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Chennai Super Kings will cross swords with Rajasthan Royals in match 68 of IPL 2022 on Friday at the Brabourne Cricket Stadium, Mumbai.
Chennai Super Kings had a horrible season as they managed to win only managed to win 4 out of their 13 matches and they are placed at the 9th position on the points table.
Meanwhile, Rajasthan Royals are placed at the 3rd position with 8 wins and 6 defeats from their 13 matches.
Performance in the previous match:
Chennai Super Kings:
CSK were completely outplayed by Gujrat Titans in their previous match. Batting first, Chennai managed to reach only 133-5 from their 20 overs.
Ruturaj Gaikwad scored 53 runs for his side.
Gujarat Titans comfortably chased down the target with 7 wickets in hand.
Matheesha Pathirana picked up 2 wickets for CSK in that match.
Rajasthan Royals:
Rajasthan Royals defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 24 runs in their last game.
Batting first, Rajasthan Royals posted 178 on the scoreboard.
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Devdutt Padikkal scored 41 and 39 runs respectively for Rajasthan.
In reply, LSG were restricted to just 154 runs due to some excellent bowling from Trent Boult who picked up 2 wickets for just 18 runs.
Match Details
Teams: RR vs CSK
Venue: Brabourne Cricket Stadium, Mumbai
Date: 20th May, Friday
Time: 7:00 pm IST
Average 1st innings score
The average 1st innings total at this venue is 165
Head to head record
Here is the head-to-head record between these two sides in the history of IPL.
Total Matches Played: 25
CSK won: 15
RR won: 10
Tie/no results: 0
Pitch Report
The pitch at Brabourne Stadium has assisted both the batting and bowling sides this season.
Scoring the runs will be easier early on while the bowlers can pick up wickets by bowling in the right areas.
Both captains might like to chase the total due to the dew factor in the second innings.
CSK Probable Playing 11
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, N Jagadeesan, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Mitchell Santner/Maheesh Theekshana, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, Matheesha Pathirana, Mukesh Choudhary
RR Probable Playing 11
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Obed McCoy
Jeetbig Star bowler of the match
Yuzvendra Chahal has been the standout bowler of this season.
He is currently the purple-cap holder with 24 wickets from 13 games.
Chahal will be the key bowler in this match.
Jeetbig Star batsman of the match
Jos Buttler is having a dream season with the bat as he has scored 627 runs from 13 matches and he is the orange-cap holder of the season.
Buttler didn’t perform well in the last few games but he will be keen to score a big knock in the final league game for his side.
Jeetbig star Wicketkeeper of the match
Sanju Samson has scored 359 runs from 13 games this season and he is also quite impressive behind the stumps.
Sanju Samson will be the star wicket-keeper in this match.
Jeetbig star all-rounder of the match
Moeen Ali has played a couple of brilliant knocks for his side and he has also delivered some match-winning spells this season.
Moeen Ali is expected to shine with both bat and ball against Rajasthan Royals.
Who will win?
Chennai Super Kings have already been eliminated from the tournament.
The defending Champions were completely out of color this season and now they will play for their pride in their last game of the season.
On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals are quite safe and they have almost qualified for the Playoffs after their big win against LSG.
Rajasthan Royals will like to win their last game to gain some confidence before going into the Playoffs.
Our prediction for match 68 is that Rajasthan Royals will beat Chennai Super Kings
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