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| Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s LIVE coverage of IPL 2021 Match 47 between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals from Abu Dhabi. |
Akash Singh up with the new ball for RR.
Game On! du Plessis and Ruturaj Gaikwad at the middle for CSK.
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Chennai Super Kings XI: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis, Moeen Ali, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Shardul Thakur, KM Asif, Josh Hazlewood
Rajasthan Royals XI: Evin Lewis, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Shivam Dube, Glenn Phillips, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Akash Singh, Mayank Markande, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahman
Another milestone for MSD!
RR vs CSK: Dhoni plays 200th match as IPL captain
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Toss: RR wins toss, to bowl first. FIVE CHANGES FOR RAJASTHAN! Dhoni: We would have liked to bowl first, because the wicket here will stay the same. We are one side who don’t make many changes. Sam comes in for Bravo and Asif comes in for Deepak. We are playing back-to-back games, so it’s important to keep the players fresh. It’s better to rest them. The weather will keep getting better from now, and it will be the perfect weather during the World Cup. Samson: We would like to field first on this wicket. The past matches and the experience we have, it’s easier to chase. It has always been the same from the past two-three years. You need to show the character, commitment towards the franchise. I would like everyone to put in some great performances. We have made four changes. |
TOSS TIME!
6:52PM IST: The all-important toss coming up. Can RR make the right changes tonight? Samson’s men are right on the brink while Dhoni’s CSK might roll in a few changes given that its qualification is sealed.
PITCH REPORT from Nick Knight and Pommie Mbangwa: ‘It’s a new pitch and has not been used before this season. This is the best looking pitch, flat wicket with a good covering of grass. Wouldn’t be much quick, neither will it spin much. It has an odd crack though. The fast bowlers need to stick to the back of a length area and use their variations. Expect it to be a batting-friendly pitch, reckon Nick Knight and Pommie Mbangwa.’
6:36PM IST: David Miller to the broadcaster: We definitely have a chance to qualify if we win our next three games. You are always going to have games where you will regret sometimes, the closer ones. We need to do well in the next three games. It’s my second year at Rajasthan and it has really been enjoyable. We have a young side, a lot of local boys who have a lot of potential. Hopefully we can put the learning and potential onto the field and get going..
6:27PM IST: Numbers Game
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5:35PM IST: RR vs CSK HEAD TO HEAD
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Matches: 25 Won: RR-10, CSK-15 HS (RR) vs CSK: 223 LS (RR) vs CSK: 110 HS (CSK) vs RR: 246 LS (CSK) vs RR: 109 |
Abu Dhabi’s prepping for a fine Saturday evening. – SPORTZPICS
Match Preview
Rajasthan Royals will face a tough test against table-toppers Chennai Super Kings in Abu Dhabi on Saturday in a match that could decide its fate in the competition.
Royals, currently placed seventh in the table with just four wins, need to win its remaining three matches by good margins to have any hope of reaching the playoffs.
In the absence of its star players, the team has been outplayed in its last three matches.
If not for Kartik Tyagi’s brilliant final over against Punjab Kings, the team would not even have the solitary win it has in the UAE so far.
The main problem for the Royals has been its misfiring middle-order with an over-reliance on skipper Sanju Samson.
In the last game against Royal Challengers Bangalore, the former champions squandered a promising start to slump from 100/1 to 149/9.
CSK, on other hand, has no pressure after it sealed its playoff berth with a six-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad on Thursday.
With nine wins from 11 matches, the team can now afford to experiment with players who have not played regularly, and coach Stephen Fleming stated that the team would look into it.
“We will certainly talk about how we can manage our players, making sure that we manage the team that played today (on Thursday) and also the opportunities for guys who are on the fringe. So we have (been) afforded that luxury now, but we won’t be too experimental,” said Fleming.
RR vs CSK DREAM 11 PREDICTION
Rajasthan: 4/7 | Chennai: 7/7
Wicketkeeper: Sanju Samson
Batters: Ambati Rayudu, Faf du Plessis, Evin Lewis, Ruturaj Gaikwad
All-rounders: Ravindra Jadeja (c), Dwayne Bravo (vc), Mahipal Lomror
Bowlers: Josh Hazlewood, Mustafizur Rahman, Shardul Thakur
Credits left: 0.0
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SQUADS RAJASTHAN ROYALS Evin Lewis, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (c), Liam Livingstone, Mahipal Lomror, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Chetan Sakariya, Jaydev Unadkat, Mustafizur Rahman, Tabraiz Shamsi, Shreyas Gopal, David Miller, Manan Vohra, KC Cariappa, Glenn Phillips, Shivam Dube, Oshane Thomas, Mayank Markande, Anuj Rawat, Gerald Coetzee, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Singh, Kartik Tyagi CHENNAI SUPER KINGS Faf du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, N. Jagadeesan (wk), Robin Uthappa, MS Dhoni (c&wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Dwayne Bravo, Karn Sharma, R. Sai Kishore, Mitchell Santner, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Lungi Ngidi, Josh Hazlewood, KM Asif, Moeen Ali, K Gowtham, Cheteshwar Pujara, M Harisankar Reddy, K. Bhagath Varma, C Hari Nishanth |
Where to watch today’s match?
The IPL 2021 match between RR and CSK will be aired live on Star Sports channels – Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports 3 and Star Sports 3 HD at 7:30pm. The online streaming will be available on Hotstar.
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