Cricket Match Predictions: Indian Premier League 2024 Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Chennai Super Kings - May 18

Here are the Fantasy Cricket Predictions and Betting Tips for the 68th match of the TATA Indian Premier League (TATA IPL 2024), which will be played between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Chennai Super Kings on 18th of May 2024

LIVE SCORES - Match 68 - RCB vs CSK (M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru)

Current Form RCB:

Royal Challengers Bengaluru are currently placed at the 6th position on points table with 6 wins to their credit.

The top run scorer for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Indian Premier League is Virat Kohli with 661 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Indian Premier League is Yash Dayal with 13 scalps under his belt.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru have won their previous match against Delhi Capitals by 47 runs.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru batted first and they posted a total of 187 for 9 in 20 overs. Faf du Plessis got out quite early. Virat Kohli played with a good strike rate and scored 27 runs off 13 balls, hitting 3 maximums. Rajat Patidar once against shone bright and smashed 52 off 32 balls. The lower order batters failed to capitalise on the momentum gained by RCB and they had to settle for a total of 187, when at one point they looked like achieving 200+ runs.

During the chase, Delhi Capitals lost 4 wickets for 30 runs and looked in great trouble. Axar Patel tried his best to take DC over the line. He scored 57 off 39 balls but failed to find support from the other batters. Delhi Capitals were eventually bowled out for 140, losing the match by 47 runs.

Current Form CSK:

Chennai Super Kings are currently placed at the 4th position on points table with 7 wins to their credit.

The top run scorer for Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League is Ruturaj Gaikwad with 583 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League is Tushar Deshpande with 16 scalps under his belt.

Chennai Super Kings have kept their campaign alive by defeating Rajasthan Royals in their previous match by 5 wickets.

Rajasthan Royals batted first and they could only post a modest total of 141 for 5 in 20 overs. Openers Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal didn't produce any magic in the powerplay overs and were super slow in their batting approach. It cost the team a lot. It was once again Riyan Parag who scored 47 runs in 35 balls that took Rajasthan Royals to a competitive total of 141 on a tough pitch.

During the chase, Chennai Super Kings got off to a flier with Rachin Ravindra scoring 27 runs off 18 balls. A couple of wickets fell in quick succession in the middle overs but captain Ruturaj Gaikwad scored 42 not out and ensured his team got over the line with 5 wickets in hand.

Let’s have a look at the squads:

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

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

Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? – Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Who will win?- Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Top Batter (Runs Scored) – Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings), Rajat Patidar (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Tushar Deshpande (Chennai Super Kings), Karn Sharma (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)

Most Sixes – Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings), Rajat Patidar (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)

Player of the Match- Rajat Patidar (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)

Team Scores Batting first - Royal Challengers Bengaluru 210+, Chennai Super Kings 200+

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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