Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will face Rajasthan Royals (RR) today in the 18th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Match will start at Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium in Delhi at 7:30 pm. Both teams have already been out of the tournament.
RR and CSK will play against each other this season. Rajasthan won by 6 runs at Guwahati Stadium on March 30.
This will be the last match of Rajasthan season. The team has won only 3 wins in 13 matches and is ninth. On the other hand, Chennai Super Kings will play its 13th match. CSK ranks last in the points table after 9 defeats this season. The two teams will play against each other for the first time at Arun Jaitley stadium.
Match Details, 62nd Match CSK VS RR Date: 20 May Stadium: Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, Delhi Time: Toss – 7:00 PM, Match Starts – 7:30 PM
Chennai's pressure in the Head to Head CSK has been dominated by the two teams in 30 matches so far. Chennai has won 16 and RR in 14 matches. However, RR has won four matches in five matches between the two teams played since 2022.
Second Top Wicket Take of Noor IPL-18 The biggest positive aspect of this season for Chennai has been the bowling of Afghan Chinaman spinner Noor Ahmed. The team has been dropped from the tournament, but Noor has taken 20 wickets in 12 matches as the second top wicket techer of the season. His best performance is to take 4 wickets for 18 runs.
The middle order Better Shivam Dubey has been the best batter for the team in the batting department. He has scored 301 runs in 12 games. No other batter could score more than 300 runs except Dubey. On the other hand, this year's IPL has been okay for team all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja.
However, Jadeja's record is good against Betters in Rajasthan. Rajasthan captain Sanju Samson has been dismissed by Jadeja 3 times, while Samson could score against him at a strike rate of just 131. Jadeja has also dismissed Vanindu Hasranga 3 times, while Shimron Hatmaire has also been victimized twice.
In a wonderful form of glorious Rajasthan opener Yashwashi Jaiswal scored half a century in his last match. He has scored an average of 43.58 in 13 innings so far and 523 runs at a strike rate of 158.00. The 14 -year -old luxury Suryavanshi has given him a strong support. He has scored 195 runs in 6 matches with a strike rate of 219+, including a century.
A poor performance of the team's middle order is ongoing. The team has repeated an error. For example, on Sunday, the team scored more than 70 runs in the opening 5 overs against Punjab Kings, but the team lost.
The team is facing problems with the absence of Jofra Archer in the bowling department. In the last match, the team's fresh Farooqi, Queena Mafaqa and Tushar Deshpande proved to be expensive. Sri Lankan spinners Mahish Thickens and Vanindu Hasranga could not play for the team as expected.
Pitch report Arun Jaitley proves to be helpful for stadium batters. Often spinners are also helped in the second innings. So far 95 matches have been played in this stadium. The first batting team has won 45 matches, while the second innings team has made 47 matches. The remaining 3 matches have been a result.
The average score of the first innings here is 174. While a team scored by the highest total is 266 runs. The highest run chase of the stadium is 219.
Weather condition There is almost no possibility of rain in Chennai and Rajasthan matches. However, fans and players will bother with heat. Today, the temperature in Delhi is between 39 and 45 degrees.
Potential Playing-12 (including Impact Player) of both teams
Chennai Super Kings (CSK): Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Sheikh Rashid, Ayush Mahatre, Urvil Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Dawald Brewis, Ravichandran Ashwin, Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmad, Khalil Ahmed, Mathish Pathira and Shivam Dubey.
Rajasthan Royals (RR): Sanju Samson (Captain), Yashwashi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Ryan Pollen, Shimron Hatmayer, Dhruv Jurel, Vanindu Hasranga, Queena Mafa, Tushar Deshpande, Akash Madhwal, Fazlahakar Lion.
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