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Steve Smith can't afford to have another brain fade when Rajasthan Royals open their IPL 2020 cricket campaign against Chennai Super Kings in Sharjah on Tuesday. The former Australian captain has fully recovered from a concussion injury that left him missing the ODI matches in England recently. Smith will be key to a RR team that has Shane Warne as the team mentor. In a T20 match, teams need just a couple of game-changers on a given day and Smith's team may miss a Ben Stokes or a Jos Buttler but have some match-winners like David Miller and Robin Uthappa. There is no dearth of experience in that RR roster and CSK will not take anything for granted. MS Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings made a confident start by beating Mumbai Indians in the IPL 2020 opener but only after Faf Du Plessis and Ambati Rayudu stitching a match-winning partnership. But CSK have some exceptionally talented all-rounders in Sam Curran and Ravindra Jadeja, and Dhoni himself can play the floater's role to perfection. So, it's all set for RR vs CSK in Sharjah.
7:04 PM IST: Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni wins the toss and opts to bowl first against Rajasthan Royals.
7:09 PM IST: Playing XIs
CSK: Murali Vijay, Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Deepak Chahar, Piyush Chawla, Lungi Ngidi.
RR: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Robin Uthappa, Sanju Samson (wk), Steven Smith (c), David Miller, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Tom Curran, Rahul Tewatia, Jofra Archer, Jaydev Unadkat.
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