CSK vs RCB IPL 2025: Chennai Super Kings & Royal Challengers Bangalore match today

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) IPL 2025: In match number-8 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, Chennai Super Kings will face Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) today. This match between the two teams is at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk) in Chennai. Rituraj Gaikwad is captaining Chennai in the match.

At the same time, the responsibility of RCB is on the shoulders of Rajat Patidar.

Both the teams started this season with a win. RCB has defeated Chennai Super Kings only once in its home ground. Since then RCB has lost eight consecutive matches at Chepauk.

Chennai defeated Mumbai Indians (MI) by four wickets in their first match. On the other hand, RCB defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by seven wickets in the opening match. Now both the teams are trying to win this match.

Both the teams started this season with a win

Probable playing-11 of Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Phil Salt (wicketkeeper), Rajat Patidar (captain), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David/Jacob Bethell, Krunal Pandya, Rasik Salam Dar/Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma.

Five-time champion Chennai team is eyeing a record sixth title

On the other hand, RCB is putting all its strength to capture the IPL title for the first time. So far 33 matches have been played between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL. During this, Chennai Super Kings won 21 matches, while Royal Challengers Bangalore won 11 matches.

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One match also remained inconclusive. If we look at it, RCB has defeated Chennai Super Kings only once in their home and that too in the first season of the tournament in 2008.

Since then, RCB has lost eight consecutive matches on this ground.

H2H between CSK and RCB

Total matches: 33

Chennai won: 21

Bengaluru won: 11

No result: 1

Chennai Super Kings squad: Rituraj Gaikwad (captain), Mahendra Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dubey, Mathisha Pathirana, Noor Ahmed, Ravichandran Ashwin, Devon Conway, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Sam Curran, Sheikh Rashid, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Choudhary, Deepak Hooda, Gurjanpreet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Jamie Overton, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishnan Ghosh, Shreyas Gopal, Vansh Bedi and Andre Siddharth.

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Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad: Rajat Patidar (Captain), Virat Kohli, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Liam Livingstone, Rasik Salam Dar, Suyash Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Nuwan Tushara, Manoj Bhandaage, Jacob Bethell, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chikara, Lungi Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh and Mohit Rathi