CSK Batters Struggling After Losing 1 Early Wicket News24 –

The Super Kings were terribly off-colour when they went up against RCB couple of days ago. The game was perhaps lost due to their poor fielding. Plenty of chances went begging and they ended up conceding a total that was well above par. Their batting too has been a cause for concern. Their top four, consisting of Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Deepak Hooda, seems to lack a bit of substance, particularly with the skipper himself not being in the best of form. That Sam Curran hasn’t quite been able to make an impact, with either bat or ball, might instigate a change or two as they’ll have an eye on bolstering their batting. Now on the road, it’ll also be interesting to to see if CSK stick to playing three front-line spinners.

The Rajasthan Royals, having fared quite poorly in both their games so far, will be extremely keen to get their campaign off the ground. Their bowlers took an absolute battering in their first game against SRH while the batters faltered in their game against KKR. With Jofra Archer terribly out of rhythm, they’ll hope their Sri Lankan spin-duo of Hasaranga and Theekshana can give their bowling attack some venom. They’ll also be banking on their Indian core of Jaiswal, Samson and Parag to set the stage with the bat as they haven’t got the deepest batting line-up.

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