CSK bowl with Overton, Vijay Shankar in
The duo came in place of Curran and Hooda, while RR went in unchanged
Deivarayan Muthu
30-Mar-2025
CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad won the toss and elected to bowl • BCCI
Having suffered their biggest-ever defeat at Chepauk on Friday, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have responded with two changes for their away game against Rajasthan Royals (RR). Jamie Overton replaced his compatriot Sam Curran and made his IPL debut while Vijay Shankar came in for Deepak Hooda.
Overton lends more strength to the middle order and can also hit heavy lengths at speeds north of 140kph with the ball. As for Vijay, he's an old face for CSK, having played for them in 2014 before moving to different franchises. He was carded at bat at No. 4 in CSK's bowl-first XI, but it's likely that Shivam Dube could slot in there as an Impact Player, with Vijay dropping down the order. There was no room for Devon Conway, though.
As for RR, they were unchanged from the defeat against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the same venue. They might bring in an extra bowler as an Impact Player in place of Sanju Samson later in the evening. Samson is still recuperating from a finger injury and hasn't been cleared yet to keep wicket or field.
Playing XIs
Rajasthan Royals: 1 Yashasvi Jaiswal, 2 Sanju Samson, 3 Nitish Rana, 4 Riyan Parag (capt), 5 Dhruv Jurel (wk), 6 Shimron Hetmyer, 7 Wanindu Hasaranga, 8 Jofra Archer, 9 Maheesh Theekshana, 10 Sandeep Sharma, 11 Tushar Deshpande
Impact Subs: Kunal Singh Rathore, Shubham Dubey, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kumar Kartikeya, Yudhvir Singh
Chennai Super Kings: 1 Rachin Ravindra, 2 Rahul Tripathi, 3 Ruturaj Gaikwad (capt), 4 Vijay Shankar, 5 Ravindra Jadeja, 6 MS Dhoni (wk), 7 Jamie Overton, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Noor Ahmad, 10 Matheesha Pathirana, 11 Khaleel Ahmed
Impact Subs: Shivam Dube, Mukesh Choudhary, Devon Conway, Shaik Rasheed, Sam Curran
Deivarayan Muthu is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo