IPL 2025 Match 8 CSK vs RCB: Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru - Top Cricket Betting Tips and Predictions - March 28

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Match Odds:- 

Win prediction - CSK (1.72) vs RCB (2.10) 

Venue Stats – MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk

It is marginal advantage to the team chasing at Chepauk. They have won 15 and lost 13 of the 28 encounters at the venue since 2021.

The average score batting first at Chepauk of 161 was amongst the lowest in IPL 2024. MI scored just 155 batting first in the first match at Chepauk this year.

The average strike rate at Chepauk was 133 last season which was the lowest amongst all major venues of the IPL.

The pitch at Chepauk has always assisted spin bowlers and thus it was not surprising to see the two Chinaman bowlers – Noor Ahmad and Vignesh Puthur – picking a total of 7 wickets in the MI-CSK encounter on Sunday. 

Probable XIIs: 

CSK : Ravindra, Tripathi, Gaikwad, Dube, Hooda, S Curran, Jadeja, Dhoni, Ashwin, N Ahmed, Ellis, K Ahmed 

RCB: Salt, Kohli, Padikkal, Patidar, Livingstone, J Sharma, David, K Pandya, Salam, Hazlewood, Dayal, S Sharma 

Pitch Report: 

The pitch at Chepauk is one of the few this tournament that will aid the bowlers, particularly spinners. Last season we saw 1^st innings scores of 173, 206, 137, 210, 212, 162 and 141 in the league phase, with 175 and 113 in the knock-outs, so an average of 170 (the competition average was 189) and we started this season with MI scoring 155/9.  

Unders looks the play: 

In a scenario that is looking increasingly rare for this competition, going unders looks the value here. Bet365 have their “Highest individual score” line at 72.5, that was only surpassed in 2 of CSK’s 7 home games last season, and if we include the play-off games this ground hosted that becomes only 2 from 9 games, so the line looks too high. Unders also copped in the 1 game here this season 

No Player to be raising their bat: 

Along a similar theme, “No fifty to be scored” at 9.00 (Bet365) looks good value on what we’ve seen at this ground in the recent past. In the games this ground hosted last season, 2 out of the 9 games saw no batsman pass 50, that improves to 2 in the 7 games that CSK played. CSK are very strong at home, they're a smart franchise who pick a bowling attack at auction time that suits their home ground and the conditions are different here from pretty much everywhere else in the league, so opposing batsmen find it very difficult.  

Hooda’s struggles to continue: 

Since the start of IPL 2023, Deepak Hooda has only cleared his runs line (17.5, William Hill/Paddy Power/Betfair) 3 times in 22 innings, he struggled on the slow pitches at Lucknow and he looks set for more pain here. He batted 5 last game, but if Gaikwad is still in from batting 3 they'd likely promote a left hander in Curran or Jadeja so there’s a good chance he slides down the order at some stage this season and has even less time at the crease. 

Noor to repeat his debut heroics: 

After struggling a little with his previous franchise, Noor Ahmed has hit the ground running with a MOTM-winning performance of 4-18 vs Mumbai at this ground. He’ll relish these conditions and has previous winning MOTM awards in other franchise leagues around the world (1 win in 12 games in the CPL, 2 wins in 16 games in the SA20) so 16/1 (PaddyPower/Betfair) looks like a play. 

Top Picks: 

• Highest Individual score under 72.5, 1.83 
• No 50 in the match, 9.00 
• Deepak Hooda under 17.5 runs, 1.83 
• Noor Ahmad MOTM, 17.00 
• Win prediction - CSK (1.72) vs RCB (2.10)

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