Preview
Two teams with contrasting forms will face each other on Saturday evening. Rajasthan are in a must-win situation and even if they win their remaining three matches, they will only reach 14 points and will still need some other results to go their way. To win against Chennai, Rajasthan will have to play their best cricket.
Chennai, on the other hand, might try out a few different players having qualified for the playoffs already. However, their coach Stephen Fleming has already cleared that there won’t be many changes but they will look to manage workloads of a few players.
Match Details
Indian T20 League, 2021: Match 47 – Rajasthan vs Chennai
Date & Time: October 2, 2021; 7:30 PM IST
Venue – Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi.
Probable Playing XIs
Rajasthan
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Evin Lewis, Sanju Samson (C & WK), Liam Livingstone, Mahipal Lomror, Riyan Parag/Shivam Dube, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Karthik Tyagi, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya.
Chennai
Faf du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (C & WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Josh Hazlewood
Top Picks
Sanju Samson
The Rajasthan skipper has looked in good touch in the second leg so far. In the must-win game, expect him to step up to the task and lead from the front. He has scored two half-centuries (82 and 70*) in last three games. But both the knocks have come in the losing cause. This could just be the game where he wins it for his side.
Ruturaj Gaikwad
This man has looked very elegant in his approach. Opening the innings, Ruturaj has taken a lot of burden off Du Plessis in the powerplay scoring more than 400 runs so far in the season. With Rajasthan’s bowling not so threatening, he can just be the perfect player to earn a lot of Fantasy points.
Fantasy Team of 11 Players
Sanju Samson, Evin Lewis (VC), Faf du Plessis (C), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Chris Morris, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, Mustafizur Rahman, Shardul Thakur, Chetan Sakariya.
2nd Innings Fantasy Tips
Case 1 – If Rajasthan is batting
Sanju Samson, Evin Lewis (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Liam Livingstone, Riyan Parag, Mahipal Lomror, Chris Morris, Dwayne Bravo (VC), Ravindra Jadeja, Josh Hazlewood, Shardul Thakur.
Case 2 – If Chennai is batting
MS Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Moeen Ali (VC), Ravindra Jadeja, Chris Morris, Mahipal Lomror, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya
