Bengaluru vs Chennai in IPL today: It will be cloudy in the evening in Chinnaswamy, possibility of thunderstorm and rain; Know Possible-11

Royal Challengers Bangalore will face Chennai Super Kings today in the 68th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. The match will be played at the home ground M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru from 7:30 pm onwards. The toss will take place at 7:00 pm.

There is a possibility of rain with thunderstorm at Chinnaswamy Stadium this evening. However, Chinnaswamy is one of the few stadiums in the country where the drainage system is much better. The match can be started here after the rain storm.

In today’s match, CSK and RCB have a chance to reach the playoffs. If CSK wins, it will easily reach the play-offs. Whereas RCB will have to win by at least 18 runs. If RCB wins by 17 runs or less, will be eliminated on the basis of lower net run rate.

Chennai ahead in head to head
In head to head, Chennai is superior to Bengaluru. So far 32 IPL matches have been played between the two. Of these, 11 matches were won by Bengaluru and 21 by Chennai. Whereas the result of one match could not be declared.

At the same time, both the teams clashed 10 times at Chinnaswamy Stadium, in which Chennai won 5 matches and Bengaluru won 4 matches, one match remained inconclusive.

Kohli scored the most runs for RCB, also the top scorer of the league.
The batsmen of RCB team are in excellent form. Star batsman Virat Kohli, captain Faf du Plessis, Dinesh Karthik and Rajat Patidar have scored more than 300 runs. Kohli has 661 runs in his name. At present Kohli is the top scorer of both the team and the league. The bowling department of the team has disappointed a lot. Mohammad Siraj is the top wicket taker with 11 wickets in 10 matches.

Gaikwad CSK top scorer
Chennai captain Ruturaj Gaikwad is the top scorer of the team. He has scored 583 runs in 13 matches. Apart from him, all-rounder Shivam Dubey is also in great form. Whereas Tushar Deshpande is the top wicket taker of the team.

team update
Bengaluru’s Will Jacques and Reece Topley will not be able to play in today’s match. Both these players have returned to their country England.

pitch report
The pitch of M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru proves to be helpful for the batsmen. So far 94 IPL matches have been played here. 40 matches were won by the team batting first and 50 matches were won by the chasing team. Here 4 matches also remained inconclusive.

weather condition
Bengaluru will be cloudy on May 18 with 78% chance of rain. The temperature here on this day will be between 31 to 22 degrees Celsius.

Possible playing-11 of both the teams
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis (captain), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Rajat Patidar, Mahipal Lomror, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Lockie Ferguson and Yash Dayal.
Impact Player: Anuj Rawat.

Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Captain), Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Shardul Thakur, Mahish Teekshana, Tushar Deshpande and Simarjeet Singh.
Impact Player: Ajinkya Rahane.