Preview: On Saturday, May 3, Royal Challengers Bengaluru will play the Chennai Super Kings at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru as part of their ongoing IPL 2025 campaign. The last time these two teams played one other was in the eighth game of the season at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, where RCB prevailed by 50 runs.
RCB has steadily improved and appeared to be a strong squad since the start of the season. With seven wins in 10 games, the Rajat Patidar-led team is sitting comfortably at the second position of the tally with 14 points. The 2016 finalists, fresh off a three-match winning streak, will look to continue their winning ways.CSK, the five-time champions, meanwhile, have had one of their worst seasons. Following their latest home loss to Punjab Kings, the Yellow Army became the first team to be eliminated from the tournament with just two victories in eight games. CSK has a lot of problems because of their inexperience in the top order and the failure of important bowlers to rise up. They can, however, ruin some teams’ celebrations from their remaining games if they adopt a “nothing-to-lose” mindset.
Indian Premier League 2025, 52nd Match, RCB vs CSK
Venue: M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Date & Time: Saturday, May 3, 7:30 PM
Pitch Report: Bowlers will benefit from the track at the M Chinnaswamy since spinners may receive assistance during the game. Because it becomes easier to bat in the second innings at this location, the team that wins the toss will choose to bowl first. At times, however, the pitch has helped the batters, and they have taken full advantage of that. The bowlers will need to use variations and bowl from stump to stump in order to outscore the batters.
PROBABLE PLAYING XI
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB): Virat Kohli, Jacob Bethell, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal
Chennai Super Kings (CSK): Shaik Rasheed, Ayush Mhatre, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Deepak Hooda, MS Dhoni(wk/c), Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Matheesha Pathirana
