Head-to-head record
Chennai outclassed Bangalore when the two sides met first this season in Port Elizabeth, thumping them by 92 runs, the largest margin of victory in the tournament so far. But then came a thriller in Durban, where Bangalore beat Chennai with two balls and two wickets to spare to keep alive their semi-final hopes in a match that lurched both ways. The teams split their two contests last year: Bangalore caving in spectacularly at the Chinnaswamy Stadium to lose by 13 runs, Chennai returning the favor at Chepauk to go down by 14 runs.Batsmen-
Chennai's strong fort, Hayden will definitely be back and Hussey's return could boost the already strong batting..
RCB on the other hand do not have strong batsmen whom they can depend on, Kallis , Boucher and Ross Taylor have performed well on more than one occassion and Rahul is kind of back to form that augers well for the side..
The Indians in the side are far better in CSK than in RCB..
All rounders
Albie for CSK may just hold the key with the ball and some lusty blows at the end.. Raina too can cosider himself an all rounder..
Kallis is the lone all rounder here in RCB. He has been instrumental in many ways for the RCB resurgence..
Bowlers
This is Chennai's weak link.. Apart from Murali the other bowlers have not performed upto the mark which has made MSD lose his temper in the league matches.. On many a match it was Raina who brought them into the game and not any full time bowler..
RCB have a good bowling attack... Kumble has spearheaded the bowling and has been very economical too.. Kallis has also bowled well.. PK needs to do better..
Overall :
Chennai's super batting against RCB's good bowling is one part of the story !!
Mr.Not so cool MSD vs the old fox Kumble forms the other part..
This match may be too close to call.. RCB may fight towards a win or Chennai may cruise to a win !!
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