Cricket Match Predictions: Indian Premier League, Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings - 37th match - April 27th

The 37th match of the Indian Premier League, 2023 will take place between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals on the 27th of April, 2023 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur.

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Chennai Super Kings Form Guide:

Chennai Super Kings are currently placed at the 1st position on points table.

The top run scorer for Chennai Super Kings is Devon Conway with 314 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Chennai Super Kings is Tushar Deshpande with 12 scalps under his belt.

Chennai Super Kings have won their previous match against Kolkata Knight Riders by a big margin of 49 runs.

Chennai Super Kings batted first and they posted a huge total of 235 for 4 in 20 overs. Openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway made 35 and 56 runs respectively to give their team a fabulous start. Ajinkya Rahane followed it up with a swashbuckling 71 not out in 29 balls. Shivam Dube also played a great innings of 50 in 21 balls to help Chennai Super Kings cross the 230 run mark and reach 235 in 20 overs of play.

During the chase, Kolkata Knight Riders promoted Sunil Narine up the order. However, he failed to deliver and got out for a duck. Venkatesh Iyer and Nitish Rana struggled to get going causing the required run rate to pump up to the unachievable. Jason Roy smashed 61 off 26 balls but once he got out, there wasn't much fight and KKR were restricted to 186 for 8 as Chennai Super Kings won the match by 49 runs.

Rajasthan Royals Form Guide:

Rajasthan Royals are placed at the 2nd position on points table.

The top run scorer for Rajasthan Royals is Jos Buttler with 244 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Rajasthan Royals is Yuzvendra Chahal with 12 scalps under his belt.

Rajasthan Royals have lost their previous match against Royal Challengers Bangalore by 7 runs.

Royal Challengers Bangalore batted first and they posted a total of 189 for 9 in 20 overs. The start wasn't ideal and they lost Virat Kohli and Shahbaz Ahmed early on. Faf du Plessis carried on his form and smashed 62 off 39 balls. Glenn Maxwell also played superbly well. He scored 77 off 44 balls to ignite the hope for a big total. However, the middle lower order of Royal Challengers Bangalore couldn't capitalise on the start and hence RCB were restricted to 189 in 20 overs of play.

During the chase, Rajasthan Royals lost their key batter Jos Buttler early on. Post his dismissal, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Devdutt Padikkal took the responsibility of taking their team over the line. They scored 47 and 52 runs respectively. After their dismissals, Rajasthan Royals found it hard to pick the gaps and their stalwarts Sanju Samson and Shimron Hetmyer got out cheaply. Dhruv Jurel tried his best with a knock of 34 in 16 balls but it was too much of a task and Rajasthan Royals fell short by just 7 runs.

Let’s have a look at the squads:

Chennai Super Kings (CSK): MS Dhoni (C), Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Dwaine Pretorius, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, Mukesh Choudhary, Prashant Solanki, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Simarjeet Singh, Subhranshu Senapati, Tushar Deshpande, Bhagath Varma, Ajay Mandal, Kyle Jamieson, Nishant Sindhu, Shaik Rasheed, Ben Stokes, Ajinkya Rahane

Rajasthan Royals (RR): Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel, K.C Cariappa, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Obed Mccoy, Prasidh Krishna, R. Ashwin, Riyan Parag, Sanju Samson (C), Shimron Hetmyer, Trent Boult, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Yuzvendra Chahal, Joe Root, Abdul P A, Akash Vashisht, Murugan Ashwin, KM Asif, Adam Zampa, Kunal Rathore, Donovan Ferreira, Jason Holder

Cricket Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? – Rajasthan Royals

Who will win?- Rajasthan Royals

Top Batter (Runs Scored) – Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals), Devon Conway (Chennai Super Kings)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Yuzvendra Chahal (Rajasthan Royals), Matheesha Pathirana (Chennai Super Kings)

Most Sixes – Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals), Shivam Dube (Chennai Super Kings)

Player of the Match- Yuzvendra Chahal (Rajasthan Royals)

Team Scores Batting first – Chennai Super Kings 145+, Rajasthan Royals 155+

Match Handicap: Rajasthan Royals

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