RCB vs CSK Dream11 Team Prediction of IPL 2019: Preview

Chennai Super Kings Team News

* Faf Du Plessis and Imran Tahir have arrived and are available for the selection.

* Lungi Ngidi has suffered a thigh injury and is ruled out of the season.

* Only one of Ambati Rayudu/Faf Du Plessis is likely to open the innings alongside Shane Watson.

* Shane Watson, Imran Tahir, Dwayne Bravo and Faf Du Plessis are the likely four overseas players for CSK on the match day 1.

* Deepak Chahar and Shardul Thakur are expected to take the new ball with Ravindra Jadeja and Imran Tahir operating in the middle overs.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Team News

* Nathan Coulter Nile and Marcus Stoinis are unavailable due to the commitments with the national team.

* Parthiv Patel is likely option to open the innings alongside Indian Skipper Virat Kohli.

* Moeen Ali, Tim Southee, AB De Villiers and Shimron Hetmyer are the likely four overseas players for RCB.

* Only one of Navdeep Saini/Kulwant Khejoroliya is expected to picked in the final team.

Head to Head:
Total Number of Matches played: 23

CSK: 15 (65.3%)

RCB: 7 (30.4%)

No Result: 1 (4.3%)

Matches in Chepauk: 7 (6 CSK, 1 RCB)

Last 5 Matches: CSK 5 RCB 0

Previous Encounters:

Last Match: May 5, 2018: CSK (128-4, 18 overs) beat RCB(127-9, 20 overs) by 6 wickets

Man of the Match - Ravindra Jadeja (3/18)

Last Match in Chennai: 4 May 2015: CSK(148-9, 20 overs) beat RCB(124-10, 19.4 overs) by 24 runs

Man of the Match - Suresh Raina (52 off 46)

Probable Playing XI:

RCB:
Moeen Ali, Parthiv Patel(wk), Virat Kohli (c), Ab De Villiers, Shimron Hetmyer, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammad Siraj.

Anyone among Moeen Ali or W Sundar can open along with Parthiv Patel.

CSK:
Faf Du Plessis, Shane Watson, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c/wk), Kedar Jadhav, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, M Santner/Imran Tahir/Harbhajan Singh, Deepak Chahar, Shradul Thakur/Mohit Sharma.