IPL 2020 Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings, Live Updates: IPL 2020 Live Score RR 132/2, 11.4 overs: WICKET! And it’s a breakthrough for CSK. MS calls out to Lungi Ngidi, who hangs him off the stump and throws him down the cross stitching and the attempted shot on the deck lands in the hands of Deepak Chahar. Thank God he didn’t drop it. Samson went 74 of 32 balls.
Advance:After Abu Dhabi and Dubai, the 2020 Indian Premier League train is set to move to Sharjah when the Chennai Super Kings take on the Rajasthan Royals on Tuesday. It will be RR’s first game of the tournament, while CSK is coming off a win against the Mumbai Indians in the tournament opener. Team news first. RR will be without Jos Buttler, as he will be in quarantine after coming to the United Arab Emirates with his family. Steve Smith, who missed Australia’s one-day series against England due to a concussion, has recovered and will lead RR. At CSK, Dwayne Bravo is recovering from injury and is out of action for the second straight game. They have good news though, with young hitter Ruturaj Gaikwad recovering from COVID-19 and available for selection. CSK has traditionally had the advantage over RR and the starting favorites, especially after their win over MI. But those labels count for little. CSK had a good overall game over IM, with their pitchers restricting a strong batting unit to 162. Starters Shane Watson and M Vijay fell early, but Ambati Rayudu and Faf du Plessis closed out half a century, helped by some good commanding contributions. through Sam Curran and Ravindra Jadeja. In general, aside from a small initial problem with the ball and the bat, CSK seemed to be working from the first game. Preparing for their tournament had been tough, with COVID cases and key players withdrawing, but the result should please them.
While CSK is betting on experience, RR is at the other end of the spectrum. They are a team known to produce or groom a lot of young people, and 2020 will be no different. All eyes will be on Yashasvi Jaiswal, who looks set to make his IPL debut on Tuesday. A handsome left-handed starter, Jaiswal was the leading scorer in runs at the ICC U-19 World Cup earlier this year and could be the X-factor that RR needs, especially in Buttler’s absence. Buttler’s absence means that one of Robin Uthappa or Manan Vohra could be Jaiswal’s partner at the top, unless they both play at Jaiswal’s expense. With Sanju Samson and Steve Smith next, higher order stability is ordered. However, the absence of Ben Stokes, who is in New Zealand for family reasons, somewhat weakens his lower order. David Miller is set to make his RR debut and add firepower in that phase, while another young Riyan Parag will also want to make a mark. RR’s bowling alley is based on two names: Jofra Archer and Shreyas Gopal. They have been key players in their little success last season and they will need the support of the rest. Another U19 player, Kartik Tyagi, could be up there with his ability to move the ball. There are also Ankit Rajpoot, Oshane Thomas, and Tom Curran to choose from, while Rahul Tewatia and Mayank Markande are the other two leg-turning options.
WHAT: IPL 2020, Match 4
WHEN: September 22 at 7:30 pm IST
WHERE: Sharjah
TELECAST: Star Sports Network
LIVE STREAM: Disney + Hotstar
The pitches in Abu Dhabi and Dubai have been surprisingly true, with the ball hitting bat very well. All the talk in the run-up to the tournament revolved around the spinners, and it remains to be seen if Sharjah will prove it.
Planned XI
RR: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Robin Uthappa / Manan Vohra, Sanju Samson (week), Steve Smith (c), David Miller, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Shreyas Gopal, Jofra Archer, Tom Curran, Ankit Rajpoot / Kartik Tyagi
CSK: M Vijay / Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (c, wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Sam Curran, Deepak Chahar, Piyush Chawla, Lungi Ngidi
Squads
Rajasthan Royals: Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Sanju Samson (week), Andrew Tye, Kartik Tyagi, Steven Smith (c), Ankit Rajpoot, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Mahipal Lomror, Oshane Thomas, Riyan Parag , Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, Akash Singh, David Miller, Manan Vohra, Shashank Singh, Varun Aaron, Tom Curran, Robin Uthappa, Aniruddha Joshi, Jofra Archer
Chennai Super Kings: Shane Watson, Murali Vijay, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Piyush Chawla, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Imran Tahir, N Jagadeesan, Karn Sharma, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Santner, Monu Kumar, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sam Curran, Josh Hazlewood, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore
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