After two consecutive defeats in the start of the journey, Rajasthan Royals will lock horns with the defending champions and the team on winning streak Chennai Super Kings. The 12th match of Indian Premier League season 12, Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals, is scheduled to be played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on Sunday, March 31 in the evening at 8 PM. MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings will not make any changes in case none is injured as they have been playing perfectly.
On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals too will deploy that same playing XI, especially when the All-Rounder Ben Stokes is contributing plenty with both bat and the ball. Sanju Samson will be the threat for Whistlepodu as the youngster has recently struck the first century in Indian Premier League season 12 against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Though the century goes in vain, the consistency is still there. Another big gun, Jos Buttler who didn’t shot much, but he needs to recoil himself once. And if that happens, then Buttler knows how to serve the bowlers with the buffet of sixes and fours.
Suresh Raina, the leading run scorer in IPL could come up in a devastating form, as he has scored 569 runs against Rajasthan Royals in the past 19 matches. Also, MS Dhoni will look ahead to change some on paper records, which says that MS Dhoni hasn’t scored a half-century against Rajasthan Royals in past 17 matches. The Spinners for Chennai Super Kings is a strength of the Yellow Army, as the spinners have taken 10 wickets in past two matches, most by any of the team in the tournament so far.
Probable XI:
Rajasthan Royals: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Sanju Samson, Steven Smith, Ben Stokes, Rahul Tripathi, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jofra Archer, Jaydev Unadkat, Shreyas Gopal, Dhawal Kulkarni
Chennai Super Kings: Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir
Teams:
Chennai Super Kings: Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni(w/c), Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir, Faf du Plessis, Murali Vijay, Sam Billings, Dhruv Shorey, N Jagadeesan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Karn Sharma, Mitchell Santner, Mohit Sharma, KM Asif, Monu Kumar
Rajasthan Royals: Ajinkya Rahane(c), Jos Buttler(w), Sanju Samson, Steven Smith, Ben Stokes, Rahul Tripathi, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jofra Archer, Jaydev Unadkat, Shreyas Gopal, Dhawal Kulkarni, Prashant Chopra, Manan Vohra, Aryaman Birla, Stuart Binny, Shashank Singh, Liam Livingstone, Shubham Ranjane, Ashton Turner, Riyan Parag, Mahipal Lomror, Ish Sodhi, Varun Aaron, Oshane Thomas, Sudhesan Midhun