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Chennai Super Kings will be up against the Rajasthan Royals at home in Chennai tomorrow.
Both these teams have been doing exceptionally well this season with both of them losing only one game.
Additionally, talking about their last games, then Chennai Super Kings dealt a heavy blow to Mumbai Indians at Wankhede Stadium where they won by 7 wickets.
On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals beat Delhi Capitals by 57 runs at their second home ground in Guwahati.
Currently, CSK is in 5th position in the points table while Rajasthan is in 2nd place. Therefore, both these teams will look to one-up each other.
Thus, we can get a high-scoring game at MA Chidambaram Stadium tomorrow between these two sides.
Match Details
Match: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals, Match 17
Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Date: 12th April 2023
Time: 7:30 PM IST
Pitch Report
The pitch at Chennai is a good one for batters but will also provide some assistance to the spinners. Moreover, the average first innings score at this venue is around 157 runs. But, the current state of the wicket tells us that the score can also reach 180+, and therefore, the team winning the toss should look to bat first here.
Full Squads for Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals, Match 17
Chennai Super Kings
Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shaik Rasheed, Subhranshu Senapati, Ajay Mandal, Ben Stokes, Kanumuri Bhagath Verma, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, Nishant Sindhu, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Devon Conway (wk), MS Dhoni (c & wk), Akash Singh, Deepak Chahar, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Prashant Solanki, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Simarjeet Singh, Sisanda Magala, Tushar Deshpande
Rajasthan Royals
Devdutt Paddikal, Joe Root, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abdul Basith, Akash Vasisht, Donovan Ferreira, Jason Holder, Ravichandran Ashwin, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Jos Buttler (wk), Kunal Singh Rathore (wk), Sanju Samson (c & wk), Adam Zampa, KC Cariappa, KM Asif, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, Murugan Ashwin, Navdeep Saini, Obed McCoy, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal
Probable Playing XI for Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals, Match 17
Chennai Super Kings
Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Dwaine Pretorius, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Shivam Dube, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande
Rajasthan Royals
Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jason Holder, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal
Probable Winner
From the team combinations and previous results, we can say that this will be an evenly-contested game between these two sides.
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