Bhuvneshwar Kumar was included in the playing XI; Chennai also made a significant alteration.

IPL 2025, CSK vs RCB: The 8th match of IPL 2025 MA of Chepock. The Chidambaram Stadium is being played between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore on 28 March. CSK captain Rituraj Gaikwad has won the toss and invited Bengaluru to bat first. Rituraj has chosen the first bowling due to the du factor. Both teams have made one change in their playing 11 for this high-voltage clash. Let us tell you-

Mathisha Pathirana’s entry in CSK’s playing 11

Mathisha Pathirana has entered the playing 11 for the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore, who was out of the first match due to injury. Pathirana replaced Nathan Ellis in the team. Nathan Alice’s performance against Mumbai Indians in the last match was quite poor, giving 38 runs by giving one wicket in 4 overs.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar got a chance in RCB’s playing 11

Royal Challengers Bangalore played the first match against Kolkata Knight Riders. Bhuvneshwar Kumar was not a part of the playing 11 of this match. According to reports, Bhuvi was ill. RCB made only one change in their playing 11 in the match against CSK. The team has given Bhuvi a chance by excluding Rasikh Dar.

CSK vs RCB: See both teams playing 11

Chennai Super Kings-

Rachin Ravindra, Rituraj Gaikwad (captain), Rahul Tripathi, Deepak Huda, Sam Curren, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmed, Mathisha Pathirana, Khalil Ahmed

Impact players– Shivam Dubey, Kamlesh Nagerkoti, Vijay Shankar, Jamie Overton, Sheikh Rashid

Royal Challengers Bangalore-

Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (Captain), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal

Impact players– Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Dar Salaam, Jacob Bethel, Swapnil Singh, Manoj Bhandage