{"id":308485,"date":"2023-04-12T04:00:41","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T04:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/04\/12\/csk-vs-rr-ipl-2023-spinners-hold-the-key-in-chennai-super-kings-rajasthan-royals-clash-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-04-12T04:00:41","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T04:00:41","slug":"csk-vs-rr-ipl-2023-spinners-hold-the-key-in-chennai-super-kings-rajasthan-royals-clash-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/04\/12\/csk-vs-rr-ipl-2023-spinners-hold-the-key-in-chennai-super-kings-rajasthan-royals-clash-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"CSK vs RR IPL 2023: Spinners hold the key in Chennai Super Kings-Rajasthan Royals clash | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>CHENNNAI: It\u2019s not too often that an <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_others-IPL -https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\" frmappuse=\"1\">IPL <\/a>match turns into a battle of spinners. But Wednesday\u2019s high-voltage clash between <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/teams\/chennai-super-kings\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_topic-Chennai Super Kings-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/teams\/chennai-super-kings\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chennai Super Kings<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/teams\/rajasthan-royals\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_topic-Rajasthan Royals-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/teams\/rajasthan-royals\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rajasthan Royals<\/a> will feature some of the best spinners pitted against each other on a surface which should help the slower bowlers. <br \/>CSK, ravaged by injuries to premier pacers Deepak Chahar and Ben Stokes, will bank on left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja, offie Moeen Ali and Lankan mystery spinner Maheesh Theeksana (or Mitchell Santner) to try and keep a lid on the firepower of the Royals top order. Royals, on the other hand, have the two Indian spin wizards \u2014 R Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal \u2014 in their lineup to make it difficult for a CSK batting order that is showing signs of coming to life.<\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component QbQNS undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Embed-GFX-4-1204\" msid=\"99423323\" width=\"600\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/42706777.gif\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/imgsize-23456,msid-99423323,width-600,resizemode-4\/99423323.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ashwin, who will have to play a key role in the middle overs to ensure that the CSK middle-order doesn\u2019t run away with the game, is eagerly looking forward to the surface that will be on offer. <\/p>\n<div class=\"lOvcW\">\n<div class=\"undefined PjEF6 video_blk \" style=\"background:\">\n<div class=\"CjhYO\" data-ga=\"video-inline-user_initiated|msid_99423206-video_99408449\" data-setgacategory=\"false\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IPL 2023: Chennai Super Kings take on Rajasthan Royals in Chepauk\" msid=\"99408449\" imgsize=\"99408449\" imageclassname=\"undefined CjhYO\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/42706777.gif\" title=\"IPL 2023: Chennai Super Kings take on Rajasthan Royals in Chepauk\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/42706777.gif\"\/><i class=\"HGiJo\"\/><\/div>\n<p>06:52<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"efT4r\">IPL 2023: Chennai Super Kings take on Rajasthan Royals in Chepauk<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component QbQNS undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Embed-GFX-5-1204\" msid=\"99423340\" width=\"600\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/42706777.gif\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/imgsize-23456,msid-99423340,width-600,resizemode-4\/99423340.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt all depends on what the surface presents. In the last game here against Lucknow, it was very good. It\u2019s all about adapting to the ground and playing the right shots. In T20s, more than the spinners coming to the fore, it\u2019s about how the batter copes with opposition bowlers,\u201d Ashwin said. <\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component QbQNS undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Embed-GFX-6-1204\" msid=\"99423359\" width=\"600\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/42706777.gif\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/imgsize-23456,msid-99423359,width-600,resizemode-4\/99423359.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component QbQNS undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Embed-GFX-7-1204\" msid=\"99423375\" width=\"600\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/42706777.gif\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/imgsize-23456,msid-99423375,width-600,resizemode-4\/99423375.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It is also about utilizing the spinners and that\u2019s something CSK skipper MS Dhoni is a master of. Against Lucknow and Mumbai Indians, it was the captain\u2019s brilliant use of Moeen Ali and Ravindra Jadeja at crucial junctures that brought things back for CSK. With his pace bowling depleted, Dhoni will launch his spin trio against the likes of Jos Butler.<\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component QbQNS undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cricket Batsmen.\" msid=\"99423247\" width=\"600\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/42706777.gif\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/imgsize-23456,msid-99423247,width-600,resizemode-4\/99423247.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n    const { TimesApps } = window;\n    TimesApps.loadFBEvents = function() {\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n        };\n        if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n        n.push = n;\n        n.loaded = !0;\n        n.version = '2.0';\n        n.queue = [];\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, v, n, t, s);\n      fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    };\n  })(\n    window,\n    document,\n    'script',\n    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js',\n  );<\/script><script>if(typeof window !== 'undefined') {\n    window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n    const { TimesApps } = window;\n    TimesApps.loadScriptsOnceAdsReady = () => {\n      var scripts = [\n      'https:\/\/static.clmbtech.com\/ad\/commons\/js\/2658\/toi\/colombia_v2.js',\n      'https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/grxpushnotification_js\/minify-1,version-2.cms',\n      'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#version=v10.0&xfbml=true',\n      'https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/locateservice_js\/minify-1,version-14.cms'\n    ];\n      scripts.forEach(function(url) {\n        let script = document.createElement('script');\n        script.type=\"text\/javascript\";\n        if(!false && !false && !false && url.indexOf('colombia_v2')!== -1){\n          script.src = url;\n        } else if (!false && !false && !false && url.indexOf('sdkloader')!== -1) {\n          script.src = url;\n        } else if (!false && (url.indexOf('tvid.in\/sdk') !== -1 || url.indexOf('connect.facebook.net') !== -1 || url.indexOf('locateservice_js') !== -1 )) {\n          script.src = url;\n        } else if (url.indexOf('colombia_v2')== -1 && url.indexOf('sdkloader')== -1 && url.indexOf('tvid.in\/sdk')== -1 && url.indexOf('connect.facebook.net') == -1){\n          script.src = url;\n        }\n        script.async = true;\n        script.defer = true;\n        document.body.appendChild(script);\n      });\n    }\n  }\n  <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/top-stories\/ipl-2023-csk-vs-rr-spinners-hold-the-key-in-chennai-super-kings-rajasthan-royals-clash\/articleshow\/99423206.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] CHENNNAI: It\u2019s not too often that an IPL match turns into a battle of spinners. 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