After two devastating losses, the Rajasthan Royals return for their third game of the IPL season against 5-time winners, the Chennai Super Kings. The team currently holds a single win from their first match against the Mumbai Indians. Both the youngsters, Riyan Parag and Ruturaj Gaikwad, take their captaincy role at a young age under the presence of experience players like MS Dhoni and Sanju Samson in their respective teams.
Going head-to-head in a total of 29 games so far, it’s the Chennai Super Kings holding the weightage with 16 wins over Royals 13 wins. But coming specifically to the latest five games played, the Royals are 4-1 against CSK. The Guwahati stadium will be power packed with people rooting for their favourite team as it’s the battle between NO. 8 and No. 10 of the points table.
Rachin Ravindra
The left-hand batter took the centre stage in both the previous matches with a total of 106 runs. His highest score was made against the Mumbai Indians game with 65(45) followed by 41(31) made against RCB. Joining the team last season, the batter will be one to watch during the powerplay.
Noor Ahmad
Another top pick from Chennai Super Kings is their left-arm spinner Noor Ahmad. The highest wicket taker of the team will be one which could cause trouble to the Royals batters including Samson, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, and skipper Parag.
Dhruv Jurel
While Rachin Ravindra is scoring runs for the CSK, the Royals have Dhruv Jurel who has been in form in the first two matches making a total run of 103 so far. With a strike rate of 163.49 whether he becomes a valuable asset to the team or not remains to be known.
RR vs CSK Dream 11 Prediction
Wicket-keeper:
MS Dhoni
Batters:
Rachin Ravindra, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson, Dhruv Jurel
Bowlers:
Harshal Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana
All Rounders:
Nitish Rana, Shivam Dube
Captain:
MS Dhoni
Vice-Captain:
Sanju Samson
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