Live cricket score, Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings IPL 2018: CSK start well

Rajasthan Royals (RR) will be looking to kick-start their stuttering campaign and begin their late charge towards the play-offs when they play Chennai Super Kings in an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018 match at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Friday. RR need to win all their remaining matches to have any chance of making the play-offs while a win for CSK will more than likely be enough to seal their passage through. Out of the 18 matches played between the two franchises so far, CSK have a far superior record winning twice as many as the Ajinkya Rahane-led side, including a 64-run mauling in Pune earlier in the season. RR have struggled with all aspects of the game throughout the tournament, while CSK have looked like a well oiled machine under MS Dhoni. Get live cricket score of Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings, IPL 2018 match here.

20:19 hrs IST: Another over where more than 10 runs are conceded by RR. Suresh Raina drove Gowtham twice through the covers for four. CSK 41/1 after four.

20:15 hrs IST: A real mixed bag of an over from Jofra Archer, having castled Rayadu of the very first ball he concedes eleven off the over including two boundaries to Suresh Raina. CSK 30/1 after three.

20:07 hrs IST: Another good over for CSK, a boundary for either batsman off Ankit Sharma.CSK 19/0 after two.

20:02 hrs IST: Good start by CSK, they are 8/0 after the first over, Rayadu hitting the first four of the match over mid-off.

19:58 hrs IST: Here come the two CSK openers Ambati Rayadu and Shane Watson. Krishnappa Gowtham to start proceedings for RR.

19:47 hrs IST:  Shane Watson scored the first century of the IPL 2018 when these two teams met earlier and Chennai will be looking at him to repeat the same.

19:42 hrs IST:  Prashant Chopra will be making his debut for Rajasthan tonight, he was presented his cap by Jos Buttler before the toss.

19:40 hrs IST:  Two changes for both sides and here is how the two teams will line up tonight

Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Sam Billings, MS Dhoni(w/c), Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Karn Sharma, David Willey, Harbhajan Singh, Shardul Thakur

Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Ajinkya Rahane(c), Jos Buttler(w), Prashant Chopra, Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Stuart Binny, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jofra Archer, Ankit Sharma, Jaydev Unadkat, Ish Sodhi

19:33 hrs IST:  Chennai Super Kings have won the toss and elected to bat against Rajasthan Royals

19:26 hrs IST: Suresh Raina needs just 14 more runs to become the leading scorer in IPL. He will overtake India captain Virat Kohli.

19:20 hrs IST: Rajasthan have a win record of 71% in IPL at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, they will be hoping to improve that percentage tonight with a win.

19:16 hrs IST: Most teams have tended to bowl first after winning the toss, interesting to see what happens tonight. Toss in little more than 10 minutes.

19:08 hrs IST: Interesting to see what, if any changes are made by the two sides. Both Rajasthan and Chennai need a win for reasons at the opposite ends of the table.

19:00 hrs IST: Rajasthan Royals will be wearing a pink jersey tonight against Chennai Super Kings to spread awareness about Cancer. A noble cause indeed from the Ajinkya Rahane-led side.

18:55 hrs IST: Hello and welcome to the live blog for Indian Premier League encounter between Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings.

Jos Buttler has been a revelation since moving to the top of the order in a losing cause against Delhi Daredevils and the team will be counting on him to carry his good form into the match.

Rajasthan Royals will be playing this match in a pink Jersey to spread awareness about cancer rather than their traditional blue one.