Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore: Chennai to continue their bad form against a resilient Bangalore

There are fireworks whenever these two teams meet in IPL, no matter the position at the table. The south Indian rivals go head to head in the 22nd game of the Indian Premier League. When Chennai will be looking for their first win in the campaign, RCB will be looking to extend their winning run in the competition and show the exit door to the defending champions.

Chennai Super Kings

Chennai's season has gone from bad to worst. They are winless in their first four games and their shoulder seems to have dropped. This is the first season since 2010 when they have lost consecutive four games. They will be looking for hope from somewhere. The batting has been abysmal and the bowling has followed. This will be Chennai's last hope of turning this season around for good. 

Chennai Super Kings Predicted Lineup:

Faf du Plessis (c), Anuj Rawat, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (wk), David Willey/Josh Hazlewood, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel/Siddharth Kaul, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj

Royal Challengers Bangalore

RCB have had a pretty good season until now with them winning three out of their first four games. They are sitting comfortably in the third position. The addition of hard hitters like Glen Maxwell has strengthened their batting and fielding as well. Having said that they might be without their star bowler Harshal Patel who might be out due to family issues. The Royals will be looking to strengthen their position on the top half of the table.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Predicted Lineup

Robin Uthappa, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja (c), Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni (wk), Dwayne Bravo, Chris Jordan, Maheesh Theekshana, Rajvardhan Hangargekar

Expert betting tips

The last three games at this pitch have been won by the team batting second and it becomes easier to bat on despite the lack of dew. We are expecting the Royals to win the game with added firepower and the lack of form in CSK camp. 

Prediction

• Bangalore to win for 1.82;
• Total Under 336.5 for 1.81;
• Most Match 4 stats - W2 for 1.908