The pitch at the Chinnaswamy Stadium has traditionally been helpful to batters, It offers something for the bowlers as well. The ball might do a little bit for the fast bowlers in the initial stages of the match, but it will get easier to bat as the match progresses.
Royal Challengers Bangalore will lock horns with the arch-rivals Chennai Super Kings in the southern derby at the Chinnaswami Stadium in Bangalore. RCB have blown hot and cold this season, they started with a win over Mumbai Indians followed by a couple of losses. They bounced back well to defeat Delhi Capitals at home. Virat, Faf and Maxwell have done the build of scoring. However, the middle order has failed to live up to the expectations, it has been a point of concern and the impact players they have chosen have proved to be the least effective in the tournament so far. The RCB bowlers have been impressive, Mohamad Sirj has led the bowling attack. Wayne Parnell and Harshal Patel have done well in patches. RCB will be looking to make it two consecutive wins in a row at home in this mouth-watering fixture against the Chennai Super Kings.
Chennai Super Kings started the season with a loss to the defending champions Gujarat Titans, they bounced back well and have gathered a couple of wins against Lucknow Super Giants and the Mumbai Indians. They went on to lose a close encounter against Rajasthan Royals at home in MS Dhoni’s 200th game. CSK have a well-balanced unit and have emerged as one of the title contenders this year. Over the years, the Southern derby has been one of the most anticipated games in the Indian Premier League, it has always been packed with drama and expect this fixture also to go down to the wire. With two important points up for grabs, both teams will get their best game out today.
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The pitch at the Chinnaswamy Stadium has traditionally been helpful to batters, It offers something for the bowlers as well. The ball might do a little bit for the fast bowlers in the initial stages of the match, but it will get easier to bat as the match progresses. The batters need to get their eye in before going for the aggressive shots, they can take advantage of the short boundaries at this venue. The captain winning the toss would be inclined to bowl first at this venue and chase the score down in the second innings with some dew expected.
Most Runs for RCB: Virat Kohli – 993
Most Wickets for RCB: Vinay Kumar -15
Most Runs for CSK: MS Dhoni-750
Most Wickets for CSK: Ravindra Jadeja- 18
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings, 24th Match
Venue: Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Date & Time: 17th April, at 7:30 PM IST
| Opened | 1969 |
| Capacity | 48,000 |
| Ends | Pavilion End, BEML End |
| Location | Bangalore, India |
| Time Zone | UTC +5:30 |
| Other Sports it is home to | – |
| Floodlights | Yes |
| Total matches | 16 |
| Matches won batting first | 6 |
| Matches won bowling first | 9 |
| Average 1st Inns scores | 135 |
| Average 2nd Inns scores | 130 |
| Highest total recorded | 202/6 (20 Ov) by IND vs ENG |
| Lowest total recorded | 99/10 (19.3 Ov) by RSAW vs NZW |
| Highest score chased | 194/3 (19.4 Ov) by AUS vs IND |
| Lowest score defended | 114/7 (20 Ov) by SLW vs RSAW |
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