The eighth match of IPL 2025 will be played between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai today. The match will start at 7:30 pm and both teams will enter the match with confidence, as both of them started by winning their first matches.
Dhoni vs Kohli: Two veterans clash
The biggest attraction of this match will be Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virat Kohli. Both players are among the most talked about and successful faces in IPL history. The impact of their captaincy and experience is clearly visible on the team’s performance. In such a situation, today’s match will not be a clash of only two teams, but will also have a strategic battle of two great cricketers.
Batsmen tight test on Chennai pitch
The pitch of MA Chidambaram Stadium usually helps spinners and it is not easy for the batsmen to score runs here. The ball stops on the bat, causing trouble in the stroke play. A similar view was seen in the last match, when CSK captain Rituraj Gaikwad won the toss and decided to bowl first and his team stopped Mumbai Indians for 155 runs.
The toss can make a big difference
Chasing the target on this ground is usually considered easy, so the toss can be a decisive factor. The captains of both the teams will try to bowl first so that the behavior of the pitch can be understood and later the run chase can be controlled.
Head to Head: Chennai dominated
Chennai Super Kings’ record against Royal Challengers Bangalore has been very impressive in IPL history. So far, a total of 33 matches have been played between the two, in which Chennai has won 21 times while Bengaluru has got success only 11 times. One match has been without result.
Chennai vs Bangalore – Total Record
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Total Match: 33
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Chennai Super Kings won: 21
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Royal Challengers Bangalore won: 11
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No result: 1
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Last match: Bengaluru defeated Chennai by 27 runs in 2024
RCB’s condition thin at Chepock Stadium
RCB’s condition in Chepock has been even weaker. There have been 9 matches between the two teams, of which Chennai won 8 times and Bengaluru won only one – that too in 2008. That is, Bangalore has not seen victory in Chennai’s house for the last 17 years.
RCB can create history by victory in Chepock
If today Royal Challengers Bangalore beats Chennai, this will be their second and long after a long time in Chepock. But this will not be easy because CSK has a great spin attack. Bowlers like Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin and Noor Ahmed can become a challenge for Bengaluru batsmen on the spin friendly pitch of Chepock.
Noor Ahmed’s great start
In the first match played against Mumbai, Noor Ahmed took 4 wickets while bowling brilliantly, and he can still become the backbone of Chennai spin attack. At the same time, Bengaluru also has good spinners – Krunal Pandya, Suyash Sharma and Liam Livingstone – which can challenge Chennai’s batting.
In today’s match, every ball, every run and every wicket will matter. Will Chennai once again defeat Bangalore at his home ground or will Kohli’s team taste the victory in Chepock by creating history – the answer will be available this evening.
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