Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings
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19th Match:
The match between RCB and CSK is the nineteenth meeting of the IPL 2021, which is going to be played at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on April 25th 2021.
RCB vs CSK History:
The teams competed against each other 27 times, till date. Out of them, RCB won 9 times and lost 17 times, as well. 1 game was called off without a ball.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RCB against CSK are LWWLL.
RCB Home:
The teams competed 9 times at the home ground of RCB. The home team won 4 times and lost 4 times, as well. 1 game was called off without a ball.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RCB against CSK are WLLLW.
CSK Home:
The teams faced each other 8 times at the home ground of CSK. The host won 7 times. On the other hand, visitors won just once.
Last 5 (completed) match results of CSK against RCB are WWWWW.
Neutral Venue:
The teams met 10 times at the neutral venue. RCB won 4 times, whereas CSK won 6 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RCB against CSK are LWLLW.
Points and Ranks:
In the group stage, the winner will earn 2 points and the defeating team will earn 0 points.
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
RCB is on the top position in the table, currently, and will stay at position position with earning 2 points after winning the match.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RCB are WWWWL.
Chennai Super Kings:
CSK is on the second position in the table, currently, and will come at the top position in the table after earning 2 points after winning the match.
Last 5 (completed) match results of CSK are WWWLW.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast for Mumbai shows the weather would be partly cloudy throughout the match. The precipitation percentage would be 1% as of now, so there would be almost no chance of rain during the match. The temperature would be between 31 to 32 Celsius. The wind would be between 14 to 21 km/h. The speed of wind would fluctuate and the temperature would decrease with the match progress.
Toss and Pitch:
Record of Last IPL (2019):
Teams prefer to field first 6 times in 7 matches. The selection favored the teams, as the team won 4 times and lost twice.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are WWWWL.
On the other hand, the team chose to bat first after winning the toss, which happened just once out of 7 matches, won once, though through one over eliminator in tied game, and never lost.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are W* – – – -.
Over all, the teams, who won the toss, won the matches 5 times and lost twice.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are WW*WWW.
The first batting team won the matches 3 times including a tie. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won also 4 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are LW*LLL.
Score:
The lowest defended score was 162 runs and successful defended total was 170 on the venue. On the other hand, the highest successful chase is 198 on the ground.
The first inning lowest total was 133, and the highest total was 213 runs. For the second inning, the lowest total was 133 runs, whereas the highest was 198 runs.
The batting average of the first innings is 31.62 and 27.05 is for the second innings.
Record of IPL 2021:
Teams prefer to field first in all the 9 played games. The selection favored the team, as the team won 6 times and lost thrice.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are WWLLW.
On the other hand, the team chose to bat first never happened, yet.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are – – – – -.
Over all, the teams, who won the toss, won the matches 6 times and lost thrice.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are WWLLW.
The first batting team won the matches thrice. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won the 6 outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are LLWWL.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 188 runs and the highest successful chase was 198 runs on the ground.
The first inning lowest total was 106 runs and the highest was 221 runs. For the second inning, the lowest total was 107 runs (chased down the target / according to the run rate) and the highest was 217 runs.
The batting average of the first innings is 25.00 and 31.71 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams faced each other once at the venue. CSK won the encounter.
Last 5 (completed) match results of CSK against RCB at the venue are W – – – -.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
RCB got 11 chances to play the match at the venue, the team has a verypoor record, as the team won 4 times, and lost 7 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RCB at the venue are WLLLL.
CSK had 18 opportunities to play at the venue, and the team has an above average record, as the team won 10 times and lost 8 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of CSK at the venue are WWWLL.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
The team would go with an unchanged XI.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Eleven: D. Padikkal, V. Kohli, S. Ahmed, G. Maxwell, AB. de Villiers, W. Sundar, K. Jamieson, H. Patel, K. Richardson, M. Siraj, Y. Chahal
Chennai Super Kings:
The team may go the winning combination.
Chennai Super Kings Eleven: R. Gaikwad, F. du Plessis, M. Ali, S. Raina, A. Rayudu, M. Dhoni, R. Jadeja, S. Curran, S. Thakur, D. Chahar, L. Ngidi
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: “*” means the match was tied but the match was resulted through one over eliminator.
