Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will take on the Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the 17th game of the IPL 2023 on Wednesday (April 12) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. CSK have dominated RR in the head-to-head contests with 15 wins in 27 games. RR have found success against the four-time champions on four out of five occasions.
Both teams have played three and won two games so far this season. RR are placed in the second position in the points table, while the CSK are fifth. CSK defeated Mumbai Indians in their last outing by seven wickets after chasing the target of 158 runs in 18.1 overs. Ravindra Jadeja starred with the ball as he picked up three wickets for 20 runs in four overs. Ajinkya Rahane made his CSK debut and scored 61 runs off just 27 deliveries.
RR’s batters delivered another batting masterclass in their last game against the Delhi Capitals. They posted a total of 199 runs for the loss of four wickets in 20 overs while batting first. Both Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler scored a half-century each for RR. Trent Boult picked a total of three wickets, including two in his very first over. He finished with three wickets for 29 runs in four overs and bowled a maiden over as well. Yuzvendra Chahal continued his dream run with three wickets for 27 runs in four overs. Jaiswal was adjudged the Player of the Match award for his knock of 60 runs off just 31 deliveries. RR won the game by 57 runs as DC managed 142 runs in 20 overs
PROBABLE PLAYING XI
Chennai Super Kings
RD Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, MM Ali, RA Jadeja, S Dubey, Mitchell Santner, SSB Magala, MS Dhoni(C), RS Hangargekar, TU Deshpande
BENCH : AT Rayudu, Ben Stokes, DL Chahar, SP Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu, Simarjeet Singh, Dwaine Pretorius, Bhagath Varma, AJ Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Prashant Solanki, M Theekshana, Akash Singh
Rajasthan Royals
Yashasvi Jaiswal, R Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jason Holder, Jos Buttler, SV Samson(C), DC Jurel, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sandeep Sharma
INJURY AND AVAILABILITY NEWS
Deepak Chahar and Ben Stokes will likely miss this game. Moeen Ali is available for selection.
PITCH REPORT
The surface at MA Chidambaram Stadium is believed to remain slow and sluggish. But this was proved wrong in the first game here between CSK and LSG, as a total of 422 runs were scored in total. The pitch will remain balanced throughout the game, with the average first innings score in the last five games here being 158 runs.
