On April 17 (Monday), the match 24 of IPL 2023 will witness Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings battling against each other. The encounter between RCB and CSK is scheduled to take place at Bangalore. RCB are placed on the seventh position in the points table, while the CSK are on the sixth position.
The upcoming match in IPL 2023 will be the fifth game for both RCB and CSK. RCB won their first home game against MI, but lost their second home game against LSG, while CSK won their first home game against LSG, but lost their second home game against RR. The Royal Challengers Bangalore will be led by Faf du Plessis while MS Dhoni will lead the Chennai Super Kings.
In their last match, Bangalore emerged victorious against Delhi by 23 runs, while Chennai faced defeat in their last match against Rajasthan by 3 runs. In this article, we will take a look at top 3 players expected to perform well in Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings match.
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RCB vs CSK: Top 3 Players Expected to Perform in Today Match
1) Ruturaj Gaikwad | CSK
Ruturaj Gaikwad has been the leading run-scorer for Chennai Super Kings. He has made 197 runs in four games at an average of 65.66 and a strike rate of 155.11. In the first match against Gujarat, he just felt 8 runs short from his century ended up scoring 92 runs. In the second match against Lucknow, again he was the leading run scorer for his team by contributing 57 runs with the bat. In the third match against Mumbai, he was unbeaten on 40 runs. In the last match against Rajasthan, he was departed early on scoring just 8 runs. Based on this, he is one of the player expected to perform in today’s match between RCB and CSK.
2) Virat Kohli | RCB
Virat Kohli has made 214 runs in four games at an average of 71.33 and a strike rate of 147.58. He was unbeaten on 82 runs in the first match against Mumbai. Then in the second match against Kolkata, he departed scoring 21 runs. Again in the third match against Lucknow, he scored his second half-century of the season by making 61 runs. In the last match against Delhi, he played a match winning knock of 50 runs. He has been in the best of his form so far and has hit three half-centuries in four games. Looking at his stats, he is one of the player expected to perform in today’s RCB vs CSK match.
3) Ajinkya Rahane | CSK
Ajinkya Rahane scored a brilliant half-century against Mumbai in his debut game for CSK and ended up scoring 61 runs. In the last game against Rajasthan, he scored good 31 runs. He is already looking in a very good form and will look to continue what he has been doing since last two matches. This makes him one of the player expected to perform in today’s clash between RCB and CSK.
