Rajasthan Royals will host table toppers Chennai Super Kings in the 25th match of the Indian Premier League 2019 in Jaipur’s Sawai Mansingh Stadium. Both teams are at different ends of the Points Table. They have previously faced each other in IPL 2019, where Chennai held their nerve to win the close-fought match by eight runs. Rajasthan is coming from a humiliating defeat against Kolkata Knight Riders in their last match while Chennai defeated KKR yesterday to sit top of the tree.
Rajasthan Royals (RR)
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RR played Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday, where they found it tough to score runs. Steve Smith scored an unbeaten half-century but that didn’t help Rajasthan’s cause. Chris Lynn and Sunil Narine thrashed Rajasthan bowlers in all corners of the park to give them a blazing start. KKR cruised to the target in 13.5 overs with eight wickets in hand.
Rajasthan had a poor day with ball in hand. Dhawal Kulkarni and Sudhesan Midhun leaked 10 runs per over. Team management can stick to the same playing XI if they opt to back them to come back hard against Chennai.
Probable XI: Ajinkya Rahane (C), Jos Buttler, Steve Smith, Rahul Tripathi, Ben Stokes, Prashant Chopra, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Dhawal Kulkarni, Sudhesan Midhun.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
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CSK outplayed Kolkata Knight Riders in every department to win their fourth game of the season. They won the game by seven wickets after restricting KKR to 108/9 in 20 overs. Deepak Chahar was instrumental in Chennai’s win as he grabbed three wickets inside the powerplay. Faf du Plessis played an anchor’s innings to take his team home.
Chennai is likely to stick to the same playing XI, which played against KKR on Tuesday. Jaipur’s pitch assists spinners and they will field three spinners against Rajasthan as well.
Probable XI: Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadha, MS Dhoni (C/WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Deepak Chahar, Scott Kuggeleijn, Imran Tahir.
