IPL 2025: The 8th match of the 18th season of IPL is being played between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challenger Bangalore today. This competition is happening at MA Chidambaram Stadium. Today both teams will play their second match of their season. +2.137 is at the top of the RCB points table with a run rate. CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad has decided to bowl first after winning the toss.
Pitch report
CSK’s homeground Chepock, also known as MA Chidambaram Stadium, gets a lot of help to spinners. This causes trouble for the bestman. 86 IPL matches were played in this study. The team batting in the first innings has won 49 matches and 37 matches by chase teams. The best score in an innings in this stadium is 246/5, Rajasthan Royals scored this run in 2010 against Chennai Super Kings.
RCB’s record on Chepock bad
RCB’s record is quite poor in Chepock. The last time RCB defeated Chennai Super Kings in the year 2008 at Chepock Ground. In the head to head, both teams have crowded face to face 9 times on the Chepock Ground. 1 match RCB and 8 matches were named after CSK.
See both teams
Chennai Super Kings Team
Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Deepak Hooda, Sam Karan, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmed, Mathisha Pathirana, Khalil Ahmed.
Chennai Super Kings Impact: Shivam Dubey, Kamlesh Nagerkoti, Vijay Shankar, Jamie Overton, Sheikh Rashid.
Royal Challenger Bangalore
Rajat Patidar (Captain), Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Impact: Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Dar Salaam, Jacob Bethle, Swapnil Singh, Manoj Bhandage.