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In the death overs and this is where Hazlewood has to step up and take responsibility.
In the heavyweight clash, all eyes will be on Faf du Plessis, who had a stellar year in Chennai but is now leading his rivals Royal Challengers Bangalore. Both teams have huge fans and Yellow Army supporters were not happy with their team’s decision to let go of du Plessis, who was a pillar for them at the top of the batting order. With CSK going through a rough patch with no wins in the first four matches, the defending champions have not been able to strike the right balance in the side. With the dismissal of Deepak Chahar, he lacks the options to take wickets with the new ball.
On the other hand, the rejuvenated RCB have played some collective cricket so far this season which has been reflected in their results. They have won three out of four matches this season and look like a well-balanced unit with batting and bowling praising each other in the end.
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CSK’s batsmen will have to face a powerful bowling attack from RCB which includes spinners Wanindu Hasranga, David Willey and Mohammad Siraj. Young Ruturaj Gaikwad, who has had a bad season so far, will have to step up and perform with all-rounders Moeen Ali and Shivam Dubey taking up more responsibility.
Apart from the experienced Dwayne Bravo, the CSK bowlers are way off the mark. He needs to get the bowling combination right after trying out multiple options.
Another major weak link is Mukesh Chowdhary, who is leaking runs. Unless CSK find the right combination, RCB will be expected to run away from the game.
However, an excited RCB is ticking all the boxes. Opener Anuj Rawat, who scored his maiden fifty in IPL, came to the party against Mumbai Indians, while Virat Kohli also needed a lot of runs.
Captain Faf du Plessis can attack the cleaners any way and the top three are also in good form.
Dinesh Karthik is the firing finisher for RCB and engineer-turned-cricketer Shahbaz Ahmed has also been impressed with his batting so far.
full squad
Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja (c), Moeen Ali, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Dwayne Bravo, Deepak Chahar, Ambati Rayudu, Robin Uthappa, Mitchell Santner, Chris Jordan, Adam Milne, Devon Conway, Shivam Dube, Dwayne Pretorius, Mahesh Thikshana, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Tushar Deshpande, KM Asif, C Hari Nishant, N Jagadeesan, Subranshu Senapati, K Bhagat Verma, Prashant Solanki, Simarjit Singh, Mukesh Choudhary.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammad Siraj, Faf du Plessis, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dinesh Karthik, Josh Hazlewood, Shahbaz Ahmed, Anuj Rawat, Akash Deep, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Sherfane Rutherford, Jason Behrendorff, Suyash Prabhudesai, Chama Milind, Anishwar Gautam, Karn Sharma, David Willey, Rajat Patidar, Siddharth Kaul.
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