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Chennai Super Kings became the first team to qualify for the playoffs in IPL 2021 as they notched up their ninth win of the season beating SRH.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) became the first team to qualify for the playoffs in the 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as they notched up their ninth win of the season beating the Sunrisers Hyderabad in their last game and will look to ensure a top-two finish if they win Saturday's encounter.
Rajasthan Royals, on the other hand, are hanging by just a thread as they have to win all their remaining games and also hope that a few other results go their way.
The men in yellow have enjoyed dominance against their the Royals in the recent encounters, winning three of the last five.
The Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals have faced each other 24 times in the 11 seasons of the IPL (the two sides were suspended for 2016 and 2017 seasons) since the inception of the lucrative league in 2008 and the men in yellow have won 15 and the Royals have won 9 of the 24 encounters between the two sides.
The last time these two sides met earlier this season, the men in yellow outplayed the Royals as after scoring 188 runs in the first innings batting first, they restricted the Royals to just 143/9 owing to a complete bowling performance led by Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran and Moeen Ali.
Former Australian all-rounder, who has played for both the Super Kings and the Royals is the leading run-scorer in the RR vs CSK clashes with 711 runs. Watson retired from all forms of the game after the end of the last year's IPL. Watson is followed by Suresh Raina, who has scored 656 runs against the Royals in the 11 seasons he has featured in the IPL in yellow.
All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who has played for both CSK and RR is the leading wicket-taker in the RR vs CSK clashes with 17 scalps. He is followed by his fellow CSK teammate Dwayne Bravo, who has taken 16 wickets against the Royals. Former South African all-rounder Albie Morkel, who played for CSK till 2012 has taken 14 wickets.
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