The Rajasthan Royals have won four of their previous five games against the Chennai Super Kings.
On Wednesday, April 12, at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, the 17th match of the IPL 2023 will take place between the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and the Rajasthan Royals (RR). In head-to-head matches, CSK has dominated RR with 15 victories in 27 games. On four of the five occasions they faced the four-time champs, RR won.
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ā Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) April 12, 2023
This season, both teams have played three games and won two of them. In the point standings, RR is ranked second and CSK is ranked fifth. In their most recent match, CSK defeated Mumbai Indians by seven wickets after chasing 158 runs in 18.1 overs. With the bat, Ravindra Jadeja shone, taking three wickets for 20 runs in four overs. In just 27 deliveries, Ajinkya Rahane hit 61 runs in his CSK debut.
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ā Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) April 11, 2023
In their final match against the Delhi Capitals, RR’s hitters once again displayed their brilliance at the plate. They batted first and scored 199 runs in 20 overs while losing four wickets. Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal both scored fifty runs for RR. Trent Boult managed to take three wickets, including two in his first over.He bowled his debut over and finished with three wickets for 29 runs in four overs. Yuzvendra Chahal added three more wickets for 27 runs in four overs, extending his unbeaten streak. For hitting 60 runs off just 31 deliveries, Jaiswal was given the Player of the Match award. RR defeated DC by 57 runs after they scored 142 runs in their 20 overs.
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ā Hustler (@HustlerCSK) April 12, 2023
Pitch Report: It is thought that the MA Chidambaram Stadium’s surface will continue to be slow and sluggish. However, this was disproved in the opening match between CSK and LSG, where a total of 422 runs were scored. The average first-inning score in the previous five games here has been 158 runs; therefore, the pitch will stay balanced throughout the entire game.
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
Bench : Devdutt Padikkal, KM Asif, NA Saini, D Ferreira, Murugan Ashwin, JE Root, Kunal Singh Rathore, Abdul Basith, AP Vasisht, KC Cariappa, OC McCoy, KR Sen, Kuldip Yadav, A Zampa