CSK vs RCB, IPL 2024, Match 1: Stats Preview of Players' Records and Approaching Milestones

The highly awaited seventeenth edition of the Indian Premier League is set to kick-start on March 22, 2024, at the famous MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai. The defending champions Chennai Super Kings are all set to face the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the curtain raiser on March 22nd. After three long seasons, the Indian Premier League will have the home-and-away format yet again.

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The seventeenth edition of IPL will witness a new rule that a bowler can bowl a maximum of two bouncers in an over which was already implemented in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) 2024 and was successful too. This will surely help all the bowlers get an edge back in a sport that is increasingly favouring batters.  

The Captain Cool MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings had the best of IPL last season as they not only won the championship but also won eight games during the group stage. It was an entire team effort as every individual chipped in with runs and wickets in different situations.

The addition of Rachin Ravindra and Daryl Mitchell has given an extra balance to the already good-looking unit of Chennai Super Kings. Both the all-rounders can give their valuable contribution in all the departments thereby boosting the strength of the team. Chennai will miss the services of their key players Devon Conway and Matheesha Pathirana at least till the first half of IPL due to injuries. MS Dhoni will most likely be seen in yellow-jersey one last time this season with captaincy duties handed over to Gaikwad for the IPL 2024. 

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru, on the other hand, had an IPL to forget in 2023 as they finished sixth and failed to qualify for the playoffs after qualifying for three consecutive years. The addition of Cameron Green would see the balance in both departments and will also brighten their chances of winning more matches in the upcoming edition also he is in magnificent form in 2024 and performed brilliantly in IPL 2023.

Virat Kohli is making his return to cricket after a long break because of his personal commitments. Faf Du Plessis and Dinesh Karthik will also be playing after a long time. Moreover, Dinesh Karthik is playing his last IPL.

Meanwhile, let us look at the stats and numbers ahead of the Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru clash.

CSK vs RCB Head-to-Head: RCB and CSK have met each other 31 times in the tournament’s history with the Challengers winning only on ten occasions and the Super Kings clinching twenty victories. One game ended with no result.

4 - Ajinkya Rahane (96) needs another four sixes to reach 100 sixes in IPL.

1 - Ravindra Jadeja (99) needs one six to reach 100 sixes in IPL.

3 - Ravindra Jadeja (97) needs three catches to reach 100 catches in IPL.

1 - MS Dhoni (349) needs one boundary to reach 350 fours in IPL.

1 - Moeen Ali (99) needs one catch to reach 100 catches in T20.

3 - Daryl Mitchell (97) needs another three catches to reach 100 catches in T20.

2 - Mahesh Theekshana (148) needs another two wickets to reach 150 wickets in T20.

1 - Ajinkya Rahane (249) is set to play his 250th T20 Match.

100 - Ajinkya Rahane (4400) needs another hundred runs to reach 4500 runs in IPL.

5 - Faf du Plessis (145) needs another five sixes to reach 150 sixes in IPL.

7 - Virat Kohli (643) needs another seven fours to reach 650 fours in IPL.

6 - Virat Kohli (11994) needs six more runs to reach 12000 runs in T20.

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6 - Glenn Maxwell (44) needs six more catches to reach 50 catches in IPL.

4 - Dinesh Karthik (296) needs four more dismissals to reach 300 keeping dismissals in T20.