CSK vs RCB Highlights: CSK defeat RCB by eight wickets

Royal Challengers Bangalore lost to Chennai Super Kings by eight runs at Chinnaswamy. Here is what the team captain Faf du Plessis said about the loss, "Early on in the match, I was diving around and I thought I went at it with my rib, that was the cause of discomfort. I think we played it perfectly, the last five overs were set up for the finish. DK finishing the game, that's bread and butter for him, but that shows how good their bowling was. 200 was going to be par, we went for few runs towards the end. We could have minimised the damage by restricting them (for less than 20 in an over.) The last four overs was where it was set up for a perfect finish. It was one of those wickets, one of the best (for batters.) As a bowler you need to be skilful, Siraj was unbelievable. We couldn't manage to finish it off, but we got to move on. I lost a little bit of power towards the end, was disappointed as I got stiff. Need to keep going harder against the spinners in the middle overs."

CSK captain MS Dhoni heaped praise on batsman Shivam Dube after the team defeated RCB by eight runs. "He is someone who can hit very cleanly. He has an issue with the fast bowlers but he's a clean hitter against the spinners. We had certain plans for him but once he arrived for our camp, he was injured. So we couldn't do a lot of work. We feel that he's somebody who can deliver and who can get those extra runs in the middle overs. He needs to believe in that more than us. We know he has the talent, but once you cross the boundary ropes into the field you are on your own. Whenever you score 220, the batsmen need to keep on hitting. If Faf and Maxi had continued, they would have won it by the 18th over. I keep assessing from behind the wicket, I am always involved in what needs to be done rather than thinking about the result", Dhoni said. 

Despite heroics from Glenn Maxwell and Faf du Plessis CSK have the last laugh as they picked up an 8 wicket win over RCB

RCB vs CSK LIVE score: RCB's cause seems to be gone, RCB are 7 wickets down under 200 odd runs.

CSK vs RCB Latest Updates: Things are getting pretty tight for RCB. Parnell and Prabhudessai are at the crease in a tight situation

CSK vs RCB latest updates: Dinesh Karthik had a chance to finish things off for Royal Challengers Bangalore and they'd have expected it out of him, but he perishes and now RCB are under the pump

CSK vs RCB latest updates: Royal Challengers bangalore introduce 'Impact Sub' Suyash Prabhudessai, swap him for Siraj

CSK vs RCB LIVE score: Ruturaj Gaikwad has dropped an absolute sitter from Dinesh Karthik. Chennai Super Kings had a chance to seal the match but let it slip

CSK vs RCB LIVE score: The game continues to be evenly poised. Faf du Plessis has departed. The scales are evenly titled towards both CSK and RCB.

Glenn Maxwell has been dismissed by Maheesh Theekshana for 76 off 36 balls. 

Maheesh Theekshana dropped Glenn Maxwell on 61 off his own bowling. 

Glenn Maxwell has hit a half-century off just 25 balls. RCB are 120/2 in 9.4 overs. 

Faf du Plessis has scored a half-century off 23 balls. RCB 105/2 in 9 overs. They need 122 off 66 balls to win the game. 

Tushar Deshpande removes Mahipal Lomror for a duck

CSK vs RCB LIVE score: Royal Challengers Bangalore have lost their main man first up. Virat Kohli departs for 6 runs

Chennai Super Kings posted 226/6 in 20 overs. RCB will need a mammoth 227 runs to win the game. 

Ambati Rayudu has been dismissed for 14 off 6 balls. Chennai Super Kings 198/5 in 17.4 overs. 

Shivam Dube smashed a half-century off just 25 balls. He now has four IPL fifties to his name. 

CSK vs RCB LIVE updates: Devon Conway has been dismissed by Harshal Patel by 83 odd runs. CSK are eying 200 runs at Chinnaswamy and they might end up getting there. 

CSK vs RCB LIVE Score: Devon Conway has been batting like a dream at the Chinnaswamy and has kept the scoreboard ticking for the 'men in yellow'. He has been receiving ample amount of support from Shivam Dube who is tonking the RCB bowling for fun.

Devon Conway has smashed a half-century against Royal Challengers Bangalore. This is second consecutive fifty for Conway.

Wanindu Hasaranga has dismissed Ajinkya Rahane for 37 off 20 balls. CSK 90/2 in 9.3 overs. 

Ruturaj Gaikwad has been dismissed by Mohammed Siraj for 3 off 6 balls. CSK 16/1 in 2.2 overs.  

Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway opened the batting for Chennai Super Kings. Mohammed Siraj took the new ball for Bangalore. 

CSK Impact Subs: 1 Akash Singh, 2 Dwaine Pretorius, 3 Subhanshu Senapati, 4 Shaik Rasheed, 5 Rajvardhan Hangargekar

RCB Impact Subs: 1 Suyash Prabhudessai, 2 David WIlley, 3 Akash Deep, 4 Karn Sharma, 5 Anuj Rawat

Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (w/c), Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana

Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (w), Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Wayne Parnell, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Mohammed Siraj

Royal Challengers Bangalore win the toss and opted to bowl first against Chennai Super Kings. 

Toss will play a crucial role in this match

If CSK are to have an edge in the game their priority will be to send Virat Kohli to the pavilion as early as possible.

With Ben Stokes also unavailable it remains to be seen who takes his place on the side.

MS Dhoni's fitness could be a matter of concern and it remains to be seen how he fares before the match.

A face-off between Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virat Kohli is expected to fire up the stage of the IPL.

Let's take a look at the CSK vs RCB pitch report

CSK vs RCB: Pitch report

The surface at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium is a batter-friendly pitch, and the side batting first would look to amass a big total on the board as a high-scoring thrilling run chase is quite the possibility on the ground. Bowling first would be a wise decision on such a surface.

Virat Kohli has been in a scintillating form lately. How many will he score today? 

MS Dhoni has showcased immaculate six hitting form till now. Will he continue his blitz against RCB?

CSK and RCB are adjecent on the IPL 2023 League Table. CSK are on 6th position and RCB are on 7th. 

Today in the never-ending IPL action, CSK will take on RCB. This is a huge match as the rivalry between these two teams goes way back. Till now in IPL 2023 Both the teams have seen a mix of results. However, it's a new day and past does not hold much value in this funny old game. So, who will reign supreme today? All the action will be presented here.

The CSK vs RCB IPL 2023 match will take place at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium today. The match  is scheduled for a 7:30 PM IST start.

The teams have crossed paths 30 times and out of those, CSK have got the better of RCB 19 times. Whereas, RCB have defeated CSK 10 times, and 1 match ended in a no contest. 

CSK Squad IPL 2023: MS Dhoni (c), Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Chowdhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Deepak Chahar, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Ajinkya Rahane, Ben Stokes, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu, Ajay Mandal, Bhagath Varma.

RCB IPL 2023 squad: Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Siraj, Faf Du Plessis (c), Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dinesh Karthik, Shahbaz Ahmed, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Akash Deep, Josh Hazlewood, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Suyash Prabhudessai, Karn Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, David Willey, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma,  Manoj Bhandage, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Sonu Yadav, Micheal Bracewell