In the 8th match of IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings won the toss and invited RCB to bat first. In this match being played in Chepock, both teams made one change in their playing XI. Chennai gave a chance to her fast bowler Mathisha Pathirana. Nathan Alice sat outside with the arrival of Mathisha. On the other hand, Bengaluru gave Bhuvneshwar Kumar a chance, who could not play the first match due to injury. Bhuvi replaced Rasik salute.

RCB's playing XI

Virat Kohli, Philip Soult, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Liam Livingston, Jitesh Sharma, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood and Yash Dayal.

Chennai Super Kings playing XI

Rachin Ravindra, Rituraj Gaikwad, Rahul Tripathi, Deepak Hooda, Sam Curran, Rabindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, R Ashwin, Noor Ahmed, Mathish Pathirana and Khalil Ahmed.

Thorns

Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore always have a thorn collision. However, CSK's upper hand in the figures is heavy. The big thing is that this match is being held at Chepock Stadium where RCB last won the match against Chennai in 2008. In such a situation, this match against Chennai will not be easy for RCB.