IPL 2021: RR vs CSK, Match 47: Toss, Playing XI: Rajasthan Royals elect to field against Chennai Super Kings

In
match
47,
the
Sanju
Samson-led
Rajasthan
Royals
elected
to
bowl
first
against
the
MS
Dhoni-led
Chennai
Super
Kings.

The
two
teams
enter
the
match
with
contrasting
fortunes.
On
one
hand,
Chennai
Super
Kings
became
the
first
team
to
seal
a
playoff
berth,
and
on
the
other
hand,
the
Rajasthan
Royals
find
themselves
in
a
must-win
situation.

When
the
match
gets
underway
in
Abu
Dhabi,
the
Royals
will
play
for
survival
and
Chennai
will
look
to
overcome
their
kinks
–
like
their
middle
over
batting
–
as
the
gear
up
for
the
playoffs.
With
a
cluster
of
teams
fighting
it
out
in
the
middle
of
the
table,
the
Royals
must
get
a
win
under
their
belt
at
the
Abu
Dhabi
Stadium
in
the
day’s
second
match
on
Saturday.

MS
Dhoni-led
Chennai
Super
Kings
currently
sit
on
top
of
the
points
table,
with
eighteen
points
from
11
games.
On
the
other
hand,
the
Royals
are
languishing
at
seventh
spot
with
four
wins
from
11
matches.

RR
vs
CSK
Playing
XI:

RR
Playing
XI:
Evin
Lewis,
Yashaswi
Jaiswal,
Sanju
Samson
(Capt
&
wk),
Shivam
Dube,
Glenn
Phillips,
David
Miller,
Rahul
Tewatia,
Akash
Singh,
Mayank
Markande,
Chetan
Sakariya,
Mustafizur
Rahman

CSK
Playing
XI:
Ruturaj
Gaikwad,
Faf
du
Plessis,
Moeen
Ali,
Suresh
Raina,
Ambati
Rayudu,
MS
Dhoni
(capt
&
wk),
Ravindra
Jadeja,
Sam
Curran,
Shardul
Thakur,
KM
Asif,
Josh
Hazlewood