Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) face off in match number 29 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday.
CSK lost the tournament opener to Gujarat Titans by 5 wickets but bounced back at home with a 12-run win over Lucknow Super Giants. The four-time IPL winning team then defeated Mumbai Indians by 7 wickets and lost to Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 3 runs. In their last game, they defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 8 runs.
SRH lost their first two matches to Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 72 runs and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) by 5 wickets. They registered their first wins of the season, beating Punjab Kings by 8 wickets and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 23 runs, but lost to Mumbai Indians (MI) by 14 runs.
What: IPL 2023 Match 29, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
When: April 21, Friday
Where: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Match Start: 7:30 pm
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Team News: Chennai Super Kings
Stokes, who was suffering from a toe injury in relief of CSK, took part in the nets on Wednesday after regaining fitness and is available for selection.
The return of the England Test skipper after a close win over Royal Challengers Bangalore will be a big boost for CSK as they return to their fort. Their opponents Hyderabad, however, suffered a defeat at the hands of Mumbai Indians.
The Super Kings batsmen have been able to post decent scores, thanks to the starts provided by Devon Conway and Ruturaj Gaikwad at the top, while Shivam Dube has played some impressive innings.
Ajinkya Rahane has been a revelation, batting with a lot of freedom and taking on opposition bowlers but in a conservative manner and although the rest of the batsmen haven’t done much, the crowds, especially in Chennai, are eager to see an older Dhoni. Hope to open up to some big hits.
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While CSK’s batting unit has been searching for runs, the bowlers have been inconsistent and the fielding has been below par.
Sri Lankan pacer Mathisha Pathirana did a commendable job in the match against RCB but the same cannot be said about the others, although Tushar Deshpande has gotten better with each game.
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CSK will be wary of the fact that they were trounced in the last home game by Rajasthan Royals, losing by three runs as the middle order could not provide much pace to Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja at the end.
The Super Kings will look to strangle the SRH batsmen with spin and the trio of Thekshana, Jadeja and Moeen Ali could prove to be a handful.
CSK have won four of their last five games against Hyderabad and the home side will be hoping to extend the run.
Team News: Sunrisers Hyderabad
SRH, on the other hand, will be hoping for their batting unit to click and the onus will be on skipper Aiden Markram to rise to the occasion. The other batsmen in the line-up need to step up if Hyderabad hope to upset CSK’s applecart at Chepauk.
The loss of wickets in the powerplay has held Sunrisers back and head coach Brian Lara said after the loss to MI that the middle-order needed someone to bat deep and finish games.
The impressive Harry Brook will be one to watch in the Hyderabad line-up and if he carries on, he could prove to be a handful for the CSK bowlers.
Local lad Washington Sundar, who plays for SRH, will be hoping to get a game on his home ground and do well. He has been up and down while the inconsistency of the bowling unit has hurt their chances.
Full Squad:
Chennai Super Kings: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c & wk), Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, Ben Stokes, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajinkya Rahane, Sisanda Magala, Shivam Dube, Dwayne Pretorius, Ahya Mondal, Nishant Sindhu, Rajvardhan Hangerkar, Mitchell Santner , Subharnshu Senapati, Simarjit Singh, Mathisa Pathirana, Mahesh Thikshana, Bhagat Verma, Prashant Solanki, Sheikh Rasheed, Tushar Deshpande.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Aiden Markram (c), Abdul Samad, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kartik Tyagi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen, Adil Rashid , Mayank Markande, Vivrant Sharma, Samarth Vyas, Sanvir Singh, Upendra Yadav, Mayank Dagar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Akeal Hosein, Anmolpreet Singh.
with PTI inputs
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