Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, 1st Match, Indian Premier League, 22nd March 2024

Here are the Cricket Betting Tips and Fantasy Cricket Match Predictions for Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, 1st Match, Indian Premier League at Chennai, 22, March 2024.

In their recent T20 encounters, Chennai Super Kings have won 3 out of the last 5 matches against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. The matches have been closely contested with victories coming by margins of 6 wickets, 8 runs, and 23 runs for CSK. RCB, on the other hand, managed to win by 13 runs and the most recent encounter saw CSK clinch a victory by a convincing 69-run margin.

Among the top run-scorers in the last 2 years for Chennai Super Kings, Devon Conway leads the pack with 1169 runs in 34 matches, followed by Moeen Ali with 1087 runs in 61 matches. For Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Faf du Plessis has been in exceptional form, scoring 2547 runs in 78 matches, with Will Jacks not far behind with 2223 runs in 68 matches.

The bowling department for Chennai Super Kings has been spearheaded by Maheesh Theekshana, who has taken 68 wickets in 39 matches. Matheesha Pathirana and Moeen Ali have also been key wicket-takers for the team. For Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Reece Topley leads with 59 wickets in 33 matches, closely followed by Alzarri Joseph with 54 wickets in 30 matches.

The historical venue stats for T20 matches in the last 2 years show that the average first innings score at the venue is around 170 runs, with the highest first innings score being 217 runs. Teams batting second have managed to chase down targets as high as 205 runs at the venue, indicating that it is a fairly balanced pitch for both batsmen and bowlers.

Key Battles:

• Dinesh Karthik vs Ravindra Jadeja: Innings - 15, Dismissals - 3, Runs = 127, Avg - 42.33
• Virat Kohli vs Ravindra Jadeja: Innings - 17, Dismissals - 3, Runs = 140, Avg - 46.67
• Glenn Maxwell vs Ravindra Jadeja: Innings - 11, Dismissals - 6, Runs = 70, Avg - 11.67

 Squads

Chennai Super Kings- MS Dhoni (c), Moeen Ali, Aravelly Avanish, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Mandal, Daryl Mitchell, Mukesh Choudhary, Mustafizur Rahman, Matheesha Pathirana, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Rachin Ravindra, Sameer Rizvi, Mitchell Santner, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Shardul Thakur, Maheesh Theekshana

Royal Challengers Bengaluru- Faf du Plessis (c), Akash Deep, Anuj Rawat, Manoj Bhandage, Saurav Chauhan, Tom Curran, Mayank Dagar, Lockie Ferguson, Cameron Green, Will Jacks, Alzarri Joseph, Dinesh Karthik, Virat Kohli, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Siraj, Rajat Patidar, Suyash Prabhudessai, Rajan Kumar, Himanshu Sharma, Karn Sharma, Swapnil Singh, Reece Topley, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash Dayal

Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? – Chennai Super Kings

Who will win? – Chennai Super Kings

Top Batter (Runs Scored) – Devon Conway (Chennai Super Kings), Faf du Plessis (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) – Maheesh Theekshana (Chennai Super Kings), Reece Topley (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)

Most Sixes – Devon Conway (Chennai Super Kings)

Player of the Match – Devon Conway (Chennai Super Kings)

Team Scores Batting first – Chennai Super Kings 180+, Royal Challengers Bengaluru 170+

Match Handicap – Royal Challengers Bengaluru

*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.

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