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 2023, which is going to be played at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai on April 12th 2023.
CSK vs RR History:
Overall:
The teams competed against each other 27 times, till date. Out of them, CSK won 15 times, whereas RR won 12 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of CSK against RR are LLWLL.
@ CSK Backyard:
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.
Teams and Ranks:
The Home Team (CSK):
The team completed 238 games, out of them the team won 138 times and lost 97 times with 3 without any result (No Result).
The team is at the fifth place (currently) in the table (IPL 2023) with 4 point (in total), victory will bring the team at any of the top two places with 6 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team at any of the fifth (same) or sixth position with 4 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of CSK are WWLLL.
Last 5 (completed) match results at home for CSK are WLWLW.
The Visiting Team (RR):
The team completed 204 games, out of them the team won 103 times and lost 96 times with 5 without any result (No Result).
The team is at the second place (currently) in the table (IPL 2023) with 4 points (in total), victory will bring the team at any of the top two places with 6 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team among third to sixth positions with 4 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR are WLWLW.
Last 5 (completed) away match results for RR are WLWLW.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast for Chennai shows the weather would be pretty clear throughout the match. The precipitation percentage would be between 2% to 5% as of now, so there would be rare chances of rain during the match. The temperature would be between 29 to 30 Celsius. The wind would be between 9 to 14 km/h. The speed of wind would increase gradually and the temperature would decrease gradually.
Toss and Pitch (Record of IPL & CLT20):
Teams chose to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 51 times in 78 games. The selection favored the teams, as the team won 29 times including a win in a tie and lost 22 times including a defeat in a tie.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are W*LLWW.
On the other hand, the team chose to field first after winning the toss, won 10 times and lost 17 times including a defeat in a tie.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are LWLLL.
The first batting team won the matches 46 times including a couple (2) of victories in a tie. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 32 times including a loss in a tie.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are WW*LLL.
Over all, the teams which won the toss, won the matches 39 times including a win in a tie and lost also 39 times, though including a couple (2) of losses in a tie.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are LW*WLL.
The Home Side (CSK):
The team won the toss 31 times in 61 games. The team won 22 times and lost 9 times including a defeat in a tie.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the CSK at the venue, while winning the toss, are LLWWW.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the CSK at the venue, while losing the toss, are WWWWW.
The team never lost a battle after losing the toss since 2013.
The side never lost any encounter while defending the target after losing the toss since 2012.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 123 runs in 2011. On the other hand, Highest successful chase is 206 runs in 2012 at the ground.
The first inning lowest total was 70 runs in 2019, and the highest total was 246 runs in 2010. For the second inning, the lowest total was 95 runs (completed innings) in 2015, whereas the highest was 223 runs in 2010.
The batting average of the first innings is 27.65 and 23.75 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams faced each other 7 times at the venue. The host won 6 times and the foreigners won once.
Last 5 (completed) match results of CSK against RR at the venue are WWWWW.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
The Home Unit (CSK):
The team has an extremely good record as the team won 42 times and lost 19 times, including a (1) loss in a tie, in 61 played outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of CSK at the venue are WLWLW.
The Visiting Unit (RR):
The team has a horrendous record as the team won 1 time and lost 6 times in 7 played outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR at the venue are LLLLL.
The side has never won any outing since 2008.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Chennai Super Kings:
The team may go with M. Theekshana in place of S. Magala, and R. Hangargekar in place of injured D. Chahar.
Chennai Super Kings Eleven: R. Gaikwad, D. Conway, A. Rahane, S. Dube, + A. Rayudu, R. Jadeja, MS. Dhoni, D. Pretorius, M. Santner, R. Hangargekar, + M. Theekshana, T. Deshpande
Rajasthan Royals:
The team may go with a winning combination.
Rajasthan Royals Eleven: Y. Jaiswal, J. Buttler, S. Samson, R. Parag, S. Hetmyer, + D. Jurel, J. Holder, R. Ashwin, M. Ashwin, T. Boult, Y. Chahal, + S. Sharma
*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. *Notes: “+”indicate an impact player. *Notes: Image was taken from a google search. *Notes: https://hindi.crictoday.com/cricket-hindi/cricket-feature/ipl-2023-csk-vs-rr-know-how-the-pitch-and-weather-will-be-read-full-match-preview-including-dream-team/
