IPL 2022 Match 49 CSK vs RCB preview: Bangalore look to bounce back against MS Dhoni's Chennai

IPL 2022 Match 49 CSK vs RCB preview: After a confident win in their previous game, the MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will be up against Faf du Plessis' Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in Match 49 of the Indian Premier League on Wednesday.

Chennai Super Kings have had a change in captaincy as MS Dhoni's impact on the game was noticeable in their last outing. Ruturaj Gaikwad is back in form and will be confident to score a few more runs against RCB despite missing out on a hundred in his previous game. The bowling unit will be relying heavily on Mukesh Choudhary & Maheesh Theekshana. If fit, Moeen Ali and Dwayne Bravo could also feature in the Playing XI vs Bangalore. The Super Kings need to win all their remaining matches in order to qualify for the playoffs and any slip now will for sure end their season.

Bangalore on the other hand are one of the favourites to make it to the playoffs despite having a relatively average season. 3 straight losses and RCB are up against the wall and need to win at least 3 of their last 4 games in order to confirm a playoffs berth. Virat Kohli's sluggish fifty in the last match has been the lone positive for the team which had a great start to the season and now seems to be struggling.

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CSK vs RCB 2022 HEAD TO HEAD

Chennai Super Kings have dominated the tie and have won 20 matches out of the 30 played between the two teams including the one played in IPL 2022

CSK vs RCB Playing XI prediction

Chennai Super Kings (CSK): 1 Ruturaj Gaikwad, 2 Devon Conway, 3. Robin Uthappa, 4 Ambati Rayudu, 5 Shivam Dube / Simarjeet Singh 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 MS Dhoni, 8 Mitchell Santner / Moeen Ali, 9 Mukesh Choudhary, 10 Maheesh Theekshana, 11 Dwaine Pretorious

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): 1 Faf du Plessis (Captain), 2, Virat Kohli, 3 Glenn Maxwell, 4 Rajat Patidar, 5 Suyansh Prabhudesai, 6 Shahabaz Ahmed, 7 Dinesh Karthik (wk), 8 Wanindu Hasaranga, 9 Harshal Patel, 10 Josh Hazlewood, 11 Mohammed Siraj

CSK vs RCB Match timings

CSK vs RCB live match will begin at 7:30 pm IST while the toss will take place 30 minutes before the scheduled start of play.

CSK vs RCB Match Live Telecast details:

The Match will be aired live on Star Sports channels - Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports 3, and Star Sports 3 HD.

The online streaming of the IPL 2022 match will be available on Hotstar.

CSK vs RCB live Streaming match will begin at 7:30 pm IST while the toss will take place 30 minutes before the scheduled start of play.