The 52nd match of the ongoing IPL 2025 will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. This match will be played on May 3 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. The match will kick start at 7:30 PM IST. Both teams played each other on March 28 in Chennai and that game was won by Bangalore. So far, RCB has played 10 games and has seven wins while Chennai has played 10 games and has two wins.
RCB vs CSK: Predicted Playing XI
This is the best possible playing XI for the match. The playing XI is expected to be the same unless the pitch demands other players to be included. However, there is an impact player rule which makes one of these players be replaced during the game.
| Chennai Super Kings | Royal Challengers Bengaluru |
|---|---|
| Ayush Mhatre | Jacob Bethell ✈️ |
| Shaik Rasheed | Virat Kohli |
| Dewald Brevis ✈️ | Devudutt Padikkal |
| Shivam Dube | Rajat Patidar © |
| Sam Curran ✈️ | Jitesh Sharma (wk) |
| MS Dhoni (c & wk) | Tim David ✈️ |
| Deepak Hooda | Romario Shepherd ✈️ |
| Ravindra Jadeja | Krunal Pandya |
| Anshul Kamboj | Yash Dayal |
| Noor Ahmad ✈️ | Bhuvneshwar Kumar |
| Khaleel Ahmed | Josh Hazlewood ✈️ |
RCB vs CSK Squad
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | Chennai Super Kings |
|---|---|
| Rajat Patidar – Top order Batter (c) | MS Dhoni † (c) – Wicketkeeper Batter |
| Swastik Chikara – Batter | Vansh Bedi † – Wicketkeeper Batter |
| Tim David ✈️ – Middle order Batter | Devon Conway ✈️ † – Wicketkeeper Batter |
| Virat Kohli – Top order Batter | C Andre Siddarth – Batter |
| Devdutt Padikkal – Top order Batter | Shaik Rasheed – Batter |
| Phil Salt ✈️ – Wicketkeeper Batter | Rahul Tripathi – Top order Batter |
| Jitesh Sharma – Wicketkeeper Batter | Ruturaj Gaikwad – Batter (Withdrawn) |
| Jacob Bethell ✈️ – Batting Allrounder | Ravichandran Ashwin – Bowling Allrounder |
| Manoj Bhandage – Allrounder | Dewald Brevis ✈️ – Batting Allrounder |
| Liam Livingstone ✈️ – Batting Allrounder | Sam Curran ✈️ – Allrounder |
| Mohit Rathee – Allrounder | Shivam Dube – Allrounder |
| Krunal Pandya – Allrounder | Ramakrishna Ghosh – Bowling Allrounder |
| Romario Shepherd ✈️ – Bowling Allrounder | Shreyas Gopal – Allrounder |
| Abhinandan Singh – Bowler | Deepak Hooda – Allrounder |
| Josh Hazlewood ✈️ – Bowler | Ravindra Jadeja – Allrounder |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar – Bowler | Anshul Kamboj – Allrounder |
| Lungi Ngidi ✈️ – Bowler | Ayush Mhatre – Batting Allrounder |
| Rasikh Salam – Bowler | Jamie Overton ✈️ – Bowling Allrounder |
| Suyash Sharma – Bowler | Rachin Ravindra ✈️ – Batting Allrounder |
| Swapnil Singh – Bowler | Vijay Shankar – Allrounder |
| Nuwan Thushara ✈️ – Bowler | Khaleel Ahmed – Bowler |
| Yash Dayal – Bowler | Nathan Ellis ✈️ – Bowler |
| Mukesh Choudhary – Bowler |
RCB vs CSK 2025: Injury Updates
Royal Challengers Bangalore: The team is free of injuries and all their players are available to play.
Chennai Super Kings: The team is free of injuries and all their players are available to play.
