On Sunday (31st March) night, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) will meet at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chennai). It will be the third match for both the teams in IPL 2019. However, CSK will play their second home match in this season while RR will play their second away match in this season.
CSK has won both their matches in this season while RR suffered defeats in their both games of this season.
Head-to-head records between CSK and RR
| Stats | Matches | CSK won | RR won | Tied/No Result |
| Overall | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0/0 |
| In IPL | 19 | 12 | 7 | 0/0 |
| At MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chennai) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0/0 |
| In the last 10 matches | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0/0 |
- Since May 2008, RR has never beat CSK at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chennai). CSK won their all last five matches against RR at this venue. Last time, the Rajasthan franchise beat this Chennai franchise at this venue was on 24th May 2008.
Important stats between CSK and RR
(Team stats)
| Stats | CSK (vs RR) | RR (vs CSK) |
| Highest total | 246/5 (20 overs) at Chennai on 3rd April 2010 | 223/5 (20 overs) at Chennai on 3rd April 2010 |
| Lowest completed total | 109 (19 overs) at Jaipur on 4th May 2008 | 126/6 (20 overs) at Jaipur on 10th May 2012 |
| Largest victory (by runs) | 64 runs at Pune on 20th April 2018 | 17 runs at Ahmedabad on 28th March 2010 |
| Largest victory (by wickets) | 8 wickets at Chennai on 4th May 2011 | 8 wickets at Jaipur on 4th May 2008 |
(Player stats)
| Stats | CSK (vs RR) | RR (vs CSK) |
| Highest individual score | 127 by Murali Vijay at Chennai on 3rd April 2010 | 101 by Shane Watson at Chennai on 22nd April 2013 |
| Best bowling figures | 4/11 by Ravindra Jadeja at Chennai on 10th May 2015. | 6/14 by Sohail Tanvir at Jaipur on 4th May 2008 |
| Most runs scored | 598 runs by Suresh Raina | 579 runs by Shane Watson |
| Most wickets | 14 wickets by Albie Morkel | 10 wickets by Sohail Tanvir |
Other important stats
CSK
- Suresh Raina (149 matches) will play his 150th IPL match for CSK. He will be the first CSK player to play 150 IPL matches. Meanwhile, he will be the second cricketer to play 150 or more IPL matches for a team. Virat Kohli (165 IPL matches for Royal Challengers Bangalore) was the first cricketer to achieve this feat.
- Suresh Raina (1,422 runs) is 78 runs away to complete his 1,500 T20 runs at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chennai). He will be the first cricketer to score 1,500 or more T20 runs at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chennai).
- Dwayne Bravo (97 wickets) is three wickets away to complete his 100 IPL wickets for CSK. He will be the first bowler to take 100 IPL wickets for CSK.
- Dwayne Bravo (47 wickets) needs to take three more wickets to complete his 50 T20 wickets at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chennai).
- Caribbean all-rounder Dwayne Bravo (297 sixes) needs to hit three more sixes to complete his 300 T20 sixes. He will be the fifth Caribbean batsman to hit 300 or more T20 sixes.
- MS Dhoni (3,923 runs) is 77 runs away to complete his 4,000 T20 runs for CSK. After Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni will be the second cricketer to score 4,000 or more T20 runs for CSK.
RR
- Jaydev Unadkat (147 wickets) is three wickets away to complete his 150 T20 wickets.
