CSK vs RCB IPL : Indian Premier League has revolutionized almost every aspect of the game of cricket. Fans have something very unique to ponder about apart from their countries. And we are talking about some serious rivalries here and one of those is between two teams at the extreme ends of spectrum: Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. This is also called ‘Southern Derby’ of Indian Premier League and fans have witnessed number of memorable encounters between both the sides.
Chennai Super Kings is one of the most successful sides in the league while Royal Challengers Bangalore have been the eternal ‘underachievers’ of IPL. Experts also refer this rivalry as ‘Ice (MS Dhoni) against hot (Virat Kohli)’. This has always been the test of acumen for Virat Kohli against the most successful captain of India. Both teams have met a total of 24 times in IPL and Chennai Super Kings have come out victorious on 15 occasions. Royal Challengers Bangalore have been successful to edge out CSK in 9 games. CSK have been the superior side on the play-off days as well and most notably, CSK claimed its second title by beating RCB in 2011 at Chepauk.
CSK v RCB record
Played
CSK
RCB
No Result
24
15
9
0
At Neutral Venues
Played
CSK
RCB
No Result
11
6
5
0
RCB vs CSK 2020 Match Results
In the first meeting last year, both teams went head to head at Dubai. Batting first, Royal Challengers Bangalore posted 169 runs on CSK vs RCB score board. Captain Virat Kohli was the major contributor with his unbeaten 90 while Devdutt Padikkal made 33. In reply, CSK had a terrible start with them losing both their openers by the score of 25. Ambati Rayudu and N Jagadeesan hung around for a while but CSK never looked in contention and lost the match convincingly by 37 runs in the end. Chris Morris scalped 3 wickets for RCB.
In the second fixture at the same venue, Virat Kohli again came to the rescue for RCB. He was the top scorer with a half-century while AB de Villiers contributed with 39 runs. Overall, RCB struggled to get going on a sluggish pitch and ended up with a below-par total of 145 runs. Sam Curran was the main destructor with 3 wickets. In reply, CSK cruised home this time riding on a brilliant knock from Ruturaj Gaikwad. The youngster made an unbeaten 65 in what was his first impression in IPL.
Last 5 Encounters
Played
CSK
RCB
No Result
5
3
2
0
CSK batting stats vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
As we go into the details of the individual records for the rivalry, starting with top performers with the bat for Chennai Super Kings. Popularly known as ‘Thala’ in Chennai, MS Dhoni has enjoyed his time against RCB compared to any other teams. He has scored 735 runs from just 24 innings against RCB. He is followed by Suresh Raina with 669 runs from 24 innings. Murali Vijay and Ambati Rayudu complete the list with 309 and 252 runs respectively. MS Dhoni is having an average of 40.83 and strike-rate of 146.41, that’s one stellar record to boast.
Suresh Raina is at the top when it comes to performances at Chepauk, followed by Ravindra Jadeja. But MS Dhoni has played blistering knocks one after another at Chinnaswamy and as a result of that, he has the highest runs in away games for CSK. He has 375 runs from 7 innings at an incredible average of 125 and a strike-rate of 184.7.
Overall:
No
Player
Innings
Not Out
Runs
Average
Strike Rate
100s
50s
1
MS Dhoni
24
6
735
40.83
146.41
0
4
2
Suresh Raina
24
5
669
35.21
134.88
0
5
3
Ambati Rayudu
6
0
252
42.00
116.67
0
1
