Rajasthan Royals (RR) will take on Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the 37th game of the Indian Premier League 2023 on April 27, 2023 (Thursday) in Jaipur
CSK have won five out of seven games this season and are placed in the first position on the points table. The Royals have won four out of seven games this season and are in third place
The Royals won the first encounter between the two sides in IPL 2023 in Chepauk by three runs
Explosive English batsman Jos Buttler has been the leading run-scorer for RR with 244 runs at an average of 40.67 but he might be smarting from getting out for duck against RCB and will be raring to prove a point against Dhoni-led CSK
RR skipper Sanju Samson has been in patchy form in IPL 2023 so far and considering how he rises to the occasion, one would expect him to unleash his destructive batting abilities against CSK
The role of Trent Boult with the new ball will be key to break the dangerous opening pair of CSK’s Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway
Ravichandran Ashwin played a significant role in RR’s win against CSK and was adjudged ‘Player of the Match’ for his all-round performance. His probing off spin will be in focus if RR wants to win against CSK
The opening pair of Devon Conway and Ruturaj Gaikwad has given CSK a solid start to their innings in IPL 2023 so far. CSK will hope these in-form batsmen give them the flying start they need to stave off RR threat
Chennai Super Kings’ batter Ajinkya Rahane is in terrific form in IPL 2023. In five matches so far, Rahane has scored 209 runs at an average of 52.25, which earned him a place in the squad in the national Test team
Bowler Tushar Deshpande is CSK skipper MS Dhoni’s another rare find, as per experts. His death bowling kept CSK in good stead lately and he has the knack of picking up early wickets too, which would help CSK in the match against RR
RR Probable XI: Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson (c/wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, R Ashwin, Sandeep Sharma Adam Zampa, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal
CSK Probable XI: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c/wk), Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Akash Singh
The IPL 2023 match between Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will be played at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur
The match will start at 7.30 PM IST on Thursday and it will be telecast live on the Star Sports network. Online viewers can also tune into the action via the Jio Cinema app