RCB vs CSK: Stars who dominate this fiery rivalry!

• RCB begins their IPL title defense with a win, facing CSK on April 5 at Bengaluru.
• Historically, CSK leads RCB 21-13 in IPL matchups, with Virat Kohli holding the record for most runs in these encounters.
• MS Dhoni will miss Sunday's match, potentially opening a spot for Dewald Brevis in CSK's lineup.

After kicking off their IPL title defence with a dominating win by 6 wickets over Sunrisers Hyderabad in the first match of IPL 2026 on March 28, defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru will take

on Chennai Super Kings in their second league match of the ongoing season on Sunday, April 5. The match between the two star-studded teams is scheduled to take place at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

While RCB have won their only IPL 2026 match played so far, Chennai Super Kings suffered back-to-back defeats against Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings. The Chennai-based franchise went down by 8 wickets against RR in their first match on March 30 and lost the second game against Shreyas Iyer & Co. by 5 wickets in Chennai on Friday, April 3. In the fixture played at MA Chidamabaram Stadium, riding on Ayush Mhatre’s half-century, CSK posted a total of 209/5 but failed to defend it.

Star wicketkeeper-batter and former CSK captain MS Dhoni is set to miss the match against RCB, but there is a possibility that South Africa’s Dewald Brevis will feature in the match after missing the first two due to an injury.

RCB vs CSK: Head-to-head in IPL

• Matches played: 35
• RCB won: 13
• CSK won: 21
• No result: 1

Results for RCB vs CSK matches in IPL

WINNER	MARGIN	LOSER	VENUE	DATE
Chennai Super Kings	13 runs	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	Bengaluru	April 28, 2008
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	14 runs	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	May 21, 2008
Chennai Super Kings	92 runs	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	Gqeberha	April 20, 2009
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	2 wickets	Chennai Super Kings	Durban	May 14, 2009
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	6 wickets	Chennai Super Kings	Johannesburg	May 23, 2009
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	36 runs	Chennai Super Kings	Bengaluru	March 23, 2010
Chennai Super Kings	5 wickets	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	Chennai	March 31, 2010
Chennai Super Kings	21 runs	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	Chennai	April 16, 2011
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	8 wickets	Chennai Super Kings	Bengaluru	May 22, 2011
Chennai Super Kings	6 wickets	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	Mumbai (WS)	May 24, 2011
Chennai Super Kings	58 runs	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	Chennai	May 28, 2011
Chennai Super Kings	5 wickets	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	Chennai	April 12, 2012
	No Result		Bengaluru	April 25, 2012
Chennai Super Kings	4 wickets	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	Chennai	April 13, 2013
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	24 runs	Chennai Super Kings	Bengaluru	May 18, 2013
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	5 wickets	Chennai Super Kings	Ranchi	May 18, 2014
Chennai Super Kings	8 wickets	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	Bengaluru	May 24, 2014
Chennai Super Kings	27 runs	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	Bengaluru	April 22, 2015
Chennai Super Kings	24 runs	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	Chennai	May 4, 2015
Chennai Super Kings	3 wickets	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	Ranchi	May 22, 2015
Chennai Super Kings	5 wickets	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	Bengaluru	April 25, 2018
Chennai Super Kings	6 wickets	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	Pune	May 5, 2018
Chennai Super Kings	7 wickets	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	Chennai	March 23, 2019
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	1 run	Chennai Super Kings	Bengaluru	April 21, 2019
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	37 runs	Chennai Super Kings	Dubai	October 10, 2020
Chennai Super Kings	8 wickets	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	Dubai	October 25, 2020
Chennai Super Kings	69 runs	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	Mumbai (WS)	April 25, 2021
Chennai Super Kings	6 wickets	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	Sharjah	September 24, 2021
Chennai Super Kings	23 runs	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	Navi Mumbai	April 12, 2022
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	13 runs	Chennai Super Kings	Pune	May 4, 2022
Chennai Super Kings	8 runs	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	Bengaluru	April 17, 2023
Chennai Super Kings	6 wickets	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	Chennai	March 22, 2024
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	27 runs	Chennai Super Kings	Bengaluru	May 18, 2024
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	50 runs	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	March 28, 2025
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	2 runs	Chennai Super Kings	Bengaluru	May 3, 2025

Top performers and record-holders in IPL matches between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Chennai Super Kings:

• Highest total: 226/6 in 20 overs by Chennai Super Kings in Bengaluru on April 17, 2023.
• Lowest total: 70/10 in 17.1 overs by Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Chennai on March 23, 2019.
• Biggest win (by runs): Chennai Super King won by 92 runs (Target: 180) in Gqeberha on April 20, 2009.
• Biggest win (by wickets): Chennai Super King secured a win by 8 wickets (Target: 155) in Bengaluru on May 24, 2014.
• Most runs: 1146 runs in 35 matches by Virat Kohli for Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
• Highest score: 95* runs from 46 balls by Shivam Dube for Chennai Super Kings in Navi Mumbai on April 12, 2022.
• Most sixes: 48 maximums in 35 matches by Virat Kohli for Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
• Most 50+ scores: 10 scores of 50+ by Virat Kohli for Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
• Most wickets: 18 wickets in 24 matches by Ravindra Jadeja for Chennai Super Kings.
• Best bowling figures: 4 for 10 in four overs by Ashish Nehra for Chennai Super King on April 22, 2015 in Bengaluru.
• Most matches: 35 matches by Virat Kohli for Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

Likely playing XIs of RCB and CSK for IPL 2026 match on April 5

• Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Rajat Patidar (C), Jitesh Sharma (WK), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Abhinandan Singh, Jacob Duffy, Suyash Sharma. Impact player: Devdutt Padikkal, Jacob Bethell, Rasikh Salam Dar, Kanishk Chouhan, Venkatesh Iyer
• Chennai Super Kings: Sanju Samson (WK), Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brevis, Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Matt Henry, Khaleel Ahmed. Impact player: Kartik Sharma, Prashant Veer, Rahul Chahar,Ramakrishna Ghosh, Gurjapneet Singh

Squads for IPL 2026

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Rajat Patidar (C), Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Tim David, Jitesh Sharma(w), Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Jacob Duffy, Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Salam Dar, Venkatesh Iyer, Mangesh Yadav, Vihaan Malhotra, Vicky Ostwal, Abhinandan Singh, Jacob Bethell, Jordan Cox, Swapnil Singh, Kanishk Chouhan, Satvik Deswal

Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Sanju Samson (WK), Ayush Mhatre, Matthew Short, Kartik Sharma, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Noor Ahmad, Matt Henry, Anshul Kamboj, Khaleel Ahmed, Sarfaraz Khan, Prashant Veer, Rahul Chahar, Gurjapneet Singh, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Akeal Hosein, MS Dhoni, Shreyas Gopal, Spencer Johnson, Mukesh Choudhary, Aman Khan, Dewald Brevis, Zakary Foulkes, Urvil Patel