Since Chennai Super Kings’ return to the Indian Premier League in 2019, there has not been a match in the tournament between MS Dhoni’s men...
Since Chennai Super Kings’ return to the Indian Premier League in 2019, there has not been a match in the tournament between MS Dhoni’s men and Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore when both sides have come into it as the league’s form teams. On Sunday in Mumbai, No 1 RCB take on No 2 CSK, with the former winning all of their four matches so far while the latter having won three on the trot after losing their opener.
In 2018, when CSK made their return to the league, Dhoni lit up the Chinnaswamy Stadium in a thriller in their first meeting and later CSK eased past RCB in the meeting in Pune. On both occasions, RCB were struggling to put together a run of wins.
In 2019, the two faced off in the tournament opener that comfortably went CSK’s way after RCB were bowled out for 70. Later on in the season, RCB clinched a thriller by one run but they started the match 10 points behind CSK.
In 2020, Virat Kohli produced a masterclass in the first meeting when both teams were looking for mid-season momentum from the middle of the table. Later in the campaign, CSK only had a theoretical chance to...
