Bangalore vs. Chennai, IPL: Date, Time, Live Stream, TV Info and Preview

Royal Challengers Bangalore will be hoping to register their first home win of the Indian Premier League season when they host Chennai Super Kings on Wednesday.

The match pits India's current Test skipper, Virat Kohli, up against Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who is still in charge of the national team in ODI and Twenty20 cricket.

Date: Wednesday, April 22

Time: 8 p.m. local/3:30 p.m. BST/10:30 a.m. ET

Venue: M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Weather: The forecast, according to AccuWeather.com, suggests a strong possibility of a thunderstorm in the afternoon in Bangalore, though things should clear up in the evening.

TV Info and Live Stream: Sony Six, Star Sports HD, Star Sports 1 (India), Sky Sports (United Kingdom), SuperSport (South Africa), OSN (UAE), SkyTV ( New Zealand), Network Ten (Australia), Channel 9 (Bangladesh), Sportsnet and Omini (Canada), Sports Max (West Indies), Geo Super (Pakistan), Starhub (Singapore).

Overview

Bangalore will be looking to bounce back from Sunday's disappointing loss to the previously winless Mumbai, a result that left them sitting at the bottom of the table.

They allowed the struggling Indians to score 209 for seven batting first, despite South African all-rounder David Wiese picking up a four-wicket haul on his IPL debut.

However, help has arrived from Australia to boost the Royal Challengers' struggling bowling attack.

Mitchell Starc flew into India on Monday, per Cricket Australia. The left-arm paceman has yet to be involved in the current IPL campaign due to a minor knee injury.

With Wiese hitting an unbeaten 47 in his side's unsuccessful run chase against Mumbai, Rilee Rossouw could be the overseas player who makes way for Starc. It seems unlikely the Royal Challengers would leave out either Chris Gayle or AB de Villiers to accommodate a bowler.

Chennai, meanwhile, were on a three-game winning streak until they came up against the Rajasthan Royals last Friday.

Still, there were a few positives to come out of their first defeat of the season, starting with Dwayne Bravo making 62 not out in a below-par total of 156 for four.

The West Indian all-rounder also picked up a wicket in the second half of the match against the Royals, taking his tally for 2015 to a team-high seven.

Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja took the only other Rajasthan wicket to fall, in the process breaking his duck with the ball for the year. 

But skipper Dhoni was not too concerned by the heavy eight-wicket defeat. He said at the post-match presentation, per Cricbuzz.com: "This is a long tournament, so, it doesn't really matter (one loss). We didn't lose by a massive margin, and hopefully, we will get better."

Key players

Bangalore

It has not yet been confirmed if Starc will be ready to go on Wednesday, but the Royal Challengers will be desperate to select him following his recent arrival in India.

The 25-year-old played a leading role in Australia's march to glory at the Cricket World Cup, taking 22 wickets at an average of 10.18.

Chennai

Dhoni has scored 117 runs in four innings so far, but he is yet to really lay down a marker in the tournament.

The wicketkeeper-batsman faced 37 deliveries for his unbeaten 31 against Rajasthan, an uncharacteristically slow-paced innings for a man who has built a big reputation as a limited-overs expert. 

Squads

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Varun Aaron, Sean Abbott, Abu Nechim, S Badrinath, Shishir Bhavane, Manvinder Bisla, Yuzvendra Chahal, AB de Villiers, Ashok Dinda, Chris Gayle, Iqbal Abdulla, Dinesh Karthik, Sarfaraz Khan, Nic Maddinson, Mandeep Singh, Adam Milne, Harshal Patel, Rilee Rossouw, Darren Sammy, Sandeep Warrier, Jalaj Saxena, Mitchell Starc, Yogesh Takawale, David Wiese, Vijay Zol

Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni, Eklavya Dwivedi, Kyle Abbott, Baba Aparajith, Ravichandran Ashwin, Samuel Badree, Ankush Bains, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Matt Henry, Michael Hussey, Ravindra Jadeja, Brendon McCullum, Mithun Manhas, Ronit More, Pawan Negi, Ashish Nehra, Ishwar Pandey, Irfan Pathan, Pratyush Singh, Suresh Raina, Mohit Sharma, Rahul Sharma, Dwayne Smith, Andrew Tye