Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru face off in the eighth game of the IPL 2025 season on Friday. In the previous 33 matches it is CSK who have held the upper hand with 21 wins compared to the 11 wins for RCB with one match bearing no result. In 2024, the two sides met twice with each winning once.
Ruturaj Gaikwad and his side beat Mumbai Indians by four wickets to begin their season on a high. Rachin Ravindra scored an unbeaten 65 along with Ruturaj Gaikwad who also scored for a fifty. RCB on the other hand started the season with a win over KKR in the opening game of the season last Saturday.
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Here are the top 3 batters to watch out for in CSK vs RCB IPL 2025 clash
3- Ruturaj Gaikwad
Chennai Super Kings’ skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad scored the fastest fifty of his IPL career in the game against Mumbai Indians. The 28-year-old took just 22 balls to reach his half-century to give the hosts a great start to their chase. Gaikwad has been one of the proven match winners in the previous season of IPL and scored runs during crucial times of the season. Gaikwad has moved to number three spot in the batting order to lend more solidity to his side.
2- Virat Kohli
The former India and RCB skipper began the season with an unbeaten fifty against KKR. Kohli batted well and showed great hunger for runs to continue his amazing form in the white-ball format. RCB have won just one game in Chennai which came during the 2008 season when Kohli was a youngster. If RCB have to break the jinx and win in Chennai then Kohli will have to come up with a huge innings.
1- Shivam Dube
31-year-old Shivam Dube has a good record against RCB and will be itching to get back to form with the bat. Dube was out early in the last match against Mumbai Indians. the Chennai Super Kings star has the ability to hit the big shots which could put tremendous pressure on the RCB spinners in the middle overs of the game.
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