Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings, IPL 2021, Today Match Prediction 05 May 2021

rr vs csk Match Prediction & Analysis

IPL has come under the COVID cloud with a match being postponed due to positive cases of players in the KKR squad. And few of the support staffs in the CSK camp were too tested positive recently. Rajasthan Royals made a good comeback in their last game to win comfortably by 55 runs against SRH. CSK lost their last game against MI in a thrilling last ball encounter. They would be looking to win this match and return to winning ways and move to the top of the table. We can expect a high scoring close contest between these two teams in this match.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Rajasthan Royals Preview

Jos Buttler`s superb 124-run knock took Rajasthan Royals to the highest score of 220 runs this season. Sanju Samson (48 runs) played a vital hand sharing a 150-run partnership alongside Buttler. David Miller and Riyan Parag scored some quick runs in final overs to boost their total.

Mustafizur Rahman and Chris Morris toppled the opposition batting line-up as they took 3 wickets each in the game. Karthik Tyagi was impressive in his first game with figures of 1/32. Rahul Tewatia and Chetan Sakariya were a touch expensive but never allowed the momentum to shift in the opposition`s favour last night.

Top players to bet on:

Jos Buttler– Buttler scored 32 runs off 32 balls in first 10 overs and then charged to 94 runs off his next 32 balls last game. He played a calculated knock and will be high on confidence coming into this match.  

Chris Morris – Morris has surged to the joint second position in wickets table with 14 scalps this season. He is handy batsmen at the lower order who can smash massive sixes. We expect him to provide an all-round performance in this match.

Rajasthan Royals Predicted Playing XI:

Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), David Miller, Riyan Parag, Anuj Rawat, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Kartik Tyagi, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahman

Chennai Super Kings Preview

Faf Du Plessis (50 runs) and Moeen Ali (58 runs) shared a massive 108-run partnership after the early wicket of Gaikwad. After a couple of quick wickets, Ambati Rayudu set out for a blitz with 72 runs off 27 balls with 8 sixes.  They finished with a massive 218/4 in their 20 overs. They will hope Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni get some much needed game time in this match.

Deepak Chahar had some issues with his fitness and bowled his 4 overs on a trot last game. Sam Curran was impressive with his figures of 3/34 and executed his Yorkers to perfection in death overs. Lungi Ngidi and Shardul Thakur were taken for runs at over 19 RPO last game. Ravi Jadeja and Moeen Ali bowled in the middle overs and provide crucial breakthroughs.

Top players to bet on:

Faf Du Plessis – Faf has been sublime form scoring 320 runs at a strike rate of 145+. He has scored 4 fifty+ scores on a trot and will look to extend the streak in this match too.

Sam Curran – Curran has 9 wickets at an economy of nearly 9 RPO so far. He has taken the tough job of bowling in the powerplay and death overs for the team. His batting has been under-utilized so far.

Chennai Super Kings Predicted Playing XI:

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis, Moeen Ali, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Shardul Thakur, Dwayne Bravo, Deepak Chahar

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Delhi has a partly cloudy weather with good conditions to play. Dew might come into play in the second innings and bowlers will struggle to grip the ball effectively.

Venue Details

Delhi Pitch has been a graveyard for the bowlers so far this season with scores over 200+ runs scored more often. Batsmen will look to go hard on the bowlers in all points of the game in this match. We expect a run feast of 200+ runs in this match too.

Toss: To Bowl

MI chased down 219 runs on this track and no target is safe at this venue. Both captains will look to chase down the total at this venue.