IPL 2021, RCB vs CSK Predicted Playing 11: Sam Curran to return for Chennai Super Kings?

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will look to get back to winning ways but have an uphill task in their hands as they face the in-form Chennai Super Kings (CSK). RCB were blown away by Kolkata Knight Riders upon resumption of their season.

The match will be played in Sharjah, which is traditionally a good ground for batsmen. It means it is unlikely that RCB will make any changes to their batting order which features the likes of Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and Glenn Maxwell.

Sam Curran was unavailable for CSK in their 20-run win against the Mumbai Indians but that may not be the case in the match against RCB. CSK went top of the table with their win in the previous match.

RCB, on the other hand, looked nothing like the team that finished the first half of the season within the top three of the points table. They could hardly get any momentum going in their batting and set up a target of 93, which KKR chased with 10 overs to spare.

RCB: Virat Kohli (captain), Devdutt Padikkal, KS Bharat (wicketkeeper), AB de Villiers, Glenn Maxwell, Tim David/Sachin Baby, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj and Kyle Jamieson/Navdeep Saini

CSK: Faf du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (captain & wicketkeeper), Ambati Rayudu, Sam Curran, Dwayne Bravo, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur and Ravindra Jadeja