NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) face an uphill battle as they give the impression of being to finish a 17-year winless streak towards Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Friday.
RCB have solely managed a single victory at Chepauk in IPL historical past, a 14-run win on Could 21, 2008, throughout the event’s inaugural season. Since then, CSK have dominated, successful eight out of eight encounters on the venue.
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STATS: RCB vs CKS at Chepauk

Since RCB’s win in 2008, CSK went on to win the IPL title a report 5 instances, whereas RCB are nonetheless looking for their first title. So their Chepauk report virtually mirrored the 2 groups fortune within the event.
Chepauk’s spin-friendly circumstances have constantly performed to CSK’s benefit, and this season is not any completely different. The return of Ravichandran Ashwin strengthens their bowling assault, complementing Ravindra Jadeja and Afghanistan’s Noor Ahmad. The trio demonstrated their effectiveness towards Mumbai Indians, limiting them to 70 for 5 in 11 overs.

RCB’s batting lineup, led by Virat Kohli, might want to counter CSK’s spin risk. Whereas Kohli has improved towards spin, utilizing sweeps and slog sweeps extra successfully, he would require assist from Phil Salt, Krunal Pandya and Tim David.
With historical past towards them, RCB should ship an distinctive efficiency to beat their Chepauk curse.