Chennai Super Kings will be up against Rajasthan Royals in the 61st match of the ongoing Indian Premier League at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on Sunday in a day game. The inaugural champions are on the cusp of playoff qualification and they will look to be at their absolute best after losing the last two games.
On the other hand, CSK was able to get the much-needed win against Punjab Kings in the last game. Ravindra Jadeja came up with an all-round performance, scoring 43 and picking up three wickets against PBKS.
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CSK former skipper MS Dhoni needs two more sixes to become the fifth batter after Virat Kohli, Chris Gayle, Rohit Sharma, and AB de Villiers to hit 250 or more sixes in the IPL.
Moeen Ali needs 11 fours to complete 100 boundaries in the IPL.
Shivam Dube needs one six to complete 100 maximums in the IPL. The in-form left-hander needs 44 runs to reach the 1500-run mark.
The RR captain Sanju Samson needs two more fours to complete 350 boundaries in the tournament.
RR opener Yashasvi Jaiswal needs eight runs to reach the 1500-run mark in the IPL.
CSK squad for IPL 2024:
MS Dhoni (c), Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Mustafizur Rahman, Avanish Rao Aravelly.
RR SQUAD FOR IPL 2024
Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Avesh Khan, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Abid Mushtaq, Nandre Burger.