Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will take on each other in the 8th match of the ongoing IPL 2025. Both teams have a game each and ready to carry their winning momentum. RCB doesn’t have a great record against CSK. After 34 games, the Red Army has won only 11 games. At Chepauk, both teams have played nine games out of which eight were won by the five-time winners. RCB’s only win at this venue came in 2008.
CSK vs RCB: Predicted Playing XI
This is the best possible playing XI for the first match of the tournament. 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.
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Chennai Super Kings |
|---|---|
| Virat Kohli | Ruturaj Gaikwad (c) |
| Philip Salt ✈️ | Rachin Ravindra ✈️ |
| Rajat Patidar (c) | Deepak Hooda |
| Liam Livingstone ✈️ | Shivam Dube |
| Jitesh Sharma (w) | Ravindra Jadeja |
| Tim David ✈️ | Sam Curran ✈️ |
| Krunal Pandya | MS Dhoni (w) |
| Rasikh Dar Salam | Ravichandran Ashwin |
| Suyash Sharma | Noor Ahmad ✈️ |
| Josh Hazlewood ✈️ | Nathan Ellis ✈️ |
| Yash Dayal | Khaleel Ahmed |
CSK vs RCB Squad
Chennai Super Kings
Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Khaleel Ahmed, C Andre Siddarth, Ravichandran Ashwin, Vansh Bedi, Devon Conway ✈️, Sam Curran ✈️, MS Dhoni (wk), Shivam Dube, Nathan Ellis ✈️, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Shreyas Gopal, Gurjapneet Singh, Deepak Hooda, Ravindra Jadeja, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Choudhary, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Noor Ahmad, Jamie Overton ✈️, Matheesha Pathirana ✈️, Shaik Rasheed, Rachin Ravindra ✈️, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tripathi
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Rajat Patidar (c), Abhinandan Singh, Jacob Bethell ✈️, Manoj Bhandage, Swastik Chikara, Tim David ✈️, Josh Hazlewood ✈️, Virat Kohli, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Liam Livingstone ✈️, Mohit Rathee, Lungi Ngidi ✈️, Devdutt Padikkal, Krunal Pandya, Rasikh Salam, Phil Salt ✈️, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Romario Shepherd ✈️, Suyash Sharma, Swapnil Singh, Nuwan Thushara ✈️, Yash Dayal
CSK vs RCB: Injury Updates
Chennai Super Kings: Matheesha Pathirana is currently injured but is not yet ruled out of the tournament.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: The team is free of injuries and all their players are available to play.
