Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will be locking horns with Delhi Capitals (DC) in the 55th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 at the Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai. The return of MS Dhoni as the skipper of CSK hasn’t brought much change in the team’s fortunes and they are out of the race for the playoffs after the loss in the previous game.
However, they will still be looking to end up high in the points table which will be a confidence booster for them going into the next edition. On the other hand, DC managed to pull off a dominating win in their last game against the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and managed to pull off a win despite big guns like Prithvi Shaw and Axar Patel suffering niggles.
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The return of Anrich Nortje will also be an addition as he has been bowling at some serious pace in the armory and he is likely to hold on to his place. It will be interesting to see if Prithvi Shaw and Axar Patel are fit as they will be walking into the playing XI. In the 26 meetings between the two sides in IPL so far, CSK is leading the charts 16-10 against DC in the head-to-head battles. In the last 5 meetings, however, it’s 4-1 in favor of DC.
Delhi Capitals (DC)
DC could possibly rethink how they use Kuldeep Yadav who will be lethal against CSK’s middle order Moeen Ali and MS Dhoni. Kuldeep though has one match-up in his favor in the middle order – Ambati Rayudu (2 dismissals in 24 balls, S/R of 100). DC missed Axar Patel and Prithvi Shaw in their last game and while the former is set to return, Shaw’s return seems dicey.
Probable XI: David Warner, Mandeep Singh/Yash Dhull, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant, Rovman Powell, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel Shardul Thakur, Anrich Nortje, Kuldeep Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed
Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
If CSK manages to bring back Dwayne Bravo, they can opt to use him upfront given his good record against David Warner. Bravo has dismissed him four times in 112 balls. Additionally, Moeen Ali’s off-spin can become lethal against the southpaws of DC. Dwayne Pretorious and Simarjeet Singh have not been up to the mark in the last couple of matchwa , and a possible change could be the return of Dwayne Bravo and Shivam Dube if there aren’t any fitness concerns.
Probable XI: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Moeen Ali, Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Dwayne Pretorious/Dwayne Bravo, Simarjeet Singh/Shivam Dube, Maheesh Theekshana, Mukesh Choudhary
Fantasy XI Suggestion 1:
Rishabh Pant, David Warner (c), Rovman Powell, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway (vc), Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Maheesh Theekshana
Fantasy XI Suggestion 2:
Rishabh Pant (vc), David Warner, Rovman Powell, Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Devon Conway, Robin Uthappa, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Maheesh Theekshana
