Rajasthan Royals Have A Chance To Stay In IPL Race

Rajasthan Royals have a chance to stay in the race for the playoffs, compete with CSK.

Keeping the momentum going, Chennai Super Kings (CSK), who have made it to the playoffs, will look to seal a place at the top of the IPL group stage by defeating the in-form Rajasthan Royals.

CSK, captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, became the first team to make it to the playoffs after beating Sunrisers Hyderabad by six wickets in the previous match.

It is a do-or-die match for Rajasthan Royals, as a loss in this will also end their remaining hopes of making the knockout. Chennai’s spirits are high after winning four consecutive matches.

On the other hand, nothing good has happened for the Royals this season. They were defeated by Delhi by 33 runs, Sunrisers Hyderabad, and RCB by seven wickets.

The Chennai batsmen have impressed this season. Faf du Plessis and Ruturaj Gaikwad displayed tremendous coordination.

While the middle order has excellent batsmen like Moeen Ali, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, and Dhoni himself. Young opener Gaikwad has so far scored 40, 38, 88 not out, and 45.

In the bowling, Josh Hazlewood, Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo, and Shardul Thakur have handled the fast bowling well, while the spin is in the hands of Jadeja and Bravo.

Barring skipper Sanju Samson and Yashasvi Jaiswal, no batsman has been able to run for the Royals. All-rounders Chris Morris, Riyan Parag, and Rahul Tewatia are also out of form.

Among the bowlers, Karthik Tyagi, Chetan Sakariya, and Mustafizur Rahman have done well, but this season’s most expensive player, Maurice, was disappointed.

Team: Chennai Super Kings.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, Bravo, Shardul Thakur, Lungi Ngidi, Deepak Chahar, Imran Tahir, Faf du Plessis.

Robin Uthappa, Karn Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Jason Behrendorff, Krishnappa Gautam, Mitchell Santner.

R Sai Kishore, Hari Nishant, N Jagadeesan, Cheteshwar Pujara, KM Asif, Harishankar Reddy, and Bhagat Verma.

Team: Rajasthan Royals. Sanju Samson (capt), Liam Livingstone, Evin Lewis, David Miller, Chris Morris, Oshane Thomas, Mustafizur Rahman, Tabrez Shamsi, Glenn Phillips.

Chetan Sakaria, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Akash Singh, Anuj Rawat, KC Cariappa , Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shivam Dubey, Shreyas Gopal.

Kartik Tyagi, Mayank Markande, Jaydev Unadkat, Kuldeep Yadav, Mahipal Lomror.