IPL 2024 First Match: RCB hasn’t beaten CSK in Chennai since IPL 2008. Will that streak continue or end on Friday?
IPL 2024 first match
| Match | Date | Time | Teams | Venue | Umpires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 March 24 | 20:00 | Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) |
| 2 | 23 March 24 | 15:30 | Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals | Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur | Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) |
| 3 | 23 March 24 | 19:30 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) |
| 4 | 24 March 24 | 15:30 | Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur | Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Akshay Totre (Ind) |
| 5 | 24 March 24 | 19:30 | Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad | Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) |
| 6 | 25 March 24 | 19:30 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Saidharshan Kumar (Ind) |
| 7 | 26 March 24 | 19:30 | Chennai Super Kings vs Gujarat Titans | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | Tapan Sharma (Ind) and Alex Wharf (Eng) |
| 8 | 27 March 24 | 19:30 | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians | Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad | K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) |
| 9 | 28 March 24 | 19:30 | Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur | Nand Kishore (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind) |
| 10 | 29 March 24 | 19:30 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Kolkata Knight Riders | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) |
| 11 | 30 March 24 | 19:30 | Lucknow Super Giants vs Punjab Kings | Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow | Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind) |
| 12 | 31 March 24 | 15:30 | Gujarat Titans vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad | Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) |
| 13 | 31 March 24 | 19:30 | Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings | ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Vizag | Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Vinod Seshan (Ind) |
| 14 | 1 April 24 | 19:30 | Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Saidharshan Kumar (Ind) |
| 15 | 2 April 24 | 19:30 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Lucknow Super Giants | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) and Alex Wharf (Eng) |
| 16 | 3 April 24 | 19:30 | Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders | ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Vizag | Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Akshay Totre (Ind) |
| 17 | 4 April 24 | 19:30 | Gujarat Titans vs Punjab Kings | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad | Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind) |
| 18 | 5 April 24 | 19:30 | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings | Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad | Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) |
| 19 | 6 April 24 | 19:30 | Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur | Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Tapan Sharma (Ind) |
| 20 | 7 April 24 | 15:30 | Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) |
| 21 | 7 April 24 | 19:30 | Lucknow Super Giants vs Gujarat Titans | Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow | Nand Kishore (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) |
IPL 2024 First Match details
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) vs. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at 20:00 IST
Can RCB break the Chennai jinx?
Faf du Plessis’ amazing showing just one month ago qualified the Johannesburg Super Kings for the SA20 playoffs. And in four months, he will be back in the yellow uniform for the Texas Super Kings, partnering with head coach Stephen Fleming. Their history dates back to 2011 when du Plessis was signed by Chennai Super Kings before he had even represented South Africa in international cricket.
However, du Plessis has currently given up his yellow second skin in favor of Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s red and blue for the rest of this IPL. He was once a fan favorite at Chepauk and on Friday, he will make his debut as the captain of the RCB in Chennai. He will not, however, be facing the opponent that du Plessis had anticipated.
Just hours before the teams reported for training on the eve of the IPL 2024 season opener, Ruturaj Gaikwad, the previous opening partner of Plessis, was named CSK’s captain, taking MS Dhoni’s place.
Given that the odds are stacked against RCB in Chennai, Gaikwad has a proud record to protect. They had previously defeated CSK at Chepauk during Fleming’s playing days in the inaugural IPL season (2008). RCB has since suffered seven straight losses. In the match that took place there in 2019, they were dismissed for 70 runs in 17.1 overs. That RCB forced CSK to work till the 18th over of their winning chase was because of Moeen Ali and Yuzvendra Chahal.
While Moeen may bat with three other spinners on Friday against the Royals (Mahesh Theekshana, Ravindra Jadeja, and part-timer Rachin Ravindra) on what may be another slow pitch, Chahal is currently with the Rajasthan Royals. On the other hand, Mayank Dagar (left-arm finger spin), Himanshu Sharma (mystery spin), Karn Sharma (leg-spin), and Swapnil Singh (left-arm finger spin) are the only choices available to the RCB team in terms of elite spinners. This season, it appears that RCB has thrown all of its eggs into one basket—both at home and abroad.
Team news: Dhoni and Kohli return
Following knee surgery after the previous IPL season, 42-year-old Dhoni is expected to make his comeback after almost a year out. After missing the Ranji Trophy knockouts due to injury, CSK’s designated spin batter Shivam Dube is also well. But they will be missing their death-overs specialist, Matheesha Pathirana, the slinger from Sri Lanka, who is injured to his hamstring and will miss the first few matches of the 2024 Indian Premier League.
After a two-month hiatus, Virat Kohli will also play competitive cricket again for the RCB. Since the last IPL, he has only participated in two T20 matches (against Afghanistan in January). This season will serve as his preparation for the 2024 T20 World Cup, which will take place in June. Will Kohli bat like he did against Afghanistan in the first two innings? He showed an unusually aggressive approach.
Toss and Impact Player strategy
Chennai Super Kings
Considering Dube is working his way back from injury, CSK might play him as a batter alone and pick one of Mukesh Choudhary or Tushar Deshpande, last season’s highest wicket-taker, while bowling.
- Possible bat-first XI: 1 Ruturaj Gaikwad (capt), 2 Rachin Ravindra, 3 Ajinkya Rahane, 4 Moeen Ali, 5 Daryl Mitchell, 6 Shivam Dube, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 MS Dhoni (wk), 9 Shardul Thakur, 10 Deepak Chahar, 11 Maheesh Theekshana
- Possible bowl-first XI: 1 Ruturaj Gaikwad (capt), 2 Rachin Ravindra, 3 Ajinkya Rahane, 4 Moeen Ali, 5 Daryl Mitchell, 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 MS Dhoni (wk), 8 Shardul Thakur, 9 Deepak Chahar, 10 Maheesh Theekshana, 11 Mukesh Choudhary/Tushar Deshpande
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
One of Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror, or Suyash Prabhudessai might be picked to lengthen RCB’s batting if they bat first, to be replaced by a spinner – Himanshu or Karn – in the second innings. Or vice versa.
- Possible bat-first XI: 1 Faf du Plessis (capt), 2 Virat Kohli, 3 Rajat Patidar, 4 Glenn Maxwell, 5 Cameron Green, 6 Anuj Rawat/Mahipal Lomror/Suyash Prabhudessai, 7 Dinesh Karthik (wk), 8 Alzarri Joseph, 9 Mayank Dagar, 10 Akash Deep/Vyshak Vijaykumar, 11 Mohammed Siraj
- Possible bowl-first XI: 1 Faf du Plessis (capt), 2 Virat Kohli, 3 Rajat Patidar, 4 Glenn Maxwell, 5 Cameron Green, 6 Dinesh Karthik (wk), 7 Alzarri Joseph, 8 Mayank Dagar, 9 Akash Deep/Vyshak Vijaykumar, 10 Himanshu Sharma/Karn Sharma, 11 Mohammed Siraj
Stats that matter
- Jadeja aces his match-up against Glenn Maxwell. The left-arm finger spinner has dismissed Maxwell six times in 51 balls while giving away 70 runs in the IPL. No other bowler has dismissed Maxwell more times in the league.
- Gaikwad has a favorable record against both Alzarri Joseph (47 off 25 balls, one dismissal) and Lockie Ferguson (56 off 29 balls, no dismissals) in the IPL.
- Kohli (985) is 73 runs away from surpassing Shikhar Dhawan (1057) as the top run-getter against CSK in the IPL. Kohli’s record against spin in Chennai in the powerplay, though, isn’t impressive: 15 runs off 23 balls with two dismissals.
- RCB’s spinners Dagar and Himanshu have a combined one wicket in four matches in the IPL.
Pitch and conditions
The IPL 2024 opener will be played on the center wicket at Chepauk, which traditionally is a spin-friendly one. It is different from the sharp turner that was used for the Ranji Trophy fixture between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka last month.
IPL 2024 Venues
Twelve Indian stadiums will host the league stage matches. The Arun Jaitley Stadium will host the Delhi Capitals’ first two home games at ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium because it will not be available for use immediately following the 2024 Women’s Premier League. Mullanpur Cricket Stadium and IS Bindra Stadium will host Punjab Kings home games. Chennai’s M.A. Chidambaram Stadium will host the first game.
| City | Team | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmedabad | Gujarat Titans | Narendra Modi Stadium | 132,000 |
| Bengaluru | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | 35,000 |
| Chennai | Chennai Super Kings | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | 39,000 |
| Delhi | Delhi Capitals | Arun Jaitley Stadium | 35,200 |
| Hyderabad | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Rajiv Gandhi Stadium | 55,000 |
| Jaipur | Rajasthan Royals | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | 25,000 |
| Kolkata | Kolkata Knight Riders | Eden Gardens | 65,500 |
| Lucknow | Lucknow Super Giants | Ekana Cricket Stadium | 50,000 |
| Mohali | Punjab Kings | Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium | 26,000 |
| Mullanpur | Punjab Kings | Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium | 38,000 |
| Mumbai | Mumbai Indians | Wankhede Stadium | 33,108 |
| Vishakhapatnam | Delhi Capitals | ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium | 27,500 |
In conclusion
The first game of the IPL 2024 season is expected to be an exciting spectacle, with all eyes on Virat Kohli’s eagerly awaited comeback to the field and MS Dhoni’s new role. Fans may anticipate an exciting exhibition of cricketing expertise as these two renowned players showcase their abilities in this premier cricketing tournament. Viewers may keep up to speed on all the most recent information and analysis regarding this much-anticipated game as well as the whole Indian Premier League season by subscribing to updates from todaysheadline.com. Cricket fans everywhere are anticipating seeing the magic happen on the field as the suspense grows, laying the groundwork for what looks to be an exciting season.
