Probable XI –
Chennai Super Kings –
N Jagadeesan/Murali Vijay, Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, MS Dhoni (C&WK), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Deepak Chahar, Piyush Chawla, Josh Hazlewood/Lungi Ngidi
Delhi Capitals –
Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin/Amit Mishra, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Mohit Sharma
Small League Combination 1 –
1. Rishabh Pant
2. Shreyas Iyer(VC)
3. Faf Du Plessis(C)
4. Shane Watson
5. Marcus Stoinis
6. Ravindra Jadeja
7. Sam Curran
8. Amit Mishra
9. Kagiso Rabada
10. Deepak Chahar
11. Lungi Ngidi
-Faf Du plesis & Shreyas Iyer has batted at an average of 23 & 30 respectively in head to head matches and they are in good forms to be considered as C VC.
-Rishabh Pant has scored 185 runs at an average of 37 in 5 innings & will give some points with gloves too.
-Ravindra Jadeja has scored at an average of 25 with bat and took wickets at an average of 9.2 only against DC. He is expected to get atleast two wickets in this match.
-Amit Mishra will be a good punt to have if he plays this match in place of Ashwin considering his consistency against the opponent.
Small League Combination 2 –
1. Rishabh Pant
2. MS Dhoni
3. Shikhar Dhawan(VC)
4. Shreyas Iyer
5. Shane Watson(C)
6. Marcus Stoinis
7. Ravindra Jadeja
8. Sam Curran
9. Amit Mishra
10. Kagiso Rabada
11. Deepak Chahar
-MS Dhoni has scored 44,32&51 runs in three of the last 5 H2H matches. He might play a crucial role if top order fails early.
-Shane Watson has scored 94 runs at an average of 31 in just three innings & is due a big knock so expecting him to fire in this match.
-Shikhar Dhawan is the most experienced batsmen in DC’s lineup with 689 runs at an average of 36 in 22 innings in head to head.
Grand League Combination –
1. MS Dhoni(C)
2. Shikhar Dhawan(VC)
3. Shreyas Iyer
4. Shimron Hetmyer
5. Faf Du Plesis
6. Marcus Stoinis
7. Ravindra Jadeja
8. Sam Curran
9. Amit Mishra
10. Kagiso Rabada
11. Deepak Chahar
– Dropped Shane Watson as he has struggled badly against Amit Mishra & Mohit Sharma in head to head matches.
-MS Dhoni hasn’t been troubled by any of the bowler of DC & his good record against them makes him good captain pick in GL combination.
-Shikhar Dhawan is due to play a big knock & his average of 36 in H2H tells us that he might fire in this match.
-Shimron Hetmyer has played all the bowlers of CSK very well in different formats so he can play atleast a decent knock in this match.
