Keep your Alarm ready mate, it is a battle between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. One has Virat Kohli in their ranks and other has MS Dhoni, One has AB de Villiers to carry the impetus while the other has Suresh Raina to answer it.
It is going to be one heck of a night as high roarings from the crowd and the equally entertaining cricket is on it way with all the stalwarts of the game taking the field in search of those 2 crucial points.
Chennai Super Kings: Fielding, bowling need to step up
Doesn’t matter how many runs you put on the board if your bowling and fielding departments are weak, there is no way of securing a victory. Much to the same, Chennai got the luxury of world-class and in-form batsmen in their ranks but unfortunately, there bowling is lacking the punch thus giving the upper hand to the opposition.
So far, Chennai Super Kings made their progress riding on the individual effort rather than the team effort. In their last encounter, it was quite evident when Kolkata made a light work to thrash them. However, they got a great leader and coach in their ranks which will be a bigger boost for the franchise. The bowling department needs immediate tinkering in order to take down RCB’s batting lineup that has world-class batsmen.
Coming to batting department, Chennai doesn’t have any concerns as all of their batsmen are in a top-notch form. Faf du Plessis found his rhythm back in the previous encounter but CSK might bring back their successful combination of Ambati Rayudu and Watson at the top. The promotion of Jadeja ahead of Bravo in the batting order hasn’t done well so far as well. All in all, CSK would love to get back to winning ways against inconsistent RCB.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Aims to take a revenge
When CSK toured Bangalore, it was all MS Dhoni‘s show and Virat Kohli is that kind of a person who always loves to give it back in a style. Virat Kohli needs to step up to the occasion in order to see his side beating Chennai in their adopted den. The loss will shrink in their chances to make it top 4 while the win will make them strong contenders.
The batting department has always stepped up for RCB in the crucial junctures of time but it is their bowling which needs a consistency. They bowled exceptionally well in their previous encounter but the million dollars question is can they repeat the same?
Meanwhile, AB de Villiers is back to the action and by all means, he will be back to the playing XI. But, they were unfortunate to lose the services of Quinton de Kock who head back to home to attend a marriage. Perhaps, this is the chance for Parthiv Patel to show his worth.
However, it is going to be a grand treat for the cricket fanatics tonight as both the teams would like to blaze their guns in order to clinch a victory. There is always a good rivalry between them and it will furtherly add fuel to the excitement for fans.
Possible Playing XI:
CSK: Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (C & WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Karn Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Lungisani Ngidi, Shardul Thakur
RCB: Parthiv Patel, Manan Vohra, Brendon McCullum, Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers, Colin de Grandhomme, Washington Sundar, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal
When & Where to watch:
Time & Date: May 5th 2018, 16:00 IST
Venue: Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Live Telecast: Star Sports Network, Jio and Hot Star Premium customers.