IPL 2019: 3 Team battles to watch out for

#2 Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli

The South Indian derby between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore is one of the most enormous rivalries in IPL. The competition between the present Indian captain Virat Kohli and former Indian captain MS Dhoni makes it even more special.

The two teams have confronted each other in 23 matches, 22 times in IPL and 1 time in CLT20. CSK have the upper hand as they have won 15 matches, while RCB has managed to win just 7 matches 1 match ended with no result.

Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina have been part of 22 out of 23 matches and are also the leading run scorer in CSK-RCB rivalry for their respective teams. Kohli has scored 746 runs against CSK, while Raina has scored 650 runs against RCB.

Out of current roster players, Dwayne Bravo with 10 wickets and Yuzvendra Chahal with 8 wickets are leading wicket-taker for their respective teams from current players in CSK vs RCB matches.

The three-time champions CSK will battle it out with RCB in the season opener on March 23 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. It will be worth watching who will start their campaign with a win.