RR vs CSK Dream11 prediction, IPL 2023: Fantasy picks, captain and vice-captain choices

RR vs CSK Dream11 prediction: Chennai Super Kings will be in the hunt for their fourth win on the trot as they travel to Jaipur to face last year's runners-up Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Thursday.

It will also be a chance for Chennai Super Kings to avenge their defeat from earlier in the season as Rajasthan Royals got the better of the MS Dhoni-led side at their fiefdom Chepauk Stadium by three runs.

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RR vs CSK: Six key players

RR: (Yashashvi Jaishwal, Devdutt Padikkal, and Yuzvendra Chahal) It was a tough choice picking the top three from the pink-clad outfit as many of their players have been in form, including Jost Buttler and Sanju Samson. Last-match half-centurion Padikkal has shown a lot of consistency off late after the initial struggle in the season.

Jaiswal has been fearless cricket at the top of the batting order as well while Shimron Hetmyer and Dhruv Jurel do the heavy lifting in the death overs. Among bowlers, Yuzvendra Chahal is aiming for the purple cap with 11 wickets to his name while R Ashwin is getting there as well with nine wickets to his name.

CSK: (Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane and Tushar Deshpande) CSK have several key performers as well with Devon Conway on a half-century hitting spree of four innings so far while Ajinkya Rahane 2.0 is just can't stop scoring runs. Apart from them Shivam Dube and Ruturaj Gaikwad are in good touch as well.

Among bowlers, Tushar Deshpande has emerged as an unlikely candidate for the Purple Cap and has emerged as the team's strike bowler. Ravindra Jadeja has been in good form with the ball too while Maheesh Theekshana and Mathish Pathirana are proving valuable too.

RR vs CSK predicted playing 11 and bench

RR predicted playing 11 J Buttler, Y Jaiswal, S Samson (c & wk), D Padikkal, S Hetmyer, D Jurel, R Ashwin, J Holder, T Boult, S Sharma, Y Chahal, A Basith
RR bench: M Ashwin, KM Asif, R Parag, J Root, A Zampa, N Saini, K Yadav, K Sen, K Singh Rathore

CHE predicted playing 11 R Gaikwad, D Conway, A Rahane, M Ali, A Rayudu, S Dube, R Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c & wk), M Pathirana, T Deshpande, M Theekshana

Bench Akash Singh, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Ben Stokes