Rajasthan Royals skipper Steve Smith, who got hit on the head during net session before the first ODI in Manchester and missed the whole series on advice of Cricket Australia’s medical team, is all set to return to action during his team’s opening IPL contest against Chennai Super Kings on Tuesday, having successfully recovered from the concussion injury sustained prior to ODI series against England.
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Chennai Super Kings would definitely start as favourites against Royals, who would be missing their premier all-rounder Ben Stokes for an unspecified duration and opener Jos Buttler for at least opening game due to quarantine rules.
Squads:
Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni (captain, wk), M Vijay, Ambati Rayudu, Faf du Plessis, Shane Watson, Kedar Jadhav, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Lungi Ngidi, Deepak Chahar, Piyush Chawla, Imran Tahir, Mitchell Santner, Josh Hazlewood, Shardul Thakur, Sam Curran, N Jagadeesan, KM Asif, Monu Kumar, R Sai Kishore, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Karn Sharma
Rajasthan Royals: Steve Smith (captain), Jos Buttler, Robin Uthappa, Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Manan Vohra, Kartik Tyagi, Akash Singh, Oshane Thomas, Andrew Tye, David Miller, Tom Curran, Aniruddha Joshi, Shreyas Gopal, Riyan Parag, Varun Aaron, Shashank Singh, Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror, Mayank Markande Read less
Smith is confident that Royals will get off to a good start. “Chennai and Mumbai both have been two really strong teams for a long time now. We obviously watched a bit of the game the other night, the Super Kings played really well to get over the line in the end. “Hopefully, we can put on a really good show and get our campaign off to a good start,” Smith said.
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Yashasvi Jaiswal, Robin Uthappa, Sanju Samson(w), Steven Smith(c), David Miller, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Tom Curran, Rahul Tewatia, Jofra Archer, Jaydev Unadkat
Murali Vijay, Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, MS Dhoni(w/c), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Deepak Chahar, Piyush Chawla, Lungi Ngidi
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Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bowl first.
The captains are in the middle for the TOSS.
The surface for tonight's game in Sharjah doesn't have the kind of grass that was there in the first three games of #IPL2020 in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Kevin Pietersen's report: I can't predict any sideways movement. Once you get a pace of the wicket, you can score quickly.
Rajasthan Royals will have skipper Steve Smith for tonight's game but they will be without Jos Buttler, who is still quarantined.
Steve Smith returns today-
Before that here is a lowdown of the game
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Preview: CSK overwhelming favourites against Rajasthan Royals
Probable XI: Shane Watson, Murali Vijay, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Deepak Chahar, Piyush Chawla, Lungi Ngidi
Probable XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Robin Uthappa, Steve Smith (c), David Miller, Sanju Samson (wk), Tom Curran, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Jofra Archer, Jaydev Unadkat, Ankit Rajpoot/Varun Aaron/Kartik Tyagi
The two teams have faced each other 21 times in the IPL so far, and CSK holds a 14-7 head-to-head win/loss record over RR.
We will tell you 4 players who could be the captain or vice-captain of your team for the RR vs CSK IPL 2020 game. Ravindra Jadeja | Shane Watson | Sam Curran| Steve Smith
Dhoni is just 5 hits away from 300 IPL sixess and will be the second Indian batsman after Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma to achieve this feat. He is also three catches away to surpass Suresh Raina's tally of 102, putting him in the second spot, only behind Dinesh Karthik in the list of players with most catches in the IPL. MSD is four catches shy of 100 and five shy of leader Dinesh Karthik's tally of 101.
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Rajasthan Royals was the first team to win the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2008 under the leadership of former Australian spinner Shane Warne. Their opponent in the final of that edition? CSK. However, despite the initial stumble Chennai Super Kings went on to lifted the trophy three times over the years.
An IPL final to remember
(Rajasthan Royals 164/7 beat Chennai Super Kings 163/5 by three wickets)
Yusuf Pathan imposed himself on the biggest stage, taking three wickets before smashing a scintillating 56, to help the Shane Warne-led Rajasthan pull off a last-ball thriller.
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Chennai Super Kings Predicted Playing XI: Shane Watson, Murali Vijay, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (C&WK), Kedar Jadhav, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Piyush Chawla and Lungi Ngidi
Rajasthan Royals Predicted Playing XI: Robin Uthappa, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Steve Smith (C), Sanju Samson, David Miller, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Jofra Archer, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande/Rahul Tewatia and Tom Curran
“I was very nervous upon hearing the news of making my debut. But when I came to bat I settled down after playing a few balls,” Padikkal told Chahal during an interaction after the match. “The last one month that we practiced, I learnt a lot from Virat bhaiya. I kept asking him questions whenever I was around him. Even today, when I was playing with Finch, he showed a lot of confidence in me,” he said.
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With promising youngsters in their ranks, including U-19 World Cuppers, Rajasthan will provide platform for breakthrough performances as has been the case in the past. If the exciting young home-grown players work in sync with their overseas superstars, it can end more than a decade of drought for the Rajasthan Royals. (READ MORE)
Chandigarh resident Simranjeet Singh (38), a hearing impaired senior assistant in the Punjab Home Guard Department, had raised more than Rs. 98,000 along with his friends for deaf and hearing impaired persons in May-June early this year and as RCB faced Sunrisers Hyderabad in their opening match of the IPL this season, Singh was cheering for Kohli at his Sector 63 home.
On Sunday, Kohli was seen wearing a jersey saying ‘My Covid Heroes’ during the practice session and Kohli will wear Simranjeet’s name on his jersey during one of the matches of the IPL this season. (READ MORE)
Mitchell Marsh was writhing in pain on the field. Twice. The first yelps of pain came on the field with the ball in his hand when he twisted his right ankle on the followthrough. He has had a history of ankle problems and surgeries and though the man whose nickname is bison tried to grit through his pain and bowl, he couldn’t. He had to hobble off.
Jonny Bairstow, whose imperious urge to hit another six had led to not just his dismissal but also triggered a collapse, was sitting in the dugout when he saw the youngster Priyam Garg get bowled, trying to play a lap shot. Hyderabad had slipped from 121 for 2 to 129 for 5 in space of 7 balls and the match was slipping out of their hands. Sitting in the dugout was Bairstow, sweat pouring off his forehead, eyes glued to the action in the middle and when he saw Garg lose his wicket, that sinking feeling hit Bairstow. He knew he had started the self-destruction and perhaps there was a bit of guilt in that shake of head.
It was the first ball of the second over, and Padikkal not only charged out but also side-stepped outside leg stump to biff it over midwicket. He nodded his head to himself as he savoured the moment and flashed a triumphant smile, that you usually see in advertisements. It was a lovely little private moment, of a boy in the man’s world knowing he belongs out there. No one would have been surprised by his fifty on debut after watching him bat a few overs.
A familiar defeat loomed when Jonny Bairstow was chewing into the seemingly inadequate target of 164, riding his bravado as much as good fortune. But two deliveries by Yuzvendra Chahal rewrote the script and destiny of the contest, which Bangalore nicked by 10 runs.
Chahal turned out to be Virat Kohli’s archangel. When Bairstow and Manish Pandey were strolling, with a 71-run stand, the leg-spinner induced doubt with the fizz and turn he purchased off the surface. Pandey’s tentativeness turned out to be contagious, as Chahal was dealt as if he were spewing fire. (READ MORE)
Royals would be missing their premier all-rounder Ben Stokes for an unspecified duration and opener Jos Buttler for at least opening game due to quarantine rules. The absence of Stokes would severely impact Royals’ campaign at least at the beginning because of the balance it lends to the side. But his father’s terminal illness has kept Stokes out of action for some time now and his absence, certainly in the first half of the league, would disturb the balance of the Royals, perennial underperformers.
Hello and welcome to the fourth day of IPL 2020 and CSK are already playing their second game of the season. They won the opening fixture against Mumbai Indians on Saturday and now aim to double their lead by taking on Rajasthan Royals on Tuesday. Stay tuned for predicted playing xi, live action and updates from Dubai