Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings: In the third match of IPL 2026, Rajasthan Royals won the toss and chose to field first against Chennai Super Kings. In this match, 3 players got a chance to debut. Rajasthan Royals gave debut to Ravi Bishnoi and Brijesh Sharma. Whereas Chennai Super Kings gave a chance to debut to Karthik Sharma. The surprising thing is that Chennai did not give a chance to all-rounder Prashant Veer. However, wicketkeeper Karthik Sharma has been kept in the team. Both these players were bought by Chennai at a huge price of Rs 14.20 crore.
Playing XI of Rajasthan-Chennai
Playing XI of Chennai Super Kings- Sanju Samson, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ayush Mhatre, Matt Short, Shivam Dubey, Karthik Sharma, Jamie Overton, Noor Ahmed, Matt Henry, Anshul Kamboj and Khalil Ahmed.
Playing XI of Rajasthan- Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Ryan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Joffra Archer, Nandre Berger, Sandeep Sharma, Ravi Bishnoi and Brijesh Sharma.
Who is Brijesh Sharma?
Rajasthan Royals have also given a chance to Brijesh Sharma in the team. This fast bowler is from Jammu and Kashmir but he plays T20 league in Bengal. He proved his mettle by taking 11 wickets in the Bengal Pro T20 League, from there he got a chance to play in the IPL. This player has never played any domestic match but Rajasthan gave him a chance to debut in IPL.
Dhoni will be missed
Chennai Super Kings is going to miss Dhoni in this match. Let us tell you that Chennai team has entered the team without Dhoni for the sixth time and the record of this team is very bad without him. Without Dhoni, Chennai team has lost in the last four matches. The special thing is that after 277 matches, both Dhoni and Raina are not in the Chennai team.