Chennai Super Kings will compete against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 44th match of the IPL 2021 season. Chennai Super Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders in their last match to register their eighth win and qualify for the playoffs. Wherein Sunrisers Hyderabad broke their losing streak by defeating Rajasthan Royals by winning their last match by 7 wickets.
This match of both the teams will not make much difference in their net run rate. Sunrisers Hyderabad was already out of the race of the playoffs with 2 wins out of their 10 games and 8 losses in that. Chennai Super Kings with 8 wins are at the top of the table and with the best net run rate of 1.069 so win or loss from here hardly matters to them except for the first or the second spot in the playoffs.
With CSK and SRH will lock horns against each other, let us look at 3 players’ battles to watch out for.
Faf Du Plessis vs Rashid Khan
In the current season, if anyone is the most successful batsman for Chennai Super Kings, it is Faf du Plessis who has scored 394 runs in 10 matches at an average of 49.25 which features 4 half-centuries with the highest score of 95. Faf du Plessis remains one of the vital parts of the CSK team over the years in their success and with the season moving towards the conclusion, he will look to give his best to help the side to go close to the trophy.
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If Sunrisers Hyderabad got anything good in the season, then only the bowling of Rashid Khan, who has taken 13 wickets and 10 matches and the only player from Sun risers Hyderabad, is in the race for the Orange Cap. It will be interesting to watch out who will win this race.
Jason Roy vs Ravindra Jadeja
Two big names who have led their teams to victory in their last match with their performance. In a match against Rajasthan Royals Jason Roy has scored 60 runs off 42 balls which included 8 fours and 1 six. With his quickfire knock, Sunrisers Hyderabad chased down the target of 165 in 18.3 overs.
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Ravindra Jadeja has been the match-winner for Chennai’s Super Kings team with bat and bowl. In a match against Kolkata Knight Riders, Jadeja picked up the wicket of Rahul Tripathi who was on 45 runs off 33 balls, and with this wicket, the momentum was shifted towards otherwise KKR could have ended up 190 plus.
Not just with the bat in the last match Ravindra Jadeja has scored 22 runs off 8 balls which included 2 sixes and 2 fours to helped the side to win the match which was already in the favour of Kolkata knight riders.
Kane Williamson vs Deepak Chahar
One of the underrated rivalry to watch out for is definitely among skipper Kane Williamson against right-arm fast bowler Deepak Chahar. Where Kane Williamson has scored unbeaten 51 runs in his last match against Rajasthan Royals and helped them to win the game. While Deepak Chahar went wicketless in his last match for 32 runs in 4 over spell and Chahar will look to get back on his form and improve their numbers in the ongoing season.
