On Monday (April 17), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will face Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the 24th game of the Indian Premier League 2023 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. So far, both teams have won two of four games. In their previous game, RCB defeated Delhi Capitals by 23 runs after scoring 174 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs. On the other hand, Chennai Super Kings lost against Rajasthan Royals by a bare margin of 3 runs. Both RCB and CSK will look to field their best playing 11, and Josh Hazlewood and Ben Stokes are expected to return to the playing 11 of their teams as they have recovered from their respective injuries.
Josh Hazlewood has not played any matches so far in this edition of IPL. He was struggling with a leg injury. On the other hand, Stokes has played two matches in which he looked clueless before getting injured. They are expected to boos their respective sides in today’s match.
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RCB vs CSK Probable Playing 11: Josh Hazlewood and Ben Stokes to Return
RCB: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Wanindu Hasaranga, Vyshak Vijaykumar and Josh Hazlewood.
CSK: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Moeen Ali, Ajinkya Rahane, Ben Stokes, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c&wk), Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana and Akash Singh.