Rajasthan Royals will be playing at home but they have lost two out of five games here this season.
Chennai Super Kings have won 12 out of the 18 matches played against the Royals in the IPL.
Chennai Super Kings could be without the services of some of their mainstream players for this match.
RR vs CSK Win Probability
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Chennai Super Kings will look to bolster their playoffs chances when they take on the Rajasthan Royals in the 43th fixture of the Indian Premier League 2018. Scheduled to be played on May 11, the match will be hosted by the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Live action will begin at 8 PM local time.
RR vs CSK: Where to Watch/Live Streaming
TV channels: Star Sports, Sky Sports, Fox Sports, OSN Sports Cricket HD
Three of the last five (including the most recently played two) matches at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium this IPL have been won by the side that has batted first. And also since the wicket is expected to offer more assistance to the bowlers during the second-half of the game, the team that wins the toss here may want to bat first.
Read on for team analysis, betting odds, betting tips and prediction for RR vs CSK 43rd match, Indian Premier League 2018....
RR Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Rajasthan Royals made three changes in their side for the last game against the Kings XI Punjab, bringing in Mahipal Lomror, Stuart Binny and Ish Sodhi in place of Rahul Tripathi, Shreyas Gopal and D'Arcy Short respectively. The changes worked for them as they won that match quite comfortably and so they might retain the same combination for the clash against the Chennai Super Kings.
Key Players
Jos Buttler is in supreme form with scores of 67, 51 and 82 in his last three matches and he is going to be the key man for the Royals at the top. The team's batting will also depend on Sanju Samson who has scored the most runs for his side. However, the Royals will also need Ajinkya Rahane and Ben Stokes to step up. In the bowling department, it will be mainly up to the likes of Jofra Archer, Jaydev Unadkat, Krishnappa Gowtham and Ish Sodhi to deliver the goods. Archer with nine wickets in five matches looks the most threatening of the lot and he could hurt the Super Kings with a few early strikes.
Recent Form
Rajasthan Royals are currently placed sixth on the IPL 2018 points table with four wins and six defeats from ten league fixtures. They kept themselves alive in the competition by beating Kings XI Punjab in their previous outing and will have to win at least three of their remaining four games to have any chance of making it to the playoffs.
RR Predicted Playing 11
Jos Buttler (wk), Ajinkya Rahane (c), Krishnappa Gowtham, Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Stuart Binny, Mahipal Lomror, Jofra Archer, Jaydev Unadkat, Ish Sodhi, Anureet Singh
RR vs CSK Match Prediction
CSK Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Chennai Super Kings will likely be without seam bowler Deepak Chahar who is still recovering from his hamstring injury. Faf du Plessis missed the last game against Royal Challengers Bangalore and so did Karn Sharma and KM Asif. There is no word from the team management yet whether any of the three will be featuring in this upcoming match against the Rajasthan Royals. Meanwhile, England fast bowler Mark Wood who played just one game for CSK this season has been released from the squad.
Key Players
Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Shane Watson and skipper MS Dhoni hold the key to CSK's batting. Rayudu is currently second on the season's runs charts and he looks set for a good knock against the Royals given the kind of form he has shown in the past few matches. Watson scored 106 off just 57 balls in the reverse fixture at Pune and a similar performance will be expected from him in this match. Lungi Ngidi, Shardul Thakur and Dwayne Bravo will be the go-to bowlers for the Super Kings. Thakur and Bravo had both taken two wickets apiece against the Royals and they will look to trouble them again.
Recent Form
Chennai Super Kings are sitting comfortably on the second spot in the league standings having won seven and lost three out of the ten league matches they have played so far. They now need just two wins from their remaining four games to confirm their place in the playoffs. After a six-wicket loss to the Kolkata Knight Riders, CSK bounced back with an emphatic victory by the same margin over Royal Challengers Bangalore in their last match.
Chennai Super Kings have won 12 and lost 6 out of the 18 matches they have played against the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League.
Rajasthan Royals have managed to beat Chennai Super Kings just once in their previous five head-to-head encounters.
CSK got the better of the Royals and recorded a 64-run win when these two teams faced each other in the 17th match of the ongoing season.
Total Matches: 18; Rajasthan Royals Won: 6; Chennai Super Kings Won: 12
Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings Betting Odds
Chennai Super Kings are hot favorites amongst the bookmakers to win this match at odds of 1.72 on Betfair and 1.66 each on Bet365 and Betway. Rajasthan Royals are the underdogs and are being offered at a higher price of 2.28 on Betfair, 2.20 on Bet365 and 2.10 on Betway.
Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings Prediction
Rajasthan Royals will be playing under a lot more pressure as a defeat in this game will severely dent their chances of advancing through to the playoffs. Though they do have the advantage of playing at their home ground, they have lost two out of the five matches played here this IPL which is not that impressive. Moreover, they have lost four of their last five matches against the Chennai Super Kings, including the 64-run loss at Pune earlier in the season. CSK could be without a few of their mainstream members in this game, but they still look superior than the Royals which is why we predict them to win.
Final Verdict: Back Chennai Super Kings to beat Rajasthan Royals at 1.66 each on Betway and Bet365 and 1.72 on Betfair.
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May 11, 2018
20:00 IST / 14:30 GMT
Sawai Mansingh Stadium - Jaipur, India
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