Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will host Rajasthan Royals (RR) in an IPL 2019 encounter at their home ground P Chidambaram stadium on March 31, 2019. With two victories in two matches till now, Chennai enjoys second position in the points table after Kolkata Knight Riders.
Chennai proved much stronger against Bangalore and Delhi in their last two matches, managing a comfortable victory while chasing. Shane Watson, Suresh Raina, Ravindra jadeja, Kedar Jadhav and Dhoni himself provide a powerful batting line-up to the team. Against RR, CSK will look to keep their winnings momentum on.
Rajasthan will step on Chindambaram stadium with a hunger for victory, which they could not get against KXIP and SRH in the first two matches. Ajinkya Rahane will look to concentrate more on the bowlers now, who are unable to stop the opponents from putting big totals. With Sanju Samson and Jos Buttler in form, the Rajasthan batting is quite balanced.
CSK expected 11: MS Dhoni, Shane Watson, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Dwayne Bravo, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Mohit Sharma, Imran Tahir, Harbhajan Singh.
RR expected 11: Ajinkya Rahane, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Steve Smith, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jaydev Unadkat, Shreyas Gopal, Shashank Singh, Jofra Archer, Rahul Tripathi
FPJ’s dream 11: Shane Watson, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajinkya Rahane, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Dwayne Bravo, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Dhawal Kulkarni.
