Big image: Can SRH rating first win towards CSK at residence?
Sunrisers Hyderabad haven’t but crushed Chennai Super Kings at residence. They’ve performed solely three matches towards CSK in Chennai, however visiting groups have at all times struggled for success at Chepauk, the place Super Kings have received 19 of their final 23 video games.
CSK have performed solely two residence video games to this point however early indicators are that Chepauk is staying true to fame and helping spin. Spinners have taken 16 wickets there this season with an economic system of 8.13, whereas the quick bowlers have 11 wickets and an economic system of 10.66.
Sunrisers haven’t got the identical depth in their spin assault. They’ve been enjoying Washington Sundar, who’s bowled 11 overs in 5 video games with out a wicket, and Mayank Markande, whereas preserving Adil Rashid and Akeal Hosein on the bench due to crew steadiness. Will captain Aiden Markram look to convey in a world spinner due to the situations at Chepauk?
Sunrisers have not been the quickest starters with the bat this season both: their powerplay run-rate of seven.13 is the bottom amongst all groups, whereas Super Kings’ 9.86 is the very best. They may need to method this contest in a different way and assault CSK’s quicks early on, in order that they do not depart themselves an excessive amount of to do towards the spinners in Chennai.
Recent outcomes
Chennai Super Kings WLWWL (final 5 matches, most up-to-date first)
Sunrisers Hyderabad LWWLL
Team information: Stokes nonetheless uncertain however Santner’s match
Ben Stokes is more likely to miss a fourth successive sport as he recovers from a heel damage, although he did bat and bowl in the nets for a short time on Wednesday. Mitchell Santner has recovered from sickness and is on the market for choice.
Impact Player technique
Chennai Super Kings
Super Kings have been utilizing Ambati Rayudu solely throughout their batting innings, swapping him in or out for a bowler relying on whether or not they bowl first or second.
Probable XII: 1 Ruturaj Gaikwad, 2 Devon Conway, 3 Ajinkya Rahane, 4 Shivam Dube, 5 Ambati Rayudu, 6 Moeen Ali, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, Eight MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 9 Tushar Deshpande, 10 Maheesh Theekshana, 11 Matheesha Pathirana/Mitchell Santner, 12 Akash Singh
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Sunrisers’ use of the Impact Player does not have a constant sample, although it is normally been a batter for a bowler or vice versa. Against Knight Riders, they subbed out Harry Brook after he scored 100 and introduced in Washington Sundar, and in their subsequent sport towards Mumbai they subbed out T Natarajan after they completed bowling and introduced in Abdul Samad for the chase.
Probable XII: 1 Harry Brook, 2 Mayank Agarwal, 3 Rahul Tripathi, 4 Aiden Markram (capt), 5 Abhishek Sharma, 6 Heinrich Klaasen (wk), 7 Abdul Samad, 8 Washington Sundar, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Marco Jansen/Akeal Hosein/Adil Rashid, 11 Mayank Markande, 12 T Natarajan/Vivrant Sharma
Stats that matter
- CSK are the one IPL opponents towards whom Mayank Agarwal has not scored a half-century in greater than 10 innings.
- In the final two IPL seasons, solely Nitish Rana and Sanju Samson have extra runs than Ruturaj Gaikwad’s 235 towards Sunrisers.
- Tushar Deshpande has picked up 5 wickets in the final 5 overs this season, the second most by a quick bowler. However, his economic system of 12.81 in this section is the very best amongst bowlers to have bowled at the very least 30 balls.
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar has dismissed Ajinkya Rahane six instances in 103 deliveries in the IPL, and solely conceded 90 runs
Pitch and situations
The two video games in Chennai to this point have had good batting tracks with sufficient in them for spinners. The quick bowlers been costly and the pattern might proceed. The climate is predicted to be heat and humid.
The Big Question
What would you prefer to see at Chepauk on Friday?
98 votes
CSK play Mitchell Santner
S Sudarshanan is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo