Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will be hosting Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the 29th game of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Both teams have played five games each so far this season. Chennai Super Kings have managed to win three of their five games so far, and are placed third on the points table, with 6 points under their belt and a net run rate of +0.265.
On the other hand, the Sunrisers Hyderabad only managed to win a couple of wins in their five matches and is sitting second-last on the points table, with 4 points to their tally and a net run rate of -0.798. Chennai is coming off an 8-run win over the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) side while Sunrisers Hyderabad is coming off a 14-run defeat against the Mumbai Indians.
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Chennai and Hyderabad have faced each other in 18 matches in IPL so far. Out of these 18 matches, Chennai has won 13 whereas Hyderabad has come out victorious on 5 occasions. Another great encounter is anticipated here between these two teams on Friday.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
Ahead of the game, Ben Stokes kept the groundsmen on their toes by absolutely smashing it in the nets. But he can only replace Moeen Ali in the XI. Else, CSK could stick with the same combination. CSK know how dangerous Harry Brook can be. But he has also struggled to score against spin in his maiden IPL season so far. A matchup against Maheesh Theekshana in the powerplay could work in CSK’s favor in order to remove the fiery batter early.
Probable XI: Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali/Ben Stokes, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (C&WK), Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Akash Singh
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
The surface might prompt a change or two SRH as the Rajasthan Royals spin trio delivered at this venue in the last game. That might force SRH to go back to Adil Rashid or Akeal Hosein in place of Marco Jansen. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has pretty good record against most of the CSK batters except for Dhoni. Washington’s economy rate of 6.33 against left-handers over the last four years will favor the visitors as well against a left-heavy batting lineup.
Probable XI: Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (C), Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klaasen (WK), Washington Sundar, Adil Rashid/Akeal Hosein, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Mayank Markande
Fantasy XI Suggestion 1:
Devon Conway (vc), Ajinkya Rahane, Rahul Tripathi, Harry Brook, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali, Aiden Markram (c), Marco Jansen, Tushar Deshpande, Mayank Markande
Fantasy XI Suggestion 2:
Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Rahul Tripathi, Harry Brook (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali (vc), Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Tushar Deshpande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar
