It’s almost here, the long wait is almost over as the Indian sports’ biggest festival, the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 is set to commence on the 22nd of March at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai with the defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in action Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) recorded a stunning win in the IPL 2023 Final vs Gujarat Titans to win their 5th IPL Trophy to equal the record with Mumbai Indians. The defending champions will kick-start the IPL 2024 at home against Royal Challengers Bangaluru.
Both the teams have a strong squad going into the first match of the IPL 2024. In this article, we build a probable playing XI for CSK vs RCB IPL 2024 opening match. (Note: This is just a prediction from our end and it’s not guaranteed that both the teams will start with the same playing XI.)
Chennai Super Kings (CSK):
Injury to star Kiwi opener Devon Conway is set to pose a great challenge to the MS Dhoni led team but another Kiwi might take that opening slot with usual candidate Ruturaj Gaikwad. Matheesha Pathirana is also set to miss the match who is recovering from injury.
CSK Probable Playing XI: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Shivam Dube, Darryl Mitchell, Moeen Ali/ Mitchell Santner, MS Dhoni (WK, C), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Mustafizur Rahman/ Maheesh Theekshana
Impact Player: Sameer Rizvi, Tushar Deshpande
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB):
It seems very likely that Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) might open their inning with the duo of Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis unless they want to open with two overseas if Will Jacks is picked to play, which seems unlikely. Glenn Maxwell and Cameron Green are likely to form the middle-order while the bowling to be led by Mohammed Siraj with Reece Topley likely to play ahead of Alzarri Joseph and Lockie Ferguson.
RCB Probable Playing XI: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (C), Cameron Green, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik (WK), Mahipal Lomror, Manoj Bhandage, Reece Topley, Mohammed Siraj, Karn Sharma
Impact Player: Anuj Rawat, Yash Dayal
