IPL 2019, RR vs CSK Live Cricket Score: Rajasthan Royals host Chennai Super Kings. (Source: IPL)IPL 2019, RR vs CSK Live Cricket Match Score Online: Out to bat, Rajasthan Royals skipper Ajinkya Rahane and Jos Buttler got off to a fiery start. But Deepak Chahar trapped Rahane in his 2nd over, a DRS review helping the visitors. Buttler smashed 23 in 10 balls before he was dismissed as well. Sanju Samson was the third one to go. Currently, Steve Smith and Rahul Tripathi are in the middle trying to rebuild the innings.
Chennai Super Kings win the toss and elected to bowl. The MS Dhoni-led side made two changes – replacing Harbhajan Singh and Scott Kuggelein with Mitchell Santner and Shardul Thakur. RR made three changes – replacing Prashant Chopra, K Gowtham and Sudeshan Midhun with Sanju Samson, Jaydev Unadkat and Riyan Parag.
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GONE!
WICKET! Rahul Tripathi has holed out a catch to Kedar Jadhav inside the circle. Fantastic effort from Jadhav - that is a reminder of Jonty Rhodes right there. RR 69/4
GONE!
CATCH, DROP, CATCH, DROP, TAKEN! Shaky effort from substitute Dhruv Shorey to pluck the catch, but he eventually held on to it. Sanju Samson slog swept a delivery, trying to accelerate and paid the price. CSK 53/2
POWERFUL!
FOUR! Steve Smith shows his class - Chahar missed his line and Smith pounced on it. Smashed it through the covers for four. Exquisite strokeplay. 50 up for Rajasthan.
GONE!
GOT HIM! Buttler got greedy after three boundaries in the over - tried to sky a ball for a six. Could not time it right, and it got a leading edge of the bat. Easy catch for Suresh Raina inside the circle. RR 47/2
CLEAN HITTING!
FOUR! Shardul Thakur has been welcomed back with a boundary, first ball. Pretty similar to Chahar's last delivery. Short and bounce, Buttler pulled it towards mid-on for a boundary. Chahar has hurt himself saving that one.
FOUR! This time, Buttler has hit it between the two fielders inside the circle for a boundary. Smart cricket.
FOUR! And another one - another short delivery - Buttler stepped up and pulled it to deep backward square for third consecutive boundary.
Can he make it six in six?
WELCOME BACK, SANJU!
FOUR! Sanju Samson has returned from an injury and Deepak Chahar welcomes him back with a bouncer. The Kerala batsman has pulled it towards mid-on for a boundary. No chance for the fielder at square leg to save that one.
LBW APPEAL!
Deepak Chahar is convinced he has got his man. The umpire is not interested. Chahar convinces Dhoni to go for a review.
1st check - Fair delivery
2nd check - No bat
Final check - Red. Red. Red.
GOOD REVIEW! Ajinkya Rahane has been dismissed after a fantastic start. RR 31/1
Rahane joins the party!
FOUR! Santner bowls at Rahane's pads and the RR skipper just flicked it over mid-on for a boundary. The fielder will give a chase but could not get there.
FOUR! Played it inside out, Rahane. Goes over mid-off and this time it has gone over the fielders at circle. Quick outfield and that's a boundary.
FOUR! A sweep this time. This is brilliant from Rahane. MS Dhoni could not stop the ball and three straight boundaries from the skipper.
Dhoni's tactics
A good question!
SIX!
BIGGIE! Jos Buttler looks to be in a mood. Chahar pitched it on the pads, Buttler stepped up and played it over the bowler's head for a straight six. He looks to be in some mood.
Mitchell Santner to bowl the second over from the other end
PLAYED IT THROUGH!
FOUR! Jos Buttler steps up to Deepak Chahar's slow ball and then pushed it past mid-off. Fantastic speed of the bat, and the ball raced away to the ropes.
HERE WE GO!
Ajinkya Rahane and Jos Buttler out to open the innings for Rajasthan. Deepak Chahar will start the attack for Chennai. HERE WE GO!
STATS
Parag, 17, incidentally, is going to be the third youngest ever debutant in the IPL. The youngest is Prayas Ray Barman who debuted earlier this season at 16 years and 157 days old. Afghanistan's Mujeeb Ur Rahman held the record previously, having made his IPL debut for Kings XI Punjab in IPL 2018 when he was 17 years and 11 days old.
TEAM NEWS
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(w/c), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Mitchell Santner, Shardul Thakur, Imran Tahir
Rajasthan Royals: Ajinkya Rahane (capt), Jos Buttler (wk), Sanju Samson, Steven Smith, Rahul Tripathi, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Riyan Parag, Jaydev Unadkat, Dhawal Kulkarni
Skippers speak
MS Dhoni: We'll bowl first. The wicket remains good over here. It's tough to defend here and the outfield is very fast. There are plenty of areas to improve. I feel fielding is important, the awareness needs to be there. Batting and bowling is something we have done well. Harbhajan and Scott miss out. Santner and Shardul come in.
Ajinkya Rahane: We were looking to bowl first. Looks a different wicket, looks really good. Overall, we need to play good cricket. I'm not sure, it's on and off, not sure about the dew. It's about playing freely. Sanju is fit and back. Riyan Parag makes his debut and Unadkat is back.
TOSS!
Chennai Super Kings win toss, elect to bowl against Rajasthan Royals
PITCH REPORT
Michael Slater reckons that the pitch looks about the same as it has all season, where the average par score has been 157 for teams batting first.
Update on Sanju Samson
Sanju had a Grade I strain in his thigh, hence we wanted him to stay back for a couple of games. We will have a couple of tests and then take a call."
Ajinkya Rahane on Sanju Samson
Last time they met
In their previous contest this season, CSK batted first and MS Dhoni did what MS Dhoni does to steer them to 175-5. Rajasthan Royals got off to a disastrous start and even though Ben Stokes scored 26-ball 46, he could only take them as far as 167-8.
Rajasthan Royals IPL results
Rajasthan Royals so far in the IPL:
lost to KXIP by 14 runs
lost to SRH by 5 wickets
lost to CSK by 8 runs
beat RCB by 7 wickets
lost to KKR by 8 wickets
Chennai Super Kings IPL results
CSK so far in the IPL:
beat RCB by 7 wickets
beat DC by 6 wickets
beat RR by 8 runs
lost to MI by 37 runs
beat KXIP by 22 runs
beat KKR by 7 wickets
Head-to-head record
Overall: 20 IPL matches played, RR won 7, CSK have won 13.
In India: RR have won 7, CSK have won 10.
In Jaipur: 5 IPL matches played, RR have won three, while CSK have won twice.
RR vs CSK Predicted Playing XI
RR Predicted Playing XI: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Steven Smith, Rahul Tripathi, Ben Stokes, Prashant Chopra, Krishnappa Gowtham/Mahipal Lomror, Shreyas Gopal, Jofra Archer, Sudhesan Midhun, Dhawal Kulkarni
CSK Predicted Playing XI: Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Scott Kuggeleijn, Deepak Chahar, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir
What to expect from pitch
The 22 yards so far has aided the spinners and cutters, and the surface is expected to play similar.
RR vs CSK IPL 2019 Live
Hello and welcome to our live blog on Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings. The MS Dhoni-led yellow brigade is at the top position after just one defeat in six games. The side would be eager to maintain the position as they travel to Rajasthan. Skipper Ajinkya Rahane would look to pick up a win and get over the initial jitters.