Chennai Super Kings have started their IPL campaign today against RR but without the likes of star players MS Dhoni and Dewald Brevis.

Brevis has been ruled out due to a side sprain which is not that serious as stated by Stephen Fleming that he is currently in a Rehabilitation center and his recovery won’t be taking that long.

Brevis not playing might take CSK a step back because he can be explosive in the middle order. Whereas Dhoni might be a bigger concern as he is out for two weeks for injury and CSK might be missing his services in the first phase.

Today the match reflected the same issue. CSK vs RR meet in the 3rd match of IPL 2026. RR won the toss and opted to bowl hoping to utilize the powerplay to strike down as many CSK batsman as possible. They have pacers Jofra Archer and Nandre Burger, tailored to exploit early pace-friendly conditions.

Jofra Archer and Nandre Burger, with their fire spell crafted an early collapse, restricting CSK in the Powerplay, posing a mammoth total.The fourth one Mathhew Short to fall to Sandeep Sharma making CSK’s total as to 41/4 in powerplay which is quite below par score. In 10 overs they have lost 6 wickets exposing the middle order too.

No CSK batsman could stand. Then came Jadeja in against his former team quickly sculpting two important wickets in middle overs of Sarfaraz Khan and Shivam Dube. Brijesh Sharma too bowled exceptionally well taking CSK towards a lowest total all out situation.

Top 10 CSK lowest Totals in IPL

Score

Overs

RR

Opposition

Ground

Result

Match Date

79

15.2

5.15

MI

Wankhede

lost

5th May 2013

97

16.0

6.06

MI

Wankhede

lost

12 th May 2022

103/9

20.0

5.15

KKR

Chennai

lost

11th April 2025

109

19.0

5.73

RR

Jaipur

lost

4th May 20008

109

17.4

6.16

MI

Chennai

lost

26th April 2019

110/8

20.0

5.50

Delhi Daredevils

Delhi

lost

10th April 2012

111/6

20.0

5.55

Trinidad & Tobago

Chennai

lost

2nd October 2011

112/8

20.0

5.60

RCB

Chennai

lost

21st May 2008

112/9

20.0

5.64

Delhi Daredevils

Chennai

lost

15th April 2010

112

19.5

5.64

MI

Chennai

lost

4th April 2012