Preview: Match 12 CSK vs RR
Both Chennai and Rajasthan will be looking to keep their winning momentum going after losing their very first match of the season
In Match number twelve, Chennai Super Kings will be up against the champions of the first season Rajasthan Royals. Both the teams lost their opening match against Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings respectively. But they bounced backed brilliantly in their second match by beating Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals.
Rajasthan in their last match showed a brilliant performance with the ball as they took three wickets in the powerplay and restricted the opposition to a score of 147, which RR chased down with two balls remaining in the match. Similarly, Chennai’s pacer Deepak Chahar uprooted the top order of Punjab Kings by taking four wickets in his quota of four overs. Punjab only managed to score 106 runs in 20 overs, which was easily chased down by Chennai in 15.4 overs. As both, the teams are coming with a win under their belt in this match. Both the teams will be looking to keep the winning momentum going.
Pitch and Conditions:
This match will be played in Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium and the matches played so far in this stadium showed contrary results as three of them being high scoring matches while a couple of them being low scoring, which is quite opposite to the conditions of Mumbai, as it is known as the batting paradise. The team winning the toss will most probably choose to bowl first.
Probable XI:
Chennai Super Kings:
Lungi Ngidi and Jason Behrendoff were not available for the first two matches. As informed by coach Fleming the former will be joining the side soon. It remains to be seen if he plays on Monday or not.
Team: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf Du Plessis, Moeen Ali, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (C and WK), Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar
Rajasthan Royals:
As Jayadev Undakat came back into the side, it gave them instant results. There is no need to change the winning combination and they should go with the same eleven.
Team: Jos Buttler, Manan Vohra, Sanju Samson (C & WK), Shivam Dube, David Miller, Riyan Parag, Chris Morris, Rahul Tewatia, Jayadev Unadkat, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahman
Head-to-Head:
Played – 23
CSK – 14
RR – 09
