Yet another must-win clash make its way. The formidable Chennai Super Kings‘ tours Jaipur in order to take on the hosts, Rajasthan Royals. The home side should win the game at any cost to stay alive in the tourney while CSK looks to strengthen their place in Top 2 of the points table.
Rajasthan Royals – A do or die encounter
Rajasthan Royals showed their class in the previous game and took a perfect revenge against flamboyant Kings XI Punjab. Once again, they need to pull their socks up to give it back to CSK for the loss they handed when RR toured Pune.
Fortunately, the bowling department came to the party in the previous encounter but the batting department needs to show some fight against CSK in order to give something for the bowlers to defend. The form of Jos Buttler has been a great note for Rajasthan but none of the batsmen is giving their helping hand to Buttler thus being on the wrong side of the things.
The big man, Ben Stokes needs to get back to his own in order to see his side sail against comfortable Chennai Super Kings. However, they look quite confident at home and the previous encounter will help them as a motivation to take down MS Dhoni-led side.
Chennai Super Kings – Aims for consistency
Chennai Super Kings played all-together a different cricket in their previous two games. In one game, they were thrashed by Kolkata Knight Riders and in the other, they thumped RCB with utmost ease.
Spinners are doing a great job for the team while the fast bowling unit is something a worrying sign for the CSK unit. Since the exclusion of Deepak Chahar from the team, none of the fast bowlers really stood up for the occasion.
The specialist Dwayne Bravo needs to pull up his socks while Lungi Ngidi has been decent with his line and lengths. Coming to batting department, they got the best lineup that can chase any kind of total on their day.
The form of Ambati Rayudu and MS Dhoni is an icing on the cake while Bravo and Watson are producing magical knocks whenever it is required. All in all, yet another nerve cracking game is on its way to a beautiful Pink city.
When & Where to watch:
Date & Time: May 11, 2018 at 20:00 IST
Venue: Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur
Live Telecast – Star Sports Network, Jio and Hotstar Premium customers
Pitch Report – Spinners will get a lot of assistance. Batsmen need to work hard for the runs.
Weather Report: No rain in the forecast. A beautiful evening to play cricket.
Possible Playing XI:
RR: Ajinkya Rahane, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Rahul Tripathi, Stuart Binny, K Gowtham, Ish Sodhi, Jofra Archer, Jaydev Unadkat, Anureet Singh
CSK: Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Dhruv Shorey, MS Dhoni, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, David Willey, Harbhajan Singh, Lungi Ngidi, Shardul Thakur