Leading Online Desk : IPL 2024 CSKvsRCB : The 17th season of IPL 2024 has started from today. The first match is between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. The match is being played at the M Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. RCB captain Faf du Plessis has won the toss and elected to bat first. The team has scored 41 for 2 in 5 overs.
The playing 11 of both the teams are as follows
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis (captain), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat (wicketkeeper), Karn Sharma, Alzari Joseph, Mayank Dagar, Mohammad Siraj,
Impact Players: Yash Dayal, Akash Deep, Suyash Prabhudesai, Swapneel Singh, Vaishak Vijay Kumar.
Chennai Super Kings: Rituraj Gaikwad (captain), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Ravindra Jadeja, Sameer Rizvi, MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Deepak Chahar, Mahesh Tekshana, Mustafizur Rahman, Tushar Deshpande
Impact Player: Shardul Thakur, Shivam Dubey, Sheikh Rashid, Nishant Sindhu, Moeen Ali.
how is the pitch
The team batting first had won five matches in IPL 2023 at Chennai's Chepauk ground. While the team chasing the target had won four matches.
How is the record of CSK and RCB in the opening match?
So far, Chennai Super Kings have played the season opener eight times under the leadership of former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The team has won four matches. At the same time Royal Challengers Bangalore have played four opening matches of IPL. Out of these three matches have been lost and one match has been won. Bengaluru defeated Mumbai Indians in the opening match of IPL 2021.
CSK tops in statistics
A total of 31 matches have been played between CSK and RCB in the history of IPL so far, in which the defending champions CSK have won 20 matches while the RCB team has managed to win only 10 matches. One match between the two teams has been a draw. Thus Dhoni's team seems to have the upper hand compared to RCB.
