The four-time champions Chennai Super Kings will face inaugural champions Rajasthan Royals at the Chepauk Stadium, Chennai on Wednesday. Both teams have won two out of their three matches and they will look to continue the good show.
We look at the current form, head-to-head, players to look out for, and squads of both teams in our match preview.
Current form for CSK: L W W
After losing their opening clash against reigning champions Gujarat Titans, CSK has bounced back strongly to win their next two matches. CSK comprehensively defeated MI by seven wickets in their last match after a fine spell from Ravindra Jadeja (3-20) and a great knock from Ajinkya Rahane (61 off 27).
Current form for RR: W L W
RR also registered a convincing win of 57 runs against Delhi Capitals in their previous game. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler have done an amazing job for the Sanju Samson-led team whereas the bowling unit has also delivered for the franchise.
Head to Head: Matches: 27, Won by CSK: 15, Won by RR: 12.
CSK holds a slight advantage against RR in the H2H battle.
Players to look out for: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, and Yuzvendra Chahal will hold the key for RR.
Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, Ben Stokes, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, and Deepak Chahar will be the key players for CSK.
RR IPL 2023 SQUAD
Wicketkeepers: Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler (ENG), Dhruv Jurel, Kunal Rathore, Donovan Ferreira (SA).
Batters: Shimron Hetmyer (WI), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Riyan Parag, Joe Root (ENG).
All-rounders: Ravichandran Ashwin, Abdul P A, Akash Vashisht, Jason Holder (WI).
Bowlers: Trent Boult (NZ), KC Cariappa, Yuzvendra Chahal, Obed McCoy (WI), Sandeep Sharma, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, Murugan Ashwin, Adam Zampa (AUS), KM Asif.
CSK IPL 2023 Squad:
Wicketkeepers: MS Dhoni, Devon Conway (NZ).
Batters: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, Ajinkya Rahane.
All-rounders: Moeen Ali (ENG), Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwaine Pretorius (SA), Mitchell Santner (NZ), Ben Stokes (ENG), Kyle Jamieson (NZ), Ajay Mandal, Bhagath Varma, Nishant Sindhu.
Bowlers: Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana (SL), Simarjeet Singh, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana (SL).
