IPL 2025: Top 3 Player battles to watch out for in CSK vs RR clash

Two ‘eliminated’ and ‘down and out’ teams in the ongoing IPL 2025, the Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings, will take on each other in the 62nd match of the tournament. Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium will host this game on Tuesday, May 20. However, the game will be a dead rubber, but both teams will fight for their prestige and a graceful exit from the tournament. 

RR are coming off a 10-run win against PBKS in the last game, and they have lost four games while winning only one in their last five games. On the other hand, CSK have also been through a dismal run of form in the tournament. 

Given that, here we’ll have a look at the top 3 player battles to watch out for in the CSK vs RR clash in Delhi.

1. Sanju Samson vs Khaleel Ahmed 

The RR skipper and wicketkeeper-batter, Sanju Samson, has dominated the head-to-head player battle against the star CSK pacer Khaleel Ahmed. Samson and Khaleel have faced each other across five IPL editions from 2019 to the ongoing 2025 edition. 

Samson has scored 81 runs off just 50 balls, with only one dismissal, hitting eight fours and four sixes. He also has a brilliant strike rate of 162.0 against Khaleel Ahmed. So, it might be a big positive for the Royals, especially in the first six overs of the game.

2. Yashasvi Jaiswal vs Ravichandran Ashwin 

The veteran CSK spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has controlled the head-to-head face-off against the young RR opener Yashasvi Jaiswal. In a short face-off in IPL 2020, Ashwin conceded only 11 runs in 13 balls, bowling five dots and conceding only one four. 

Jaiswal has a strike rate of only 84.6, so the CSK might opt to field Ravichandran in the initial overs of the game to tackle the potential ‘Jaiswal’ threat at the spin-friendly track of the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.

3. Shivam Dube vs Wanindu Hasaranga 

The star CSK all-rounder Shivam Dube has been brutally dominant over the RR spinner Wanindu Hasaranga in the head-to-head player battle. Dube has smashed 43 runs off just 20 balls against Hasaranga in the head-to-head player battle across three seasons from IPL 2022 to the ongoing IPL 2025. 

Dube has also smashed three fours and four sixes, with an amazing strike rate of 215.0 and a brilliant average of 43.0. In these face-offs, the Sri Lankan spinner has managed to dismiss Dube only on one occasion. 

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