🏏IPL 2025 - Match 52 RCB vs CSK at Chinnaswamy @7:30 PM IST🏏 - Page 4

As of there is no rain. Looks good.

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We all cheering for csk here right guys

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Pitch and Conditions: "It is an absolute pleasure to be here at the iconic venue the Chinnaswamy Stadium for another match. The first thing that I am very pleased about is up above, we have got clear skies and that is a blessing because we have had a lot of rain here in the last couple of days in Bengaluru. We are standing on pitch number 7 which is dead center, so the dimensions are equidistant - 64 meters either side and down the ground is 73 meters, so guys have been powering the ball over the fence here over the years. We have had a couple of varying scores on this pitch, 160 and a 200. This pitch looks very nice and the one thing that stands out - it is a little bit dry than we have seen throughout the tournament. Not much grass cover. There is not going to be as much tennis ball bounce as we have seen throughout the tournament so far that means the ball is going to come on a bit better and the batters can trust the bounce a little bit more. I would be surprised if the team batting first didn't set a high total." - inform Ian Bishop and Shane Watson.

"This is a little more curious... Josh Hazlewood hasn't been part of the warmups as yet. He was in a huddle with the Flower-Bobat-Freddie WIlde. Now he's just casually chatting with Nathan Ellis by the pitch. The guy doing all the work on the side wicket is Nuwan Thushara!" says an eagle-eyed Kaushik. In 5 minutes he pings with another update - "Lungi Ngidi has just marked his run-up!! Hazlewood still chatting away with Ellis, looking more and more like a player that isn't playing today."

6:40pm CSK's season has not gone to plan, and that is putting things mildly. RCB, on the other hand, are one of the teams to beat and within touching distance of making the next round. Will that take the edge out of IPL's tastiest fixture?

Vkumar: "Will CSK give chances to more youngsters today?As a CSK fan looking forward to see how the future is shaping up for our beloved franchise." -- They have been inclined to do so, with Mhatre, Rasheed and Brevis all getting gigs so far. If they go down that route, Vansh Bedi could be another youngster they hand a cap to.

6:48pm Ashish with another snippet from the venue: MS Dhoni has just walked out to a rousing reception from the Bengaluru crowd. He straight away goes to Stephen Fleming for a quick chat and then goes for a football warmup with Conway and Overton.

Ajay Korade: "Watching the lights of Chinnaswamy from Vidhana Soudha. No chance of rain today. But the heat is unbearable so you can't tell with the unpredictable Bengaluru weather." -- So far so good at the Chinnaswamy. But knowing the Bengaluru weather, the best thing perhaps is to keep fingers crossed and refrain from speculating (read jinxing)!