The 1st match of the IPL 2024 season will be played between Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. However, Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and opted to bat first.

While the legend MS Dhoni has stepped down from his captaincy duty, young Ruturaj Gaikwad will lead the team. On the other hand, Royal Challengers Bengaluru will try to start the campaign with a win. They will also try to win the IPL title this year and make it a double as their Women’s Team has won the Women’s Premier League (WPL) this year.

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CSK vs RCB, Match 1, IPL 2024: Who said what at the toss?

Faf du Plessis: We’ll bat first. Looks a good wicket, conditions here are a bat first wicket. First time back here, great to see the Chennai fans again but I’m here with RCB and hopefully we can turn over a very good CSK team. Prep has been good, we need to turn up now. A seasoned campaigner, brings that experience. Really good, our bowling resources fit well. Got more backup. Hopefully, injuires don’t bother us too much. Alzarri Joseph comes in tonight, got a few spinners in the middle. And since we are batting first, we’ll see how it goes.

Ruturaj Gaikwad: Feel privledged. But I want to try and be in my shoes, not fill anybody’s shoes. (On captaincy) I got to know last week, but Mahi bhai hinted at it last year. Everyone is experienced here, sadly we are missing Conway and Pathirana. We’ve got Rachin and Mitchell coming in though this year so they should fit in well. Looks like a good pitch, a hard surface that should hold up well for the second innings. Four overseas – Mitchell, Rachin, Fizz and Theekshana. The domestic player Sameer Rizvi is making his debut as well.

Playing XIs

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Faf du Plessis(c), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik(w), Anuj Rawat, Karn Sharma, Alzarri Joseph, Mayank Dagar, Mohammed Siraj

Subs: Yash Dayal, Akash, Prabhudessai, Swapnil, Vyshak

Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Ravindra Jadeja, Sameer Rizvi, MS Dhoni(w), Deepak Chahar, Maheesh Theekshana, Mustafizur Rahman, Tushar Deshpande

Subs: Shardul Thakur, Shivam Dube, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu, Moeen Ali