IPL 2020 Match 25 - CSK vs BLR Fantasy Preview

It’s the second game of today’s double header in IPL 2020 and we’re talking about Match 25 of the season, where India’s current and former captains lock horns in Dubai. We’re referring to Chennai Super Kings who has 2 wins in 6 games and they’re up against Royal Challengers Bangalore who has 3 wins in 5 games in IPL 2020 so far. Everyone will be interested in knowing how the Kohli vs Dhoni match will play out! Before this, Punjab plays Kolkata in Match 24.

We can expect changes in the RCB team as they return from a decent break and will be slightly fresh, while Chennai have been playing a few games back to back. At this ground, all of the teams winning the toss have ended up losing the games and while Kohli and Dhoni both love chasing, they need to remember the batting first record here. Keep reading for our complete Nostragamus (Get Rs.200 FREE) fantasy preview of the CSK vs BLR game…

Match info

Tournament: Indian Premier League 2020.
Date: 10th October 2020, 7:30pm IST.
Venue: Dubai International Stadium, Dubai, UAE.
Capacity: 20,000+
Series status: Match 25 of the round robin stage.

Recent form

CSK: L W
BLR: L W

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Numbers

Head to head in last 5 games, Chennai leads 4-1.
10 games in Dubai in IPL 2020 – 9 won batting first.

Chennai Super Kings

They are dependent on their openers and in the middle order, someone like Kedar Jadhav has been struggling. However, we know that CSK backs their players and rather than dropping him, we might see him being pushed up the order to get some time in the middle. With 299 runs in 6 games, Faf du Plessis is their leading run scorer by a long way and he’s grown to become very reliable at the top of the order this season.

With the ball, Deepak Chahar has struggled to be as effective as he’s been over the last couple of years, with just 2 wickets in 16 powerplay overs in IPL 2020. Sam Curran also hasn’t been picking powerplay wickets but he does overall, with 7 wickets in 6 games and we’re picking him because he’s a floater with the bat as well. With 793 runs against RCB, MS Dhoni is Chennai’s highest run scorer against this opponent and he may be seen up the order as well.

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Similarly, Virat Kohli is the highest run scorer for RCB against Chennai, with 747 runs and after getting only 18 runs in his first 3 games, Kohli had 72* and 43 in the next two games and is now looking better than ever with the bat. Chris Morris is said to be fit to play but we doubt he will replace Moeen Ali because the latter will be super useful against spinners like Jadeja and Karn Sharma, so Isuru Udana may get the axe for this game.

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If Morris is fit, pick him in your Nostragamus (Get Rs.200 FREE) fantasy team because he will contribute with both bat and ball, giving them that all-round option that they’ve missed dearly. With 3 fifties in 5 games, Devdutt Padikkal should be picked once again while with 8 scalps in 5 games, Yuzvendra Chahal also makes my team, especially considering the likes of MSD tend to struggle early on against leg spin.

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Chennai Super Kings Squad

MS Dhoni (C), Shane Watson, Ravindra Jadeja, M Vijay, Josh Hazlewood, Piyush Chawla, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Faf du Plessis, Shardul Thakur, Dwayne Bravo, Lungi Ngidi, Sam Curran, Karn Sharma, Sai Kishore, Monu Kumar, KM Asif, Narayan Jagadeesan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Mitchell Santner.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad

Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers, Moeen Ali, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shivam Dube, Isuru Udana, Aaron Finch, Chris Morris, Devdutt Padikkal, Navdeep Saini, Dale Steyn, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Umesh Yadav, Adam Zampa, Pawan Negi, Pavan Deshpande, Shahbaz Ahmed, Josh Philippe, Parthiv Patel.