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In the 52nd match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, Royal Challengers Bangalore will face Chennai Super Kings. The match will be played at the Home Ground M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore from 7:30 pm. Both teams will be face to face for the second time this season. In the last match, RCB defeated CSK by 50 runs at his home ground.
RCB points are ranked second with 14 points in the table. The team will win today after winning the match and will get closer to the completion of the playoffs. At the same time, CSK is ranked 10th with 4 points and is out of the playoff race.
Match details, 52nd match RCB vs CSK date- May 3 Stadium- M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Time: Toss- 7:00 PM, Match Start- 7:30 PM
Chennai ahead in head to head
Chennai in the head to head is heavy on Bangalore. 35 IPL matches have been played between the two so far. Of these, 22 matches were won by Chennai and Bangalore in 12. The result of a match could not be removed. At the same time, both teams have clashed 11 times at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Chennai in 5 and Bengaluru in 5 itself. At the same time, a match could not be resulted in.
RCB had 2 half -centuries in the previous match
The RCB had two half -centuries in the previous match. Virat Kohli scored 51 and Krunal Pandya scored an unbeaten 73. The team consists of T20 specialists like Liam Livingston, Jitesh Sharma and Krunal Pandya. Pacer Josh is the top wicket of the Hazlewood team. He has taken 18 wickets in 10 matches.
Noor CSK’s top wicket
Chennai has lost the last three matches continuously. Spinner Noor Ahmed is the highest wicket -taking bowler for the team with 15 wickets. Shivam Dubey is the top scorer of the team in the batting. Shivam has scored 248 runs in 10 matches.
Pitch report The pitch of M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru will prove to be helpful for the batsmen. At the same time, spinners get some help on this pitch. So far 99 matches of IPL have been played in this stadium. The first batting team won 42 and the chase team won 53 matches. While the results of four matches could not be removed. In such a situation, the team winning the toss will prefer to chase. The highest team score here is 287/3, which was made by Sunrisers Hyderabad against Royal Challengers Bangalore last season.
Weather condition The weather of Bengaluru will not be good on Saturday. In the afternoon, the sun will bloom for some time, then it will be cloudy and there is a possibility of rain (55%) in some places. The temperature here will be 22 to 34 degrees Celsius on the match day. At the same time, the wind will run at a speed of 13 km per hour.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Rajat Patidar (Captain), Jacob Bethel, Virat Kohli, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Krunal Pandya, Romio Shepherd, Tim David, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal. Suyash Sharma, Devdutt Padikkal.
Chennai Super Kings: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain and wicketkeeper), Sheikh Rashid, Ayush Mhatre, Sam Karan, Ravindra Jadeja, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dubey, Deepak Hooda, Khalil Ahmed, Noor Ahmed, Mathisha Pathirana, Anshul Kamboj.