This article will talk about the probable XIs for both teams and continue with the Dream11 predictions and the winning fantasy team for the 35th game of the IPL 2021 between the Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings that is scheduled to take place on the 24th of September 2021.
Chennai Super Kings who are sitting pretty at the 2nd position with 6 wins in 8 games after their comfortable win over the Mumbai Indians in the last game will take on the Royal Challengers Bangalore led by Virat Kohli in what is expected to be a cracker of a contest at Sharjah on Friday. In the previous game these sides met, the MS Dhoni-led CSK won the game by 69 runs.
Chennai Super Kings defeated the defending champs Mumbai by 20 runs in the last game courtesy of some great batting effort by Ruturaj Gaikwad who made an unbeaten 88 which took the team total to 156/6. Also, the likes of Ravindra Jadeja and Dwayne Bravo scored the 20s gave him good support. With the ball again Bravo starred with 3 wickets, while Deepak Chahar took 2 inside powerplays as they kept the Mumbai Indians to 136.
It was a contrasting opening game for RCB in the UAE leg of IPL 2021. Batting first, they could only make 92 with only Devdutt Padikkal getting 20. The Knight Riders won in a canter as they reached the target in 10 overs and with 9 wickets left in hand. So the Challengers will want to forget the game as soon as possible.
Match Details
Venue: Sharjah Cricket ground, Sharjah
Pitch and Weather: It will be a great batting surface here at Sharjah in the early part of the tournament and it was evident in the previous season where 200+ scores were achieved by teams easily in the first few games played here . This is the first fixture here this year and is expected to be a belter with short boundaries. The weather is likely to be sunny with the temperature touching to the late 30s even though it is a 6.00 PM start.
Date & Time: September 24, 6.00 PM Local time, 7.30 PM IST
Probable Playing XIs
Chennai Super Kings who missed the services of Sam Curran will have him for this game but it is not clear as to whom he will come in for. Faf Du Plessis may have scored a duck last game but will have fond memories of playing at this venue. Dwayne Bravo had a great outing last gamer and if the injury of Rayudu is not that serious, he will play.
Royal Challengers might get Mohammad Azharuddin, the dashing opener in place of Bharath while Shahbaz Ahmed also may get a look in. But they would want the likes of Virat Kohli, Padikkal, AB De Villiers, and Maxwell to fire.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Virat Kohli(C), Devdutt Padikkal, Mohammad Azharuddeen or KS Bharat, Glenn Maxwell, AB De Villiers(WK), Shahbaz Ahmed, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Yuzuvendra Chahal, Mohammad Siraj
Chennai Super Kings
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf Du Plessis, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu/ N Jagadeesan/Robin Uthappa, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, MS Dhoni(C & WK), Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Josh Hazlewood/ Sam Curran
Match Prediction
Should be an even contest considering the strength of both teams but the recent form of CSK coupled with the 1st leg meeting between the sides makes the men in yellow a slight favorite to beat the Challengers.
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Fantasy Tips
Batsmen: Devdutt Padikkal has been impressive for the Challengers since he made his IPL debut and has a century to his name in the season already. Virat Kohli is a must in any fantasy league though his returns in recent times have been ordinary. Ruturaj Gaikwad who had a stunning batting performance in the last game can be picked. The last batsman who can be picked is Glenn Maxwell, who was terrific in the first half of IPL.
Wicket-Keeper: AB De Villiers can be one of the wicket-keepers on the side. He is a match-winner on a given day and is an ideal pick to have in dream 11. MS Dhoni who has a good record against the RCB is a great pick for this particular contest.
All-rounders: The CSK all-rounders Dwayne and Moeen Ali can be the 2 all-rounders of the side given their recent form for CSK as well in other T20 cricket.
Bowlers: The highest wicket-taker in IPL 2021 thus far Harshal Patel can be picked from RCB along with Yuzvendra Chahal. Deepak Chahar who had a brilliant outing last game can be picked.
Captaincy Choices
Fantasy Team: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli(C), Devdutt Padikkal, AB De Villiers, Glenn Maxwell, Moeen Ali(VC), MS Dhoni, Dwayne Bravo, Deepak Chahar, Harshal Patel, Yuzuvendra Chahal
Captain – Virat Kohli
The RCB skipper can be made the captain of the side owing to his success rate as a batsman in the IPL, despite his failure in the last game.
Vice-Captain – Moeen Ali
Moeen Ali is an ideal batter to have in the side on Sharjah type of grounds. He can hit at will and can take wickets as well.