Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Chennai Super Kings prediction and cricket betting tips

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Chennai Super Kings prediction

Royal Challengers Bengaluru lost seven of their first eight matches in this season's IPL before a five-match winning streak resuscitated their hopes of reaching the playoffs.

A comprehensive home victory over defending champions Chennai Super Kings would take RCB into the top four, at the expense of Chennai, although rain is forecast to disrupt Saturday's showdown.

A washout will seal CSK's top-four spot and a reduced-overs contest would make it harder for Bengaluru to overturn their visitors' net run-rate advantage.

Whatever the weather, RCB have to be aggressive but they are missing England international Will Jacks, who has returned home to prepare for next month's T20 World Cup.

Jacks impressed with 230 runs in eight innings at a strike-rate of 176 while opener Virat Kohli is the IPL's leading batsman this season with 661 runs in 13 knocks.

However, Kohli's opening partner Faf du Plessis could turn up the heat in a rain-shortened game and he is worth backing to top-score for the hosts.

The South African veteran – the leading six-hitter in the 2023 IPL – was dismissed for six in RCB's last home game but his previous two innings at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium were 64 off 23 balls against Gujarat and 62 off 28 against Hyderabad. 

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