IPL 2022, RCB vs CSK live updates: Bangalore starts slowly but steadily
Regal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) would expect reversing the situation on protecting IPL champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) this time around when the different sides meet at the MCA arena on Wednesday.
The shortfall of speed bowler Harshal Patel the last time around the different sides met had presumably shaken the RCB boat, as they lost the high-scoring game by 23 pursues yielding a mammoth 216 runs.
In any case, with Patel back in the side, RCB can expect a circle back, even as four-time IPL champions CSK will be floated by the showcase of firecrackers from openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and New Zealand's Devon Conway in their past game against Sunrisers Hyderabad, which CSK won by 13 runs.
Gaikwad and Conway had sewed together a record 182-run opening stand, after which Mukesh Choudhary's four-wicket pull fixed a 13-run triumph over SRH at a similar scene on May 1.
Super Kings and Bangalore have clashed multiple times, with CSK taking 20 successes and Bangalore getting nine successes, notwithstanding a no outcome.
CSK versus RCB crews
Chennai Super Kings crew: MS Dhoni (Capt and Wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Robin Uthappa, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Chris Jordan, Subhranshu Senapati, Dwaine Pretorius, Mukesh Choudhary, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Dwayne Bravo, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Mitchell Santner, Hari Nishaanth, N Jagadeesan, Prashant Solanki, KM Asif, Simarjeet Singh, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Maheesh Theekshana, Bhagath Varma, Matheesha Pathirana.
Regal Challengers Bangalore crew: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Siraj, Suyash Prabhudessai, CV Milind, Aneeshwar Gautam, Karn Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, Luvnith Sisodia, David Willey, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dinesh Karthik, Josh Hazlewood, Shahbaz Ahmed, Anuj Rawat, Akash Deep, Mahipal Lomror, Fin Allen, Sherfane Rutherford, Jason Behrendorff.
CSK versus RCB match subtleties
The match among CSK and RCB will be communicated across Star network in Hindi and English. It will be live-spilled on Hotstar in Hindi, English, and a few provincial dialects.