RCB vs. CSK Prediction (Royal Challengers Bangalore vs. Chennai Super Kings)

The middle ranked teams of the IPL 2014, surprised the top teams by winning their recent encounters and Royal Challengers Bangalore along with Chennai Super Kings were on the losing side. The first was beaten by Kolkata Knight Riders by a margin of 30 runs in the 49^th game of the event while CSK got a stick by Sunrisers Hyderabad by a difference of six wickets. RCB is almost out of the Playoffs whereas CSK have already qualified for the top four.

Players to watch

Yogesh Takawale and Virat Kohli scored a few runs in their previous game which they lost against KKR while AB de Villiers and Yuvraj Singh are required to get more runs. Varun Aaron, Mitchell Starc and Yuzvendra Chachal are their in form bowlers.

MS Dhoni and David Hussey posted unbeaten fifties for CSK vs. SRH and Dwayne Smith scored 47 whereas Brendon McCullum is an important batsman. Mohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin should bowl with accuracy.

Time & Venue

Saturday, May 24, 2014 @ 10:30 GMT, 16:00 local at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Weather

Partly cloudy evening with temperatures around 22-36ᵒC

Toss

The winner will opt to bat first

The Pitch

A nice track for batting

Teams

Royal Challengers Bangalore – Virat Kohli (C), Chris Gayle, Yogesh Takawale, Yuvraj Singh, AB de Villiers, Sachin Rana, Mitchell Starc, Varun Aaron, Yuzvendra Chachal, AB Dinda, Muttiah Muralitharan.

Chennai Super Kings – MS Dhoni (C), Dwayne Smith, Brendon McCullum, Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, David Hussey, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mithun Manhas, Mohit Sharma, , Pawan Negi.

Prediction

RCB can surprise the demoralised CSK