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Chennai Super Kings (CSK) lock horns with Rajasthan Royals (RR) as Sanju Samson-led side won the toss and elected to bat first in their Indian Premier League (IPL) clash at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Thursday (April 27).
"We would like to bat first. We like to stick to our strength, which is to defend. It feels really great to play RR's 200th game, feels great to be playing for 10 years. Would love to see some pink here today, but it's yellow and we know that the reason is. Boulty misses out with a niggle, and Adam Zampa comes in," RR skipper Sanju Samson said after winning the toss.
“This pitch has decent pace but the average bounce is slightly less. We are trying to build characters in our team (bowlers) and make them believe in themselves. Same side for us,” CSK captain MS Dhoni said after the toss.
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Head-to-Head
Matches Played - 27
Matches won by Chennai Super Kings - 15
Matches won by Rajasthan Royals - 12
Matches with No Results - 0
Matches Tied - 0
Pitch Report
"In terms of the pitch being used it is pitch number 5 and it will impact the boundary sizes. It is equidistant square - 66 meters, but straight it is 78 meters. There wasn't as much grass in the game where Lucknow defended 154. But the big change this evening is the even covering of grass. That is not to say it is going to be bouncing everywhere and seaming everywhere, it may start little bit like that, however I think the batters are going to turn up this evening and think this is way better for batting, 154 may not be enough this evening," Kevin Pietersen and Daren Ganga analysed the pitch.
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jason Holder, Adam Zampa, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w/c), Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana,Akash Singh
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