IPL match today, CSK vs RCB: Dream 11 Team Prediction, head to head, MA Chidambaram Stadium pitch report, weather in Chennai

Under the leadership of Ruturaj Gaikwad, the Chennai Super Kings will face off against Rajat Patidar’s Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their Indian Premier League 2025 match today (March 28) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Both teams are entering this encounter on the back of confident victories: RCB secured a seven-wicket win against the Kolkata Knight Riders in their season opener at Eden Gardens, while CSK triumphed over their long-time rivals, the Mumbai Indians, by four wickets.
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After a heated previous season, the rivalry between these franchises has intensified, promising a thrilling matchup.

Chennai has continued to offer the slowest conditions of all venues in the IPL. There's something that comes to the fore for both batters and bowlers, especially the spinners.
In the last match at this venue, Mumbai Indians were stuck on a slow surface and Chennai Super Kings were able to control the flow of the game courtesy their experienced spin attack of Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin and young Afghan sensation Noor Ahmad.
While RCB bring in Krunal Pandya and Suyash Sharma, who can make a mark as well, CSK’s bowling against the RCB batting, especially the top order, could be decisive.

CSK: Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Rachin Ravindra, Deepak Hooda, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, MS Dhoni(wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Nathan Ellis, Khaleel Ahmed
Impact Sub: Rahul Tripathi, Kamlesh Nagarkoti
RCB: Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Impact Sub: Devdutt Padikkal/Yash Dayal

Chennai Super Kings squad: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Matheesha Pathirana, Noor Ahmad, Ravichandran Ashwin, Devon Conway, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Sam Curran, Shaik Rashid, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Choudhary, Deepak Hooda, Gurjanpreet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Jamie Overton, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishnan Ghosh, Shreyas Gopal, Vansh Bedi, Andre Siddarth.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru squad: Rajat Patidar (c), Virat Kohli, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Liam Livingstone, Rasikh Salam, Suyash Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Nuwan Thushara, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethel, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chhikara, Lungi Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathee.

Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru have played 33 matches against each other in the IPL. CSK have won 21 of those matches while RCB triumphed in 11, one finished without a result. Their most recent meeting went RCB's way by 27 runs.
Most interestingly, RCB’s only victory against CSK at Chepauk came way back in 2008. Otherwise it is 8 wins in 9 for CSK at home vs RCB.

Chennai is slated to get a dry and hot evening with no possibility of rain. The temperature is expected to hover just a touch over 30 degrees Celsius, with partly cloudy sky.