The fifth match of the Indian Premier League 2019 will be between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals. Both teams started their campaign with comprehensive victories and will now look forward to strengthening their position on the points table. Delhi has a balanced side and their batting gives them the firepower to win any match, which was on show at Wankhede Stadium as well last night where they put a big total. On the other hand, Chennai’s squad consist of several senior players and the average age of the team is 33 but the depth of the CSK is their biggest positive going forward into the tournament.
Delhi Capitals
Delhi played their first game against Mumbai Indians at Wankhede Stadium and won the game by 37 runs. Rishabh Pant was the star performer for DC and tore Mumbai’s bowling lineup apart with some clean hitting. Colin Ingram and Shikhar Dhawan were also batting well before throwing their wicket away.
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DC is expected to field the same team which played against Mumbai. Colin Ingram, Keemo Paul, Kagiso Rabada and Trent Bolt will be four overseas players for them while the rest of the players are likely to keep their place in the team.
Probable XI: Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer (C), Colin Ingram, Rishabh Pant (WK), Keemo Paul, Axar Patel, Rahul Tewatiya, Kagiso Rabada, Trent Bolt, Ishant Sharma.
Chennai Super Kings
Chennai played their opening game against Southern rivals Royal Challengers Bangalore. The game played at MA Chidambaram Stadium was a low scoring contest and spin bowlers enjoyed their outing. The track of Chepauk was sluggish and CSK skipper MS Dhoni criticized the curator for such pitch. However, Feroz Shah Kotla can also witness another spin-heavy bowling lineup from both sides.
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Chennai fielded with three regular spinners against RCB and Dhoni can retain the same playing XI against Delhi as well. Delhi pitch has been assisting spinners in the recent past and Imran Tahir, Harbhajan Singh, and Ravindra Jadeja can run heroics in Kotla as well.
Probable XI: Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (C/WK), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar.
