IPL 2015: Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals - Venue, date and predicted line-ups
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will host Rajasthan Royals (RR) in match 47 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. The two-time champions CSK will be up for taking revenge of their away defeat. Both the teams dominated the tournament at the start but then looked like losing their momentum.
Here are all the details:
Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Chennai
Date and time: May 10, 2015; 8 pm (Indian Standard Time)
Previous meeting: RR won by 8 wickets at the Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
Current standings
| Positions | Team | Matches | Won | Lost | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KKR | 12 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 2 | CSK | 11 | 7 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | RR | 12 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | SRH | 11 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | MI | 11 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | RCB | 10 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | DD | 12 | 4 | 8 | 8 |
| 8 | KXIP | 11 | 2 | 9 | 4 |
Top run-scorers
CSK: Brendon McCullum (338 runs in 11 matches)
RR: Ajinkya Rahane (438 runs in 11 matches)
Highest wicket-takers
CSK: Ashish Nehra (17 wickets in 11 matches?)
RR: Dhawal Kulkarni (9 wickets in 9 matches?)
Predicted line-ups
CSK XI: Dwayne Smith, Brendon McCullum, Suresh Raina, Francois du Plessis, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (Captain & Wk), Dwayne Bravo, Pawan Negi, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohit Sharma, Ashish Nehra
RR XI: Ajinkya Rahane, Shane Watson (Captain), Sanju Samson (Wk), Steve Smith, Karun Nair, Stuart Binny, Deepak Hooda, James Faulkner, Tim Southee, Dhawal Kulkarni, Pravin Tambe