Chennai Super Kings will face Rajasthan Royals in the 17th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2023 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on Wednesday. Both of these teams have won two out of their three matches but Rajasthan has a better Net Run Rate.
Chennai has always been a force to reckon with while playing in their own conditions and the spinners have done a magnificent job for them. The spin troika of Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, and Ravindra Jadeja have been right on the money for CSK.
CSK had posted 217 runs on the board while playing at home against Lucknow Super Giants with Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway doing the bulk of the scoring.
CSK has ticked the right boxes as MS Dhoni has once again led with aplomb. However, Deepak Chahar is expected to miss a few matches due to injury whereas Ben Stokes has been ruled out for a week.
On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals batters have been brilliant as they have adopted an aggressive approach.
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler have provided solid starts to the previous season’s runners-up and the openers will look to carry the same against CSK. Moreover, the spin duo of Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravichandran Ashwin are going to hold the key for RR.
Match Prediction: Rajasthan Royals might enter the contest as favorites against Chennai Super Kings.
RR IPL 2023 SQUAD
Wicketkeepers: Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler (ENG), Dhruv Jurel, Kunal Rathore, Donovan Ferreira (SA).
Batters: Shimron Hetmyer (WI), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Riyan Parag, Joe Root (ENG).
All-rounders: Ravichandran Ashwin, Abdul P A, Akash Vashisht, Jason Holder (WI).
Bowlers: Trent Boult (NZ), KC Cariappa, Yuzvendra Chahal, Obed McCoy (WI), Sandeep Sharma, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, Murugan Ashwin, Adam Zampa (AUS), KM Asif.
CSK IPL 2023 Squad:
Wicketkeepers: MS Dhoni, Devon Conway (NZ).
Batters: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, Ajinkya Rahane.
All-rounders: Moeen Ali (ENG), Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwaine Pretorius (SA), Mitchell Santner (NZ), Ben Stokes (ENG), Kyle Jamieson (NZ), Ajay Mandal, Bhagath Varma, Nishant Sindhu.
Bowlers: Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana (SL), Simarjeet Singh, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana (SL).
