical win percentage : CSK won 65 percent of the games against RCB
Last 5 Matches :
CSK – W W W W W
RCB – L L L L L
Chennai Super Kings Squad :
Mahendra Singh Dhoni(C), Suresh Raina, Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Kedhar Jadhav, Dhruv Shorey, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sam Billings, David Willey, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Karn Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Mohit Sharma, Monu Kumar, KM Asif, Murali Vijay, Chaitanya Bishnoi, N Jagadeesan.
Possible Playing 11 : Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(C&WK), Kedhar Jadhav, David Willey/Sam Billings/Faf du Plessis, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Mitchell Santner/Karn Sharma and Shardul Thakur.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad :
Virat Kohli(C), Parthiv Patel, Devdutt Padikkal, AB de Villiers, Gurkeerat Singh, Akshdeep Nath, Shimron Hetmyer, Colin de Grandhomme, Shivam Dube, Himmat Singh, Milind Kumar, Marcus Stoinis, Moeen Ali, Pawan Negi, Washington Sundar, Prayas Ray Barman, Heinrich Klaasen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Kulwant Khejroliya, Tim Southee, Nathan Coulter-Nile.
Possible Playing 11: Parthiv Patel(WK), Virat Kohli(C), AB de Villiers, Hetmyer, Ali, Dube, Washington Sundar/Pawan Negi, Tim Southee/Klaasen, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj and Yuzvendra Chahal.
Dream 11 :
Wicket Keeper : P Patel
Batsmen : V Kohli, de Villiers, S Raina, Rayudu
Allrounders : R Jadeja, M Ali
Bowlers : Y Chahal, H Singh, D Chahar, S Thakur