Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will face Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the first match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk, Chennai. The name of one team has now been changed to Bangalore, while the other team has also changed the old tradition of keeping MS Dhoni as the captain. Ruturaj Gikkad has been made the new captain of the team.
Both the teams have played 31 matches in IPL, in which Chennai Super Kings have had the upper hand. CSK has won 20 matches, with one match being inconclusive, while RCB has won 10 matches. Talking about the last five matches, Chennai team is ahead 4-1.
Both the teams have played against each other in eight matches in Chepauk and it is CSK who has won seven matches against Royal Challengers Bangalore on home ground.
Both the teams have faced each other 10 times at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, which is RCB's home ground and once again CSK has the upper hand as it has won one match more than the hosts.
Chepauk has hosted 76 IPL matches so far and the team batting first has won 46 of them, which is more than 60 percent of the matches. This clearly shows that after the busy domestic season, the pitches get spoiled during the IPL and despite the moisture and dew in the second innings, the spinners get help. However, at the start of the IPL season, teams could still chase the target to some extent by taking advantage of fresh wickets and the evening sea breeze, which helps the fast bowlers and the fielding team to restrict the opposition to low scores. Helps. Therefore, the captain who wins the toss may want to field first in this particular match.
Weather in Chennai, IN is cloudy. The temperature is expected to around 30°C on the match day with 70% humidity and 6.6 km/h wind speed. And the visibility is 6 KM. There are 20% chances of precipitation during the game.
Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Daryl Mitchell, MS Dhoni (wk), Mitchell Santner, Shardul Thakur, Maheesh Theekshana and Deepak Chahar/Tushar Deshpande.
Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Cameron Green, Glenn Maxwell, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Suyash Prabhudessai, Alzarri Joseph, Karn Sharma, Yash Dayal and Mohammed Siraj.
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