Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals
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12th Match:
The match between CSK and RR is the twelfth meeting of the IPL 2021, which is going to be played at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on April 19th 2021.
CSK vs RR History:
The teams competed against each other 24 times, till date. Out of them, CSK won 14 times and lost 10 times, as well.
Last 5 (completed) match results of CSK against RR are LLWWL.
CSK Home:
The teams competed 7 times at the home ground of CSK. The home team won 6 times and lost just once.
Last 5 (completed) match results of CSK against RR are WWWWW.
RR Home:
The teams faced each other 7 times at the home ground of RR. The host won 4 times. On the other hand, visitors won thrice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR against CSK are LWWWL.
Neutral Venue:
The teams met 10 times at the neutral venue. CSK won 5 times, whereas RR also won 5 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of CSK against RR are LLWLW.
Points and Ranks:
In the group stage, the winner will earn 2 points and the defeating team will earn 0 points.
Chennai Super Kings:
CSK is on the fourth position in the table and may come at one of the top two positions with earning 2 points after winning the match.
Last 5 (completed) match results of CSK are WLWWW.
Rajasthan Royals:
RR is on the fifth position in the table, currently, and may come at any position of top four after earning 2 points after winning the match.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR are WLLWW.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast for Mumbai shows the weather would be pretty clear throughout the match. The precipitation percentage would be 2% to 3% as of now, so there would be no chance of rain during the match. The temperature would be 29 to 30 Celsius. The wind would be between 8 to 13 km/h. The speed of wind would fluctuate and the temperature would decrease with the match progress.
Toss and Pitch:
Record of Last IPL (2019):
Teams prefer to field first 6 times in 7 matches. The selection favored the teams, as the team won 4 times and lost twice.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are WWWWL.
On the other hand, the team chose to bat first after winning the toss, which happened just once out of 7 matches, won once, though through one over eliminator in tied game, and never lost.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are W* – – – -.
Over all, the teams, who won the toss, won the matches 5 times and lost twice.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are WW*WWW.
The first batting team won the matches 3 times including a tie. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won also 4 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are LW*LLL.
Score:
The lowest defended score was 162 runs and successful defended total was 170 on the venue. On the other hand, the highest successful chase is 198 on the ground.
The first inning lowest total was 133, and the highest total was 213 runs. For the second inning, the lowest total was 133 runs, whereas the highest was 198 runs.
The batting average of the first innings is 31.62 and 27.05 is for the second innings.
Record of IPL 2021:
Teams prefer to field first in all the 5 played games. The selection favored the team, as the team won 4 times and lost once.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are WWWLW.
On the other hand, the team chose to bat first never happened, yet.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are – – – – -.
Over all, the teams, who won the toss, won the matches 4 times and lost once.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are WWWLW.
The first batting team won the matches once. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won the 4 outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are LLLWL.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 221 runs and the highest successful chase was 198 runs on the ground.
The first inning lowest total was 106 runs and the highest was 221 runs. For the second inning, the lowest total was 107 runs (chased down the target / according to the run rate) and the highest was 217 runs.
The batting average of the first innings is 25.97 and 34.48 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams never faced each other at the venue. The upcoming encounter will be the first between the teams at the venue.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR against CSK at the venue are – – – – -.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
CSK got 16 chances to play the match at the venue, the team has an average record, as the team won 8 times, and lost 8 times, as well.
Last 5 (completed) match results of CSK at the venue are WLLWW.
RR had 10 opportunities to play at the venue, and the team has an average record, as the team won 5 times and lost 5 times, as well.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR at the venue are WLWWL.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Chennai Super Kings:
The team would include L. Ngidi, but has tricky decision to give way in place of which overseas player. The team also may try R. Uthappa in place of R. Gaikwad.
Chennai Super Kings Eleven: R. Gaikwad, F. du Plessis. M. Ali, S. Raina, A. Rayudu, M. Dhoni, S. Curran, R. Jadeja, S. Thakur, D. Chahar, L. Ngidi
Rajasthan Royals:
The team may go with a winning XI.
Rajasthan Royals Eleven: J. Buttler, M. Vohra, S. Samson, S. Dube, D. Miller, R. Parag, R. Tewatia, C. Morris, J. Unadkat, C. Sakariya, M. Rahman
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: “*” means the match was tied but the match was resulted through one over eliminator.
