Probable XI –
Chennai Super Kings –
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis, Robin Uthappa, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Dwayne Bravo, Shardul Thakur, Josh Hazlewood, Deepak Chahar
Kolkata Knight Riders –
Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Eoin Morgan (c), Shakib Al Hasan, Sunil Narine, Lockie Ferguson, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy
Small League Combination 1 –
1. Dinesh Karthik
2. Faf Du Plessis
3. Ruturaj Gaikwad(VC)
4. Shubman Gill
5. Ravindra Jadeja
6. Sunil Narine
7. Venkatesh Iyer(C)
8. Shardul Thakur
9. Deepak Chahar
10. Josh Hazlewood
11. Varun Chakravarthy
– Venkatesh Iyer and Gaikwad looks safest C/VC choices considering their current good forms and numbers at venue and H2H matches.
– Ravindra Jadeja and Sunil Narine might give decent fantasy points with the help of bat and ball.
– Expecting Deepak Chahar to deliver his best in this big match especially while bowling first.
– Can take Lockie Ferguson at the place of Shardul Thakur especially if Kolkata bowls first.
– Take anyone from Dhoni or Karthik as both are expected to bat at middle order and handle wk duties for respective teams.
Small League Combination 2 –
1. MS Dhoni
2. Rahul Tripathi
3. Shubman Gill
4. Ruturaj Gaikwad
5. Ravindra Jadeja(VC)
6. Dwayne Bravo
7. Sunil Narine(C)
8. Venkatesh Iyer
9. Shardul Thakur
10. Lockie Ferguson
11. Varun Chakravarthy
– Going a bit heavy on Kolkata as they might put up another good show to win this big match.
– Sunil Narine might be a good captain choice as he has troubled almost every top order batter of Chennai.
– Ravindra Jadeja might be a good VC choice as he can score decent runs at middle order and bowling full four overs.
– Dropped Faf Du Plessis as Sunil Narine has taken him two times under 52 balls by giving just 36 runs.
– Dwayne Bravo will be a must have pick especially while bowling first.
Grand League Combination –
1. MS Dhoni
2. Ambati Rayudu
3. Nitish Rana
4. Rahul Tripathi
5. Ravindra Jadeja
6. Dwayne Bravo
7. Shakib Al Hasan
8. Sunil Narine(C)
9. Deepak Chahar(VC)
10. Shardul Thakur
11. Varun Chakravarthy
– Ambati Rayudu will be a good GL pick if both the openers of Chennai somehow doesn’t do well.
– Dropped Shubman Gill as he might not go big in two consecutive matches.
– Expecting Rana and Tripathi to score atleast some decent runs in this big match.
– Shakib Al Hasan can be another good Gl pick considering his four overs with the bowl and 5-6 down batting.
– Deepak Chahar looks an open VC choice as he might deliver his best in this grand finale.
– Take anyone from Varun Chakravarthy or Lockie Ferguson as both have taken wickets consistently.
