05 May, 19:27 (IST)

Happy faces in the Chennai Super Kings' camp as the team wins the game by 6 wickets. With this I, Dhairya Ingle sign off from the live blog. Stick around as Aamir Salati brings you live updates from Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Daredevils 

05 May, 19:21 (IST)

Yuzvendra Chahal comes to bowl his third over. Gives a wide on the first ball and then Dhoni hits three SIXES against the turn. No balls and wides cost the RCB dearly as Chennai Super Kings win the game by 6 Wickets 

05 May, 19:14 (IST)

Grandhomme comes into finish his last over. CSK focussing on singles as of now. 6 runs off the last over only through singes. 

05 May, 19:10 (IST)

Murugan Ashwin comes to bowl his third over and gets hit for a SIX and a FOUR. 11 runs off the last over. The dropped catch could cost dearly for the Royal Challengers Bangalore. 100 comes up for CSK 

05 May, 19:03 (IST)

Grandhomme comes back into the attack and RCB looking to break the partnership between Bravo and Dhoni. Only 3 runs off the last over. Time to revise all the strategies at the strategic time out. 

05 May, 19:00 (IST)

Murugan Ashwin comes into bowl and Dwayne Bravo dropped once again by Yuzvendra Chahal. Only 4 runs off the last over for Chennai Super Kings. 

05 May, 18:56 (IST)

Grandhomme into the attack and gets rids of Dhruv Shorey on 8. Dwayne Bravo the new man in for Chennai Super Kings. Parthiv Patel DROPS Dwayne Bravo on 0. 

05 May, 18:51 (IST)

Murugan Ashwin strikes on the first delivery as he gets rid of Ambati Rayudu as he gets OUT on 32. Mohammed Siraj on the slip makes no mistake. MS Dhoni the new man in for CSK. Ashwin bowls a couple of wides

05 May, 18:45 (IST)

Grandhomme comes to bowl his first over and Rayudu hits a FOUR on the leg side. 7 runs off the last over. 

05 May, 18:41 (IST)

Mohammed Siraj comes to bowl. RCB needs another wicket desperately to slow down the game further. Dhruv Shorey ends the over with a big SIX. 

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We are in the day 29 of the IPL 2018 and it’s a doubleheader. The first match will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Maharashtra Cricket Association, Pune. The last time the two met at the Chinnaswamy Stadium skipper MS Dhoni played a crackling knock of 70 runs which ultimately led the team to victory.

Talking about the match, so far, CSK has defeated RCB in the last 5 games between the two teams. However, RCB to avoid being virtually ousted from the IPL 2018 contest will be seen putting in their heart and souls into the match. The good news for the RCB fans is that AB de Villiers who missed out on a couple of matches is back in the squad. CSK is currently placed on number 2 whereas RCB features on 6 of the IPL 2018 Points Table. The temperatures will also test the patience of the players. So match number 35 would be an interesting game.

Teams:

Predicted XI: Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (C & WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Karn Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Lungisani Ngidi, KM Asif

Predicted XI: Parthiv Patel/Manan Vohra, Brendon McCullum, Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers, Mandeep Singh, Colin de Grandhomme, Washington Sundar, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal