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The Rajasthan Royals (RR) took on the Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai, but they were without their pace spearhead Trent Boult for today’s match.
Why is Trent Boult not playing today vs CSK?
Sanju Samson revealed at the toss that RR Speedster had a ‘small niggle’ and hence was rested from today’s match against CSK.
Trent Boult has been in phenomenal rhythm so far in IPL 2023. The left-arm seamer has taken 5 wickets in 3 innings at an economy rate of 7.33.
Trent Boult is the only bowler to bowl two maidens so far in the IPL 2023
And twice, RR Pacer has taken 2 wickets in the first over of the RR’s bowling innings.
In Rajasthan’s last match, against Delhi Capitals, Boult had returned with figures of 3/29 in a match-winning cause. He dismissed Shaw and Manish Pandey in the first over of the match, putting RR ahead in DC’s chase.
In place of Pacer, RR are playing with young Indian pacer Kuldeep Sen today vs CSK.
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jason Holder, Kuldeep Sen, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w/c), Sisanda Magala, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Akash Singh
Rajasthan Royals Subs: Riyan Parag, Donavon Ferreira, KM Asif, Adam Zampa, Joe Root
Chennai Super Kings Subs: Ambati Rayudu, Mitchell Santner, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, RS Hangargekar
MS Dhoni is playing his 200th IPL match as CSK’s captain. He becomes the first player to lead a single franchise in 200 IPL matches.
Speaking on this special occasion, MS Dhoni said: “It feels good and also I feel the crowd has been fantastic. Also the fact that we started in the old stadium, it was very hot and humid. But now it feels like we’re playing in Switzerland. It’s good to play. We have seen cricket change – how T20 was played at that point of time till now, a lot has changed. The crowd has been fantastic.”
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