Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals: IPL H2H Record
By CricketTaken EditorialPublished Cricket in the Indian Premier League10 min read
Thirty-two matches, sixteen wins each. No other fixture Chennai Super Kings have played this often is level, and the way it got there is the story: Chennai were 14-8 up after the 2019 season and have won only two of the ten meetings since.
Rajasthan Royals also hold the only knockout between them, and it happens to be the biggest match either franchise has played. At the DY Patil Stadium on 1 June 2008 Rajasthan chased 164 and won the inaugural IPL final by three wickets off the last ball, Yusuf Pathan taking the player-of-the-match award for 56 from 39 balls and three wickets for 22.
The fixture also produced Chennai's highest total in IPL history. On 3 April 2010 at Chepauk they made 246 for 5, Murali Vijay hitting 127 from 56 balls, and still had to survive Rajasthan's reply of 223 for 5 to win by 23 runs. Neither total has been beaten in the fixture since.
The ledger, and the ten-match swing
| Period | Matches | CSK won | RR won |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009-2019 | 19 | 14 | 5 |
| 2020-2026 | 10 | 2 | 8 |
| All matches | 32 | 16 | 16 |
Splitting the fixture that way is not arbitrary. Between the 2009 season and the 2019 season Chennai won 14 of 19, including two runs of consecutive victories — six in a row from May 2011 to April 2013, and pairs in most other seasons. Since the 2020 season Rajasthan have won eight of ten, including the last three in succession. The aggregate arrived back at even in Guwahati on 30 March 2026.
Where the matches were played
| Ground | City | Matches | CSK won | RR won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | Chennai | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| Sawai Mansingh Stadium | Jaipur | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Sardar Patel Stadium | Ahmedabad | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Sheikh Zayed Stadium | Abu Dhabi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| ACA Stadium, Barsapara | Guwahati | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| SuperSport Park | Centurion | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| De Beers Diamond Oval | Kimberley | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dubai International Cricket Stadium | Dubai | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| JSCA International Stadium | Ranchi | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Maharashtra CA Stadium | Pune | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sharjah Cricket Stadium | Sharjah | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Brabourne Stadium | Mumbai | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DY Patil Stadium | Navi Mumbai | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Arun Jaitley Stadium | Delhi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Fifteen grounds for 32 matches is a lot of scatter, and it is mostly Rajasthan's doing. They have used Jaipur, Ahmedabad and Guwahati as home venues in this fixture, and the two Guwahati games in 2025 and 2026 both went their way. Chennai's home record is the strongest single line on the page — seven wins from nine at Chepauk — but Rajasthan have taken both of their two most recent visits there, in 2023 and, before that, 2015. The Sawai Mansingh pitch report and the Barsapara records page cover the two grounds Rajasthan have most often chosen.
Every meeting, 2008 to 2026
| # | Season | Date | Stage | Ground | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2008 | 4 May | League | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | RR won by 8 wickets |
| 2 | 2008 | 24 May | League | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | RR won by 10 runs |
| 3 | 2008 | 1 June | Final | DY Patil Stadium | RR won by 3 wickets |
| 4 | 2009 | 30 April | League | SuperSport Park, Centurion | CSK won by 38 runs |
| 5 | 2009 | 9 May | League | De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley | CSK won by 7 wickets |
| 6 | 2010 | 28 March | League | Sardar Patel Stadium | RR won by 17 runs |
| 7 | 2010 | 3 April | League | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | CSK won by 23 runs |
| 8 | 2011 | 4 May | League | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | CSK won by 8 wickets |
| 9 | 2011 | 9 May | League | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | CSK won by 63 runs |
| 10 | 2012 | 21 April | League | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | CSK won by 7 wickets |
| 11 | 2012 | 10 May | League | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | CSK won by 4 wickets |
| 12 | 2013 | 22 April | League | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | CSK won by 5 wickets |
| 13 | 2013 | 12 May | League | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | RR won by 5 wickets |
| 14 | 2014 | 23 April | League | Dubai International Cricket Stadium | CSK won by 7 runs |
| 15 | 2014 | 13 May | League | JSCA International Stadium | CSK won by 5 wickets |
| 16 | 2015 | 19 April | League | Sardar Patel Stadium | RR won by 8 wickets |
| 17 | 2015 | 10 May | League | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | CSK won by 12 runs |
| 18 | 2018 | 20 April | League | Maharashtra CA Stadium, Pune | CSK won by 64 runs |
| 19 | 2018 | 11 May | League | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | RR won by 4 wickets |
| 20 | 2019 | 31 March | League | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | CSK won by 8 runs |
| 21 | 2019 | 11 April | League | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | CSK won by 4 wickets |
| 22 | 2020 | 22 September | League | Sharjah Cricket Stadium | RR won by 16 runs |
| 23 | 2020 | 19 October | League | Sheikh Zayed Stadium | RR won by 7 wickets |
| 24 | 2021 | 19 April | League | Wankhede Stadium | CSK won by 45 runs |
| 25 | 2021 | 2 October | League | Sheikh Zayed Stadium | RR won by 7 wickets |
| 26 | 2022 | 20 May | League | Brabourne Stadium | RR won by 5 wickets |
| 27 | 2023 | 12 April | League | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | RR won by 3 runs |
| 28 | 2023 | 27 April | League | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | RR won by 32 runs |
| 29 | 2024 | 12 May | League | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | CSK won by 5 wickets |
| 30 | 2025 | 30 March | League | ACA Stadium, Guwahati | RR won by 6 runs |
| 31 | 2025 | 20 May | League | Arun Jaitley Stadium | RR won by 6 wickets |
| 32 | 2026 | 30 March | League | ACA Stadium, Guwahati | RR won by 8 wickets |
Rajasthan's absence in 2016 and 2017 was a suspension served alongside Chennai's, which is why neither side appears in the fixture for those two seasons. Both returned in 2018.
Highest totals in the fixture
| Total | Team | Season | Ground |
|---|---|---|---|
| 246/5 | Chennai Super Kings | 2010 | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium |
| 223/5 | Rajasthan Royals | 2010 | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium |
| 216/7 | Rajasthan Royals | 2020 | Sharjah Cricket Stadium |
| 211/5 | Rajasthan Royals | 2008 | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium |
| 204/5 | Chennai Super Kings | 2018 | Maharashtra CA Stadium |
| 202/5 | Rajasthan Royals | 2023 | Sawai Mansingh Stadium |
| 201/7 | Chennai Super Kings | 2008 | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium |
| 200/6 | Chennai Super Kings | 2020 | Sharjah Cricket Stadium |
The top two rows are from the same match, and 469 runs in a single game at Chepauk in 2010 remains the largest aggregate this fixture has produced by a wide margin. It is also the outlier: eight innings have passed 200 in 32 matches, and the IPL's highest team totals list shows how modest that rate is for a fixture of this length.
The lowest completed total is Chennai's 109 all out at Jaipur on 4 May 2008, in the fixture's very first meeting. Chennai's 127 all out at Guwahati in March 2026 is the second, and Rajasthan chased it down in 12.1 overs for the fixture's most emphatic win in balls remaining.
Close finishes, and who wins them
| Side | Wins | Won defending | Won chasing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chennai Super Kings | 16 | 8 | 8 |
| Rajasthan Royals | 16 | 6 | 10 |
Nine matches here have been decided by ten runs or fewer, or by four wickets or fewer with two balls or less left. Rajasthan have won six of those nine, and their three-run win at Chepauk in April 2023 is the narrowest margin in the fixture by runs. Chennai's tightest is seven runs, in Dubai in 2014.
First-innings scoring has barely moved across the fixture's life — 165 on average in the 2008 to 2013 seasons, 163 from 2014 to 2019 and 171 from 2020 onwards. For a fixture that started with a 469-run match, the absence of inflation is unusual, and it reflects how many of the recent meetings have been played on the slower surfaces at Guwahati, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah rather than at Chepauk or Jaipur.
Four things the tables do not spell out:
- Rajasthan won all three meetings in the competition's first season, including the final, and then did not win two in the same season again until 2023.
- Chennai have never lost a match in this fixture by more than 32 runs. Rajasthan have lost four by more than 38.
- Of Chennai's seven wins at Chepauk, five came in consecutive seasons from 2010 to 2015 inclusive. Rajasthan's two both came after 2015.
- The fixture has no ties and no no-results in 32 matches, which makes it one of the cleaner long-running head-to-head records in the competition.
Franchise context and where to read next
The Chennai Super Kings hub and the Rajasthan Royals hub carry squad, honours and season-by-season detail; the IPL index covers every campaign from 2008. Sanju Samson's captaincy record at Rajasthan spans most of the recent stretch in which the fixture turned. The 2008 season page has the final in full and the 2023 season page the double that started Rajasthan's current run. Chennai's record against Delhi Capitals is the fixture of similar length in which their lead has held. Chepauk's own figures are on the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium records page, and the cricket in India hub sets the league against the domestic calendar.
Sources and method
Every result, date, ground, innings score and margin on this page is derived from this site's IPL season match lists for 2008 to 2026 and verified against ESPNcricinfo scorecards. Yusuf Pathan's 56 and three for 22 in the 2008 final, and Murali Vijay's 127 in the 246 for 5 at Chepauk in 2010, were both confirmed from those match scorecards.
Counting conventions: all 32 meetings produced a result, so wins and matches reconcile without a no-result column. Home-ground allocation follows the designated host, so the 2008 final at Navi Mumbai and the two UAE seasons sit outside either home column, while Ahmedabad and Guwahati count as Rajasthan home games. The 2010 match at Chepauk is included in the first-innings averages despite its size; removing it lowers the 2008-2013 figure by six runs.
One omission is deliberate. Fixture-only individual aggregates — the leading run scorer and wicket taker across these 32 matches — are not given. The dataset behind these tables holds match results rather than ball-by-ball detail, and we would rather leave the number out than publish an estimate. Figures current as of 27 August 2026.