In the 22nd match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will be locking horns with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. for the first time in the twenty-second match of this season of the Tata IPL. Chennai Super Kings is currently placed at the bottom of the points table of this season of the Tata IPL whereas Royal Challengers Bangalore is currently placed at the fourth spot on the points table.
Chennai Super Kings played four game in the IPL 2022 so far and they have lost all of them while Royal Challengers Bangalore also played four matches in this season where they won three games. Chennai Super Kings played their last game against Sunrisers Hyderabad where the latter registered a comfortable win by 8 wickets. Moeen Ali smashed 48 runs for CSK in that game.
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On the other hand, Royal Challengers Bangalore played their last game against Mumbai Indians where they managed to win the game comfortably by 7 wickets. Anuj Rawat and Virat Kohli played match-winning knocks of 66 runs and 48 runs respectively for RCB in that game. These two franchises have played 27 matches against each other in the history of IPL so far where CSK won 18 matches while RCB has won just 9 matches. The clash will make for some intense player battles, ahead of the epic game at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai.
#1 Wanindu Hasaranga vs Ravindra Jadeja
Wanindu Hasaranga has been dominant for RCB in the mid-overs stage, as he has been consistently taking wickets from four games. However, the Sri Lankan has a weakness against left-handed batters. His encounter against Ravindra Jadeja could be quite the contest should the CSK skipper find form. Jadeja has just 66 runs from four games and that would mean he will be eager to take on the Sri Lankan spinner.
#2 Dinesh Karthik vs Dwayne Bravo
Dinesh Karthik has been finishing games for RCB quite scintillatingly his season and has not lost his wicket in all four of their games. While he strikes in excess of 155 against Dwayne Bravo, he has also been dismissed by the veteran West Indies medium-pacer in all of their three encounters. It will be a contest of guile and patience when these two face each other in a death-overs battle.
#3 Faf du Plessis vs Dwaine Pretorius
Faf du Plessis is yet to score something big after his 57-ball-88 against Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the season opener. The captain had started but hadn’t converted them. Pretorius has the second-highest wicket-taker (four) for Chennai this season and has been one of their more economical bowlers as well.
