A huge match for both the teams as Rajasthan Royals (RR) play Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in an away game at Chennai. RR need one win to qualify for playoffs while CSK could get knocked out of the competition if they lose tonight. Chennai can still make it to the playoffs after a loss to RR but they will need some other results to go in their favour and the Ruturaj Gaikwad-led side would not want to create this sort of scenario for themselves. They have a healthy NRR and with two wins, they can easily move into the playoffs. The focus should be to win the remaining two games and make another playoff.
RR too have lost steam in last couple of games and must pull up their socks as the playoffs near. SRH are a huge threat for the second spot finish. With Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) already qualified and looking set to finish in the top-two, it is likely to be either RR or SRH become the second team to finish in the top two. RR must try and win all remaining games to make it happen.
As far as making the Dream11 Team is concerned, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson are your certain picks from RR while Riyan Parag, Yashasvi Jaislwa and Trent Boult are other top performers from Jaipur. Bet on Shivam Dube who has lost his form a bit. He is a certain match-winner and will be itching for form ahead of the playoffs and the T20 World Cup 2024. Ruturaj Gaikwad has been among runs while Ravindra Jadeja has also got his batting form back.
RR Probable Probable XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (c&wk), Riyan Parag, Shubham Dubey/Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Donovan Ferreira/Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sandeep Sharma [Impact Sub: Jos Buttler].
CSK Probable Probable XI: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, MS Dhoni (wk), Shardul Thakur, Tushar Deshpande, Simarjeet Singh [Impact Sub: Ajinkya Rahane/Sameer Rizvi]
Wicketkeepers: Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson
Batters: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Yashasvi Jaiswal
All rounders: Ravindra Jadeja, Riyan Parag
Bowlers: Tushar Deshpande, Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma
Chennai Super Kings Squad: Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Mitchell Santner, Shardul Thakur, Tushar Deshpande, Simarjeet Singh, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Aravelly Avanish, Sameer Rizvi, Mukesh Choudhary, Richard Gleeson, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Prashant Solanki, RS Hangargekar, Nishant Sindhu, Maheesh Theekshana
Rajasthan Royals Squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jos Buttler, Kuldeep Sen, Tanush Kotian, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Kunal Singh Rathore, Navdeep Saini, Keshav Maharaj, Shimron Hetmyer, Nandre Burger, Dhruv Jurel, Abid Mushtaq