News :
1.Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have not won a match against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Chennai since the Indian Premier League (IPL) season of 2008.
2.Chennai Super Kings (CSK) signed Faf du Plessis in 2011, even before he made his international debut for South Africa. Since then, du Plessis has been an integral part of the CSK team.
3.Faf du Plessis, who is now playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), will be facing Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Friday in Chennai.
It will be intriguing to see du Plessis play against his former team and how he performs as the captain of RCB in this IPL match.
4.Ruturaj Gaikwad was indeed announced as the new captain of Chennai Super Kings (CSK), replacing MS Dhoni, just hours before the teams arrived for training. This decision came as a surprise to many, as Dhoni had been leading the CSK franchise since its inception in 2008.
5.Gaikwad’s appointment as captain is a significant change for CSK as they enter the IPL 2024 season. It will be interesting to see how Gaikwad leads the team and how CSK performs under his captaincy.
6.MS Dhoni, 42, will return to the IPL after a year. He had knee surgery after the last season, keeping him out of cricket.
7.Shivam Dube, who is Chennai Super Kings’ designated spin-hitter, is now fit after recovering from injury. He had missed the Ranji Trophy knockouts due to his injury, but he is now fit and available for the IPL.
Dube is a talented all-rounder who can bowl left-arm spin and bat aggressively in the middle order. His availability will boost the Chennai Super Kings’ squad, and they will hope that he can perform to the best of his abilities and help the team secure victories in the upcoming matches.
8.Matheesha Pathirana, the Sri Lankan slinger and designated death-overs specialist for Chennai Super Kings, will be unavailable in the initial stages of IPL 2024 due to a hamstring injury.
This will be a blow for the team as Pathirana is known for his ability to perform in the death overs.
9.Virat Kohli, the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), is set to make a return to competitive cricket after a two-month break1. He had last played in two T20 games against Afghanistan in January.
Probable XI: (CSK)
1 Ruturaj Gaikwad (capt),
2 Rachin Ravindra,
3 Ajinkya Rahane,
4 Moeen Ali,
5 Daryl Mitchell,
6 Shivam Dube,
7 Ravindra Jadeja,
8 MS Dhoni (wk),
9 Shardul Thakur,
10 Deepak Chahar,
11 Maheesh Theekshana
If Shivam Dubey will not play, then our 11th choice will be Mukesh Choudhary/Tushar Deshpande.
Probable XI : ( RCB)
1 Faf du Plessis (capt),
2 Virat Kohli,
3 Rajat Patidar,
4 Glenn Maxwell,
5 Cameron Green,
6 Anuj Rawat/Mahipal Lomror/Suyash Prabhudessai,
7 Dinesh Karthik (wk),
8 Alzarri Joseph,
9 Mayank Dagar,
10 Akash Deep/Vyshak Vijaykumar,
11 Mohammed Siraj
ANOTHER EXPECTED PROBABLE XI:
1 Faf du Plessis (capt), 2 Virat Kohli, 3 Rajat Patidar, 4 Glenn Maxwell, 5 Cameron Green, 6 Dinesh Karthik (wk), 7 Alzarri Joseph, 8 Mayank Dagar, 9 Akash Deep/Vyshak Vijaykumar, 10 Himanshu Sharma/Karn Sharma, 11 Mohammed Siraj