This is a fixture that has given many a memorable clashes in the past but rarely have CSK gone into it being such clear underdogs. This is only RCB’s second match this season but they started it off with an emphatic win against the Sunrisers Hyderabad, making a run-chase of 202 look like child’s play.

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CSK, on the other hand, have lost both their matches thus far and they rarely ever looked capable of challenging for a victory in both. They started the season off with an eight-wicket loss to Rajasthan Royals and then followed that up with a five-wicket defeat to the Punjab Kings. The latter was their sixth consecutive defeat at home.

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