Mumbai:
MS Dhoni has chosen to bat first after winning the toss against Rajasthan Royals in the 68th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2022. Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings have already been eliminated from the tournament after losing 9 matches out of 13. On the other hand, RR still stands a chance to qualify for the playoffs if they manage a huge margin win.
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We’ll bat first. You want to give batters enough time, given our combination. Just want them to express themselves. Only one change –
Rayudu in for Shivam.
He is someone who bowls at decent pace and gets good bounce but the important thing is to give them the time to develop. Want to groom players but also give them enough opportunity to develop. Just for the sake of giving time to players, we aren’t playing a lopsided team, so it’s a bit of both.
(Whether he’ll play next year) Definitely, because it will be unfair to not to say thank you to Chennai. Won’t be nice to do that to CSK fans,”
said Dhoni after winning the toss.
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We’re comfortable doing both, but would have wanted to bat first.
One change – Hetmyer comes in for Neesham,
I can see him hitting a lot of balls in the nets, so that must be good for him. We’ve been playing some good cricket and want to finish off on a high,” says Sanju Samson after the toss.
Playing XI:
Chennai Super Kings:
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, N Jagadeesan, MS Dhoni(w/c), Mitchell Santner, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, Matheesha Pathirana, Mukesh Choudhary
Rajasthan Royals:
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Obed McCoy
Squads:
Chennai Super Kings
: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, N Jagadeesan, MS Dhoni(w/c), Mitchell Santner, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, Matheesha Pathirana, Mukesh Choudhary, Dwayne Bravo, Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu, Chris Jordan, Dwaine Pretorius, Tushar Deshpande, Hari Nishanth, Subhranshu Senapati, KM Asif, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Maheesh Theekshana, Bhagath Varma
Rajasthan Royals
: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Devdutt Padikkal, James Neesham, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Obed McCoy, Karun Nair, Rassie van der Dussen, Navdeep Saini, KC Cariappa, Shimron Hetmyer, Daryl Mitchell, Tejas Baroka, Kuldip Yadav, Anunay Singh, Kuldeep Sen, Dhruv Jurel, Shubham Garhwal, Corbin Bosch
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