RCB vs CSK Head to Head Record in IPL History

Indian Premier League 2023 Match 24 will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium tomorrow. Popularly known as the South Indian derby, the encounter is doubtlessly one of the most keenly awaited league matches of the season.

RCB, who had defeated CSK by 13 runs in their last face-off, have won one but lost four out of their last five matches against this opposition. Historically, Bangalore don’t have the best of records against Chennai on the back of winning and 10 and losing 20 matches in the previous 15 IPL seasons.

Speaking particularly about the month of April, Royal Challengers have never been able to defeat Super Kings barring once in IPL 2019 out of 11 attempts. That being said, there isn’t a drastic difference between the two teams’ average innings totals against one another.

RCB vs CSK Head to Head Record in IPL History

Total number of matches played: 31

Matches won by RCB: 10

Matches won by CSK: 20

Matches played in April: 11 (RCB 1, CSK 9)

Matches played on Monday: 2 (RCB 1, CSK 1)

RCB average score against CSK: 155

CSK average score against RCB: 157

Most runs for RCB: 993 (Virat Kohli)

Most runs for CSK: 750 (MS Dhoni)

Most wickets for RCB: 12 (Harshal Patel)

Most wickets for CSK: 18 (Ravindra Jadeja)

Most catches for RCB: 15 (Virat Kohli)

Most catches for CSK: 15 (MS Dhoni)

NOTE: Only players part of current squads have been considered above (most runs, wickets and catches).

RCB vs CSK Head to Head at Chinnaswamy Stadium

RCB, however, have done comparatively well when it comes to facing Chennai in Bengaluru. In nine IPL matches in all these years, these two teams have won four matches each at this iconic venue.

Furthermore, it is worth a mention that the hosts has won 43 and lost 41 out of overall 89 matches here. The visitors, on the contrary, have won eight and lost four of their 13 matches in this city. Although by a small margin, Chennai (8.93) also have a better average run rate than Bangalore (8.83) at this stadium.

Readers must note that Royal Challengers will be hosting Super Kings after a four-year period. The last instance had witnessed a nail-biting contest where Mahendra Singh Dhoni had almost scored 26 runs in the last Umesh Yadav over to chase down a 162-run target. A career-best 84* (48) consisting of five fours and seven sixes was described as a “massive scare” by then captain of the home team in Virat Kohli.