Chennai Super Kings VS Rajasthan Royals IPL 2018 match 17

 Chennai Super Kings VS Rajasthan Royals

Match between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals will be played from 8 pm on Friday in Pune. Following the dispute, homegrown of Chennai Superkings has been shifted from Chennai to Pune. In this sense, Chennai will be hoping to win the first match at their new home ground.  

Chennai, who won the first two matches of the season, had to face defeat by Punjab by four runs in their third match. Rajasthan also lost to KKR by 7 wickets in their last match. Both teams will clash with each other to return to the victory line.

he big names in the Rajasthan team have not played any significant so far, with two wins and two losses in four matches, the Royals team led by Ajinkya Rahane is running at number five with four points while the Chennai team has won three matches. There are so many points collected and the team is in fourth place due to the better net run rate. With the new captain Rahane, the Rajasthan team started poorly and they had to face defeat in the first match. The team won the next two games but lost in the last match by seven wickets on the same ground, with Kolkata Knight Riders. The big names in the team of Rajasthan have not been able to perform any particular performance so far. The team will have great expectations from the big names such as Ben Stokes and Jaidev Unadkat.

Good news for Rajasthan, however, the good news for Rajasthan is that its opener Darsi Short's bat has gone on. Apart from this, Sanju Samson did not bat in the previous match. Which has been the biggest run scorer for Rajasthan so far. Overall, Samson will also be eager to make runs. Rahane has played some useful innings but he has failed to take advantage of the good start. The bowling attack of the team led by Krishnappa Gautam and Ben Laughlin has done well. All-rounder Ben Stokes has so far disappointed.


A mix of IPL's most experienced players near Chennai, two-time champion Supercans have started well with two consecutive wins against defending champions Mumbai Indians and KKR. In the first match against Mumbai, Dwayne Bravo scored 68 runs from 30 balls, while Sam Billings's role was crucial in winning a big score against KKR. In the last match against Punjab, Ambati Rayudu (49) and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (79) took the team closer to the target but the Supercings had to face defeat by four runs. Chennai has a mix of IPL's most experienced players. With Watson and Sharadul Thakur (veteran and young) fast bowling attack, leg-spinner Imran Tahir has also impressed him. The experience of Harbhajan Singh and Ravindra Jadeja's spin pair can prove to be very important for the team.

Chennai will be home-favorable, this is the special reason Chennai team's management booked a chartered train 'Vishal Podu Express' for thousands of fans for the next match in Pune on Friday. Apart from this, food for fencing, accommodation and match tickets are also arranged. This arrangement is for Friday's match against Rajasthan Royals only.

IPL 2018, CSK vs RR: Young Royals from Rajasthan will encounter Chennai Super Super Kings

After the two-year ban due to fixing in 2013, Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, who are returning to the IPL, will face each other on Friday. Both teams have been former champions. On this, on one side where Rajasthan has a young and balanced team, Chennai on the other hand, experienced players such as captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Imran Tahir and Harbhajan Singh, Because of this, no one can predict which side of the team is huge in this match.

These former champions teams will recover from defeat

With two wins and two losses in four matches, the Royals team led by Ajinkya Rahane is running at number five with four points. While the Chennai team has scored so many points in three games and the team is in fourth place due to the better net run rate. Let's say that both of them have tasted defeat in their last matches, and obviously both of them will go to the ground to recover from that defeat. Which ensures a good game.

Sanjoy, Ben Stokes still flops for Royals

Talking about players, Sanju Samson has scored 185 runs for the Royals. The bowling attack of Krishnappa Gautam and Ben Laughlin has also troubled the opposition players. Although Ben Stokes, the most expensive player in the auction for Royals, has not been able to show any special performance yet.

Long list of experienced players near Chennai

On the other hand, two-time champions Chennai Super Kings made good starts with two consecutive wins against Mumbai Indians and KKR this season, but they had to taste defeat in the last match against Kings XI Punjab. However, in this match, the captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Ambati Rayudu would have been inspired by the rest of the players. Dhoni scored 79 runs in this match. By the way, Imran Tahir, Harbhajan Singh and Ravindra Jadeja's experienced spin trio often have the same confidence as a team against the team. Overall, this match will be between youngsters vs experienced players, in which the defeat will be more thriller than win.



Chennai Super Kings will face Rajasthan Royals on Friday in the IPL. Even after the captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's magnificent innings, Chennai Super Kings lost to Kings XI Punjab by four runs in their last match. In such a situation, he would like to overcome this defeat.

At the same time, Rajasthan, led by Ajinkya Rahane, had to face a 7-wicket loss to Kolkata on home ground in their last match. Rajasthan Royals have so far won two matches out of their matches. However, after losing to Kolkata, he would like to make a comeback in the tournament by winning, but he has a two-time champion Chennai.