CSK vs RR Playing 11, Pitch Report, Toss and Match Prediction
Five times champion Chennai Super Kings take on first champion Rajasthan Royals on 30 March 26, in Barasapara stadium, Guwahati. In last 5 encounters, CSK could defeat RR 1 time only and got defeated 4 times. With Mahendra Singh Dhoni not being in team, can CSK win this match. Let’s explore CSK vs RR playing 11, pitch report, Toss and Match Prediction.
CSK vs RR Playing 11 Today
MS Dhoni is likely to miss the first two weeks of the IPL 2026 due to injury. Although he has missed only 5 out of 253 IPL matches till now, fans don’t want to see him miss a single match during IPL.
CSK have got all young guns in the team which includes Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brevis and Ruturaj Gaikwad. All the eyes would be on Sanju Samson who is coming with a great form from the T20 world Cup. Sanju led the Rajasthan Royals for a decade, but he is going to play against them. RR fans would definitely miss him today.
Shivam Dube would play the finisher role for CSK; he also had an outstanding tournament in the T20 World Cup and played crucial knocks for India including final.
Cricket fans would love to watch the no look shots of highly destructive Dewald Brevis aka Baby AB. He can be a game changer for CSK in the IPL 2026.
For Rajasthan Royals, 15-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi would be on spotlights who played a match winning century against England in the U19 World Cup 2026. He also scored 35 balls hundred last year which is the fastest century of the IPL.
RR fans would love to see Yashaswi Jaiswal in action today. Although he is not in the current Indian t20 side, he scored tons of runs in the IPL as well as the international matches, whenever he got the chance.
Here is expected playing 11 of CSK and RR.
CSK Playing 11: Sanju Samson (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Ayush Mhatre, Matthew Short, Shivam Dube, Prashant Veer, Jamie Overton, Anshul Kamboj, Rahul Chahar, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmad
RR Playing 11: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Riyan Parag (c), Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Dasun Shanaka, Jofra Archer, Sandeep Sharma, Ravi Bishnoi, Adam Milne
CSK vs RR Pitch Report
The pitch is expected to be batting friendly; bowlers must follow discipline in line length and variations for good bowling show.
Batting first would not be easy on this surface as it has been raining today. Damp surface makes difficult for the batter to predict the bounce and speed of the ball. The surface is going to help particularly swing and seam bowlers.
CSK vs RR Toss Update
The toss between CSK and RR is scheduled at 7:00 PM in Barasapara stadium, Guwahati.
The team which wins the toss would want to bat second as lots of moisture is available on the pitch. It would be difficult for the batter to pick the variations of the ball in 1st innings. Surface would become comparatively easy for the batter in second innings.
Toss Update: Rajasthan Royals have won the toss and elected to bowl first.
CSK vs RR Match Prediction
Out of the 35 matches played between CSK and RR, CSK won 16 times and RR won 15 times. But in the last seven matches, RR have won 6 times. Looking at the current form of the players of both the teams, it’s really tough to predict the winner.
Both the teams have explosive batting line-ups but miss the experience factor and bowling line up of both the teams are average on paper. Bowlers need to prove their mettle on the ground today.
The Nation Prime CSK vs RR Win Prediction
RR : 60% CSK 40 %