CSK VS RR IPL 2021
Chennai Super Kings will face Rajasthan Royals for the twelfth match of the Vivo IPL 2021. Both the teams are desperate to win their second match in this season and we can expect an exciting match between these two teams.
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CSK VS RR IPL 2021 Match Details:
The teams will face each other at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on 19th April. The match will start from 7:30 p.m. IST.
CSK VS RR Match Preview:
Both the teams have played two matches in this tournament so far and have won one of the matches.
Chennai Super Kings lost their first match against Delhi capitals by 7 wickets. In the second match they made a strong comeback and defeated Punjab Kings by 6 wickets.
On the other hand Rajasthan Royals lost their first match two Punjab Kings by a narrow margin of four runs. But in the second match they defeated Delhi capitals by three wickets.
As we can see both the teams have almost opposite stats with respect to each other it will be very hard to predict who is going to win this match.
Weather Report:
We can expect clear but humid weather in the Mumbai stadium. The average temperature will be 30 degree Celsius and humanity can be around 60%. There is no forecast of precipitation during the match.
Pitch Report:
The Wankhede pitch has shown mixed behaviour in the last few matches. We have seen both 200+ scores and very low scores on this venue. So we can say that the pitch is a bit balanced and both the batsman and bowler have to show their top performance to get help from the pitch.
Average First Innings Score:
140-180
CSK VS RR IPL 2021 Probable Playing XI:
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (c), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Dwayne Bravo, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar
Bench: Robin Uthappa, Cheteshwar Pujara, Karn Sharma, Imran Tahir, Krishnappa Gowtham, Mitchell Santner, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Hari Nishanth, N Jagadeesan, KM Asif, Harishankar Reddy, Bhagath Varma
Rajasthan Royals: Manan Vohra, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c), Shivam Dube, David Miller, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Chetan Sakariya, Jaydev Unadkat, Mustafizur Rahman
Bench: Shreyas Gopal, Andrew Tye, Liam Livingstone, KC Cariappa, Mahipal Lomror, Jofra Archer, Mayank Markande, Anuj Rawat, Kartik Tyagi, Kuldip Yadav, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Akash Singh
Injury And Availability News:
Not Available.
CSK VS RR IPL 2021 Top Picks For Dream Team:
Sanju Samson
This young batsman is the captain of the Rajasthan Royals team. He scored the first century of this season’s IPL in the first match against Punjab Kings. This right handed wicketkeeper batsman can be straight to the opponents bowling line up if set. He will be the choice of captain for the dream team.
Moeen Ali
The South African all rounder in present Chennai Super Kings is a left handed batsman and right arm off break bowler. He has scored 82 runs and taken one wicket in the last two matches. This middle order player can be useful to improve the run rate in the late overs and pick up some crucial wickets.
Chris Morris
This all rounder from Rajasthan Royals is a right handed batsman and right arm fast bowler. He can be really helpful with his bowling. He scored 38 runs and took three wickets in this tournament so far.
Faf du Plessis
Although he has scored a decent 36 runs not out against Punjab Kings this South African right handed batsman from CSK can turn matches with his explosive batting. Must have for the dream team to improve run rate in the initial overs.
Deepak Chahar
This young Indian right handed bowler has continued his impressive form in the IPL season too. He took 4 wickets against Punjab Kings in the last match and played a crucial role in the victory. Must have for the bowling line up of the dream team.
Vivo IPL 2021: Get all the match details, Dream11 teams and fantasy tips HERE!
CSK VS RR IPL 2021 Dream Team:
Winner Prediction:
Although both the teams have star players in their squad Chennai Super Kings may win this match.
Note: All the predictions of the dream11 team, captain and vice captain selection and winner prediction is completely based on my individual research.