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The first match of IPL 2024 will be between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. The match to be held in Chepauk is a river of fire for RCB because RCB's last win on this ground was in 2008. Now neither Virat has the command nor Dhoni is the captain of Chennai, but there is still a big competition in the first battle of IPL. 2024. The 17th season of the world's biggest cricket league IPL is starting from today. All preparations have been completed at the historic Chepauk Stadium in Chennai. The big thing is that two teams with millions of fan followings across the world are facing each other. Yes, you understood it right, the match is between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. The match to be held in Chepauk will be no less than a battle as Chennai team would like to maintain its record on home ground while Bengaluru would like to end its 15 years of exile.
The situation is worst in Chepauk, Bengaluru.
Royal Challengers Bangalore last defeated Chennai Super Kings on home ground in 2008. That was the day and today is the day when Chennai never allowed Bengaluru to win in Chepauk. Bengaluru's strong batting unit is often seen dancing on the 22-yard strip of Chepauk. That batting unit which has a batsman like Virat Kohli. The team which had great batsmen like Maxwell and Duplessis could not do anything after coming to Chepauk. Well, the biggest beauty of cricket is that every day is new and a day comes when you create a new history. This is the only chance for RCB now.
How is Chennai team?
It is important to have balance in the team in which Dhoni is there. Even though Dhoni is no longer the captain, he will remain the commander of Gaikwad's team. Dhoni will lead the team even without a captain as Ruturaj will learn more this year. However, Gaekwad has many powerful people at his disposal to overcome him. Gaikwad himself is a big match-winning batsman. Now this team has a stormy batsman like Rachin Ravindra who has done wonders by scoring 3 centuries in the World Cup. Ajinkya Rahane also has experience of Chennai. Batsmen like Moeen Ali along with Darrell Mitchell are associated with this team. After this, Ravindra Jadeja and then MS Dhoni will strengthen this team. This time Shardul Thakur is also in the team who has further strengthened Chennai's batting order. In bowling, there are bowlers like Deepak Chahar, Mahish Tikshana and Tushar Deshpande.
Bengaluru team is also no less
Royal Challengers Bangalore also has an army of big match winners. This team has captain du Plessis as well as game changers like Virat Kohli and Glenn Maxwell. Maxwell has already wreaked havoc in the World Cup. He scored a double century and gave a spectacular victory to Australia, after which his team became the world champion. This time another special player is associated with RCB and his name is Cameron Green. Green was in Mumbai last season but is now part of RCB. His batting style is impressive. The great thing is that he can play as a top order, middle order and finisher. Apart from this, bowling and fielding are also his plus points. The team also has a batsman like Rajat Patidar, who appears in a different color in white ball cricket. The bowling edge of Alzarri Joseph, Akashdeep and Mohammed Siraj can trouble Chennai. The spin department definitely looks a bit light but Mayank Dagar can compensate for this deficiency.
How is the Chepok pitch?
Now the question is, how is the 22-yard pitch on which Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore will clash? Chepauk's pitch is always spin friendly and this time too the batsmen will have difficulty in dealing with the spin. But the problem here is that there is fog in Chennai at night. Sometimes it comes in large quantities and sometimes it comes in small quantities. Overall, the teams here do not know what to do first after winning the toss. However, the Chennai team will have done their homework and Bengaluru will have to learn something from their failure. Now it remains to be seen who wins this match.