IPL 2021: 5 Fantasy Picks for RCB vs CSK clash in UAE, Playing11 and Live Streaming – September 24: A yet another thrilling encounter is on the cards when Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore will face off MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings in Sharjah tomorrow. While both teams are sitting in the top four spots in the league standings, the hunger for the win isn’t going to end for both sides, especially for RCB who were completely dominated by Kolkata Knight Riders in their previous outing. While CSK’s middle order looked fragile with Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu MS Dhoni, and Moeen Ali looking off-color, RCB had a terrible outing with both bat and ball.
Here, we will look at key players who can be game-changer for their respective sides in the 35th match between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah.
Five key players for IPL 2021: RCB vs CSK 35th Match –
Virat Kohli – RCB Skipper Virat Kohli is a must-have pick in your fantasy team. Kohli averages 40.68 against Chennai Super Kings and has amassed 895 runs in 26 innings at a strike rate of 127.13. While he is the all-time leading run-scorer in the league with 6081 runs in 192 innings, Kohli has not looked at his best in the ongoing season so far. In 8 innings, he has scored 203 runs at an average of 29.00 and a strike rate of 121.55.
AB de Villiers – RCB’s batting mainstay Ab de Villiers averages 41.40 in the ongoing season and has amassed 207 runs in 7 innings at a strike rate of 162.99 so far. He was out for a duck in the previous game against Kolkata Knight Riders but is a ‘not to miss’ fantasy pick against Chennai Super Kings. De Villiers has scored 520 runs against CSK in 24 innings at a strike rate of 151.60.
Ruturaj Gaikwad – Ruturaj Gaikwad has earned a permanent spot at the top in Chennai Super Kings on the back of multiple impressive performances in the last two seasons. He played a crucial knock of 88 of 58 deliveries against Mumbai Indians on Sunday and rescued his team which was lingering at 24-4 inside the powerplay. Gaikwad has scored 284 runs in 8 innings this season at an average of 40.57 and a strike rate of 135.23. He scored a thirty against RCB when both teams met in Mumbai in the first phase of IPL 2021.
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Ravindra Jadeja – With 157 runs and 6 wickets in 8 games, Ravindra Jadeja is a handy all-rounder and a match-winner in CSK’s lineup. He was the man of the match when both teams met previously in Mumbai, scoring 62 off 38, including 37 runs off Harshal Patel’s last over, and also picked up three wickets.
Harshal Patel – The current Purple Cap holder, Harshal Patel has picked up 17 wickets in 8 innings and will be looking to add to the tally. Barring the 37 runs off the last over, Patel picked up three wickets in both teams’ previous meeting in phase 1 of the tournament.
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RCB vs CSK Probable Playing 11
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Virat Kohli (c), Devdutt Padikkal, Srikar Bharat (wk), Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers, Wanindu Hasaranga, Sachin Baby, Kyle Jamieson, Mohammed Siraj, Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal
Chennai Super Kings
Faf du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Josh Hazlewood
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IPL 2021: RCB vs CSK – TV & Live Streaming in India
Fans can watch and enjoy IPL 2021 Live on the Star India Network channels in 8 languages. Other than English & Hindi, the league will be broadcasted in 6 regional languages.
All the action of IPL 2021 will also be simulcasted and LIVE STREAMED on Star’s video on demand platform Disney+Hotstar. But for that, either IPL FANS will have to take an annual or monthly subscription to the platform.
Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021: RCB vs CSK Squads
Faf du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Hari Nishanth, N Jagadeesan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Moeen Ali, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Karn Sharma, Jason Behrendorff, Krishnappa Gowtham, Mitchell Santner, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, KM Asif, Harishankar Reddy, Bhagath Varma, Josh Hazlewood, Lungi Ngidi, Robin Uthappa, Imran Tahir
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
Virat Kohli (c), Daniel Christian, Dushmantha Chameera, Navdeep Saini, Devdutt Padikkal, Srikar Bharat (wk), Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers, Wanindu Hasaranga, Sachin Baby, Kyle Jamieson, Mohammed Siraj, Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Rajat Patidar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pavan Deshpande, Mohammed Azharuddeen, George Garton, Suyash Prabhudessai, Tim David, Akash Deep
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