IPL 2019 - Match 25: Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings - Stats Preview

The home team Rajasthan Royals (RR) will meet Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Thursday (11th April) night at Sawai Mansingh Stadium (Jaipur). It will be the sixth match for RR and seventh match for CSK in the ongoing IPL season.

On the other hand, the Rajasthan franchise will play their fourth home match in IPL 2019, and the Chennai franchise will play their third away match in IPL 2019.

In the IPL 2019 points table, CSK is on top with 10 points while RR is in the seventh position with just two points.

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Teams’ Stats

Rajasthan Royals

IPL 2019 form (in last five matches; oldest to latest): Lost, Lost, Lost, Won and Lost

Chennai Super Kings

IPL 2019 form (in last five matches; oldest to latest): Won, Won, Lost, Won and Won

Head-to-Head records

Overall (21 matches): RR won 8 matches; CSK won 13 matches

In IPL (20 matches): RR won 7 matches; CSK won 13 matches

At Sawai Man Singh Stadium: RR won 4 matches; CSK won 2 matches

In last five matches: RR won 2 matches; CSK won 3 matches

• Earlier, in the ongoing season, they met once at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chennai) on 31st March. The home side CSK won that match by eight runs.
• Since May 2012, CSK has never won against RR at Sawai Mansingh Stadium (Jaipur). Last time they won against the Rajasthan franchise at this venue was on 10th May 2012. Since then, they have lost three straight matches against the home team.

Players’ stats

(RR)

Ajinkya Rahane

i) The right-handed batsman has hit 47 IPL sixes for RR. With three more sixes, he will become the fourth RR batsman to hit 50 or more IPL sixes. Shane Watson (109 sixes), Yusuf Pathan (61 sixes) and Sanju Samson (54 sixes) were the first three RR batters to achieve this feat.

Jaydev Unadkat

i) The left-arm pacer has played 119 T20 matches and has picked up 148 wickets. He is two wickets away to complete his 150 T20 wickets.

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(CSK)

MS Dhoni

i) As a captain, MS Dhoni has won 99 IPL matches. With another victory, he will become the first IPL captain to win 100 matches.

Ravindra Jadeja

i) The left-arm spinner has taken 98 wickets in 160 IPL matches. He is two wickets away to complete his 100 IPL wickets. He will be the first left-arm spinner, third left-arm bowler and 13th overall bowler to take 100 IPL wickets.

ii) Ravindra Jadeja has scored 930 T20 runs for CSK. He is 70 runs away from completing 1,000 T20 runs for the Chennai franchise. Till this date, nine batsmen have scored 1,000 or more T20 runs for CSK.