The Rajasthan Royals play the Chennai Super Kings on Friday in the 2013 CLT20 semifinals. The match starts at 10:30 a.m. ET (8 p.m. IST). Watch the free live stream HERE.
Group A winner Rajasthan meets the runner-up of Group B on Friday for the Twenty-20 semifinals. Rajasthan is undefeated in four league games and are a favorite to win the tournament, CricBuzz.com reports. The club will look for another great outing from Sanju Samson, who has scored 121 runs so far. Ajinkya Rahane has also helped in the batting department with 153 runs.
Rajasthan will bat first.
"We would have bowled first as well," Royals skipper Rahul Dravid said, via CricBuzz.com. "We have done well batting first here so that does not bother us much. We will look to put up a good total on board and defend it. We have one change Yagnik replaces Menaria."
Chennai, meanwhile, has played well with the exception of their loss to Trinidad & Tobago. The club's batsmen are dangerous, highlighted by MS Dhoni, Dwayne Bravo, Michael Hussey and Ravindra Jadeja. Chennai boasts a well-balanced attack and have the real possibility of upsetting the Group A winner.
Projected Squads (via CricBuzz.com):
Rajasthan: Rahul Dravid (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Sanju Samson (wk), Shane Watson, Stuart Binny, Brad Hodge, James Faulkner, Kevon Cooper, Ashok Menaria*, Rahul Shukla, Pravin Tambe, Dishant Yagnik, Vikramjeet Malik, Shaun Tait, Harmeet Singh.
Chennai: Murali Vijay, Michael Hussey, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (c,wk), Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Albie Morkel, S Badrinath, Jason Holder, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohit Sharma, Faf du Plessis, Chris Morris, Imtiyaz Ahmed, Wriddhiman Saha.
