The competition between Laggards Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals has no meaning in the context of the play-offs, but the two teams will aim to accelerate their reconstruction process with the team led by MS Dhoni who seeks to transform from an “ army of dad ” into a young brigade. The Tuesday match is the last of the 2025 edition for the Royals, who have nothing to savor, except to find an exceptional talent in Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who forced the world of cricket to take note of his unexpected coruscalization show.
The bad choices of bowling at the auction have harmed the team based in Jaipur most apart from an impressive show in average order.
If they are at the new number of the table on 10 teams, this has mainly been due to a mediocre spectacle by their quantities and excessive dependence on high -level strikers.
Letting go of Jos Buttler from the team and the not so impressive show by Jofra Archer left the Royals with a lot to face. The absence of a first Indian player who could put the opposition under the pump was their greatest scourge.
If the Mumbai Indians could rekindle their fortune, it is because they had Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult. If the Gujarat titans are a force with which it is necessary to count, it is because Mohammad Siraj and Prasidh Krishna have done their job, sharing more than 30 counters between them – even to punish the flat Indian tracks.
The Royals have never had this cushion or this luxury. They cherished a few ardent departures, like the one on Sunday against the kings of Punjab when they scored more than 70 points in the first five Overs, but have always found a way to lose the competition. It was their story this season.
They can only play for pride and end on a top, avoid the wooden spoon by winning the match on Tuesday against a team that has already gone to the process of transformation.
The packaging formula with and relying on proven players turned out to be exceeded, seriously hindering the performance of Chennai Super King this season.
The CSK expected too much Rahul Tripathy and Deepak Hooda. Their experience in India could have earned them contracts with the franchise, but they could never be the matches of the match consistent in pressure situations.
The reconstruction process began with the infusion of young bloods like Ayush Mhatre, Shaik Rasheed and Urvil Patel. The 20 -year -old Mhatre almost hit a century against RCB and also managed SRH and Mi well.
Patel is a late entry but he showed his potential with his cameo against KKR. What they have done so far is a trailer for the next edition.
The skipper losing Ruturaj Gaikwad added to the misfortunes on the side. Many hoped that with Dhoni would come back then that Skipper would change the fortune on the side, but even he could not do little such limited resources.
Many were expected of foreign recruits like Devon Conway and Rachin Ravira, but nothing worked for the CSK.
In the past, Shane Watson and Dwayne Bravo have done wonders for the team, but this season, no one has played like them.
At the Mini Auction, CSK will have to adjust their combination of strikers.
Chennai Super Kings: Ms Dhoni (C, WK), Shaik Rashed, Ayush Mhatre, Deepak Hooda, Sam Curran, Ravirand Jadeja, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmedabad, Mathe Pathirana, Anshul Kamboj, R Ashwin, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishna, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishna, Jamie, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishna, Jamie, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishna, Jamie, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishna, Jamie, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishn Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tripathhi, Shreyas Gopal Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Elis, C Andre Siddarth, Vansh Bedi.
Royals Rajasthan: Sanju Samson (C, WK), Ashok Sharma, Nandre Burger, Tushar Deshpande, Shubham Dubey, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Wanindu Rasaanga, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurekaya, Akash-dre Pretorius, Kunal Singh Rathore, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Maheesh TheEkshana, Yudhvir Singh.
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