Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Chennai Super Kings Squads: – Jagran English

Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Chennai Super Kings Match Scorecard: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) won the toss and opted to bowl first against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in their IPL 2025 match on Saturday. 
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) have a provisional playoff berth in sight and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) need a morale-lifting win.
But beyond the team goals, the IPL match here on Saturday at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru offers the opportunity to see icons Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni battling against each other, perhaps, one final time in the league.
Before delving into that possibility, a glance at the situation will reveal that RCB can swell their tally to 16 with a win, a position from where they potentially cannot falter in the race to the Qualifiers with three matches still remaining.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Chennai Super Kings Squads:
Chennai Super Kings Squad: Shaik Rasheed, Ayush Mhatre, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Deepak Hooda, MS Dhoni(w/c), Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Matheesha Pathirana, Anshul Kamboj, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Jamie Overton, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tripathi, Shreyas Gopal, Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis, Andre Siddarth C, Vansh Bedi.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Squad: Jacob Bethell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Devdutt Padikkal, Liam Livingstone, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Swapnil Singh, Lungi Ngidi, Philip Salt, Nuwan Thushara, Mohit Rathee, Swastik Chikara, Abhinandan Singh.
Dewald Brevis took a stunner to remove well-set Jacob Bethell off Matheesha Pathirana’s delivery in the 10th over. RCB 97/1 in 9.5 ov.
Jacob Bethell played a reverse sweep off star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja’s delivery to earn a four and race to his fifty in just 28 balls.
RCB posted a big score in the first powerplay, thanks to Jacob Bethell and Virat Kohli’s fiery knock. The opening duo lit up the Chinnaswamy Stadium and took RCB beyond the 70-run mark in powerplay.
Jacob Bethell ripped apart Khaleel Ahmed as the RCB batter slammed the Chennai pacer for three consecutive fours in 1st over. A total of 13 runs came off it. RCB 13/0 in 1 over
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Impact Subs: Suyash Sharma, Liam Livingstone, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Swapnil Singh.
 
Chennai Super Kings Impact Subs: Shivam Dube, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Jamie Overton.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI): Jacob Bethell, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Lungi Ngidi, Yash Dayal. 
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Shaik Rasheed, Ayush Mhatre, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Dewald Brevis, Deepak Hooda, MS Dhoni(w/c), Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Matheesha Pathirana. 
“We would have fielded as well. But the wicket will not change that much. We will try to put a good total on the board and keep them under pressure. Everyone is in a good frame of mind and doing their roles, as a captain I am very confident in my boys. Till now many players have performed for the team and that is a good sign. We have 4 games and we will try our best in all the games. Every game is important from now on, we are not looking at qualification and we will try our best in all four games. One change – Lungi Ngidi comes in for Josh Hazlewood,” RCB captain said.
“We are looking to bowl first. We want to make the most of the last few games we have got. Try to look into next year and which individual will fit into what role. Yes, we want to win games but getting the most of the four games is important. It seems tacky and must have been under covers for quite some time and other than that it is a venue where scoring runs is easy. It is a high-scoring venue and after the initial start, it will be quite good to bat on. It is important to express but the batters need to play to their strengths, if you are a bowler don’t think what if the execution is not right, make a plan and bowl with full confidence. Let it be plans be Ravi Bhai. The same team,” CSK captain said.
Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni won the toss and opted to field against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday.
Matches played: 35
RCB won: 12
CSK won: 21
No Result: 1
Last result: RCB won by 50 Runs (March, 2025)
The pitch at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium has helped the bowlers, and the batters have had to play some daring shots in the middle to score runs. Bengaluru post a whopping 205/5 batting first in the last match at this venue. 
Shaik Rasheed, Ayush Mhatre, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Deepak Hooda, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Matheesha Pathirana.
There is a heightened chance that the match between CSK and RCB will be affected by rain. Rain is expected to lash out in the match hours on Saturday. 
Chennai Super Kings Squad: Shaik Rasheed, Ayush Mhatre, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Deepak Hooda, MS Dhoni(w/c), Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Matheesha Pathirana, Anshul Kamboj, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Jamie Overton, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tripathi, Shreyas Gopal, Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis, Andre Siddarth C, Vansh Bedi.
 
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Squad: Jacob Bethell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Devdutt Padikkal, Liam Livingstone, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Swapnil Singh, Lungi Ngidi, Philip Salt, Nuwan Thushara, Mohit Rathee, Swastik Chikara, Abhinandan Singh.
Hello and welcome to the live cricket coverage of match no. 52 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 in which Royal Challengers Bengaluru will take on Chennai Super Kings at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
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