Bangalore, May 18 (): The 70th IPL match will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday, May 18 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore.
Positions of Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the points table:
| Points Tally | |||||
| Team |
P |
W |
L |
RR |
Points |
| Chennai Super Kings |
15 |
11 |
4 |
0.625 |
22 |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore |
15 |
8 |
7 |
0.387 |
16 |
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Being the last match for both the teams, RCB is in the position of a must-win game. Also, RCB has to beat CSK with a higher run-rate for a place in the semi-final of the Pepsi IPL-6 T20 tournament, as Kings XI Punjab and Sunrisers are also in the race for the same spot.
Chris Gayle has been happy hunting in Bangalore ground; he has scored 504 runs in Bangalore out of the 680 runs with a best of 175 not out this season.
Besides Chris Gayle, RCB captain Virat Kohli and hitter A.B. de Villiers have been in top form throughout the tournament in the home ground as well as other grounds.
On the bowling side, Ravi Rampaul, Murali Kartik, Jaydev Unadkat and Vinay Kumar have done well in patches but they have failed to bowl as a unit.
Team Royal Challengers Bangalore
V Kohli, MA Agarwal, KP Appanna, S Aravind, KB Arun Karthik, CD Barnwell, DT Christian, AB de Villiers, TM Dilshan, CH Gayle, MC Henriques, SP Jackson, M Kartik, Z Khan, AB McDonald, A Mithun, A Mukund, M Muralitharan, KK Nair, Pankaj Singh, P Parameswaran, HV Patel, CA Pujara, KL Rahul, R Rampaul, S Sandeep Warrier, RP Singh, S Sohal, J Syed Mohammad, SS Tiwary, JD Unadkat, DL Vettori, R Vinay Kumar, VH Zol
Chennai Super Kings
Chennai have sealed a spot in the top 2 and will face off against Mumbai in the qualifier.
Michael Hussey stands second in the runs scoring with 640 runs. He has been the most consistent batsman for Chennai and has given good starts in almost all the matches. His experience will be important for the Chennai side as they get into the play-offs.
Team Chennai Super Kings
MS Dhoni, S Anirudha, B Aparajith, R Ashwin, S Badrinath, DJ Bravo, A Dananjaya, F du Plessis, BW Hilfenhaus, JO Holder, MEK Hussey, Imtiaz Ahmed, RA Jadeja, SB Jakati, R Karthikeyan, KMDN Kulasekara, B Laughlin, RG More, JA Morkel, CH Morris, DP Nannes, SK Raina, AS Rajpoot, WP Saha†, V Shankar, MM Sharma, M Vijay
Full points table after May 17 matches
| Points Tally | |||||
| Team |
P |
W |
L |
RR |
Points |
| Mumbai Indians |
15 |
11 |
4 |
0.64 |
22 |
| Chennai Super Kings |
15 |
11 |
4 |
0.625 |
22 |
| Rajasthan Royals |
16 |
10 |
6 |
0.322 |
20 |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad |
15 |
9 |
6 |
0.031 |
18 |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore |
15 |
8 |
7 |
0.387 |
16 |
| Kings XI Punjab |
15 |
7 |
8 |
0.068 |
14 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders |
14 |
6 |
8 |
-0.044 |
12 |
| Delhi Daredevils |
15 |
3 |
12 |
-0.775 |
6 |
| Pune Warriors |
14 |
2 |
12 |
-1.314 |
4 |
