Squads –
CSK –
MS Dhoni (C & wk), Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Faf du Plessis, Shardul Thakur, Mitchell Santner, Dwayne Bravo, Josh Hazlewood, Kedar Jadhav, Karn Sharma, Piyush Chawla, Ambati Rayudu, Lungi Ngidi, Sam Curran, Monu Kumar, Shane Watson, Sai Kishore, Narayan Jagadeesan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KM Asif, Ravindra Jadeja, Murali Vijay
MI –
Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah, Quinton de Kock (wk), Kieron Pollard, Sherfane Rutherford, Suryakumar Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mitchell McClenaghan, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Mohsin Khan, Prince Balwant Rai Singh, Digvijay Deshmukh, Hardik Pandya, Jayant Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Ishan Kishan, Aditya Tare, James Pattinson
Team News –
CSK –
– CSK are in a very bad position now after loosing their last game against RR. They are still placed in the bottom half of the table with 3 wins from 10 games.
– Shane Watson/Faf Du Plessis, Sam Curran and Imran Tahir, Lungi Ngidi/Josh Hazelwood will be their 4 foreign players.
– Sam Curran and Faf Du Plessis will open the innings.
Curran is now opening the Batting but except 1st game he haven’t fired much. Faf has been the highest scorer of CSK this season.
– Shane Watson will bat 1 down. He batted 1 down last 2 games and has been hitting good for his 48 and 35.
– Ambati Rayudu will bat at 2 down. Rayudu is best player of spin in the CSK squad but haven’t been in his best this season.
– Captain MS Dhoni will bat 3 down following Rayudu. Dhoni is not in his peak form this season and is struggling to score runs.
– Ravindra Jadeja will do the late hitting for CSK. Jaddu can be promoted.
– Ravindra Jadeja, Piyush Chawla/Karn Sharma will be the spinners for CSK.
– Deepak Chahar, Sam Curran, Shardul Thakur and Josh Hazelwood/Lungi Ngidi will handle the pace attack. Thakur and Sam Curran will bowl in death.
MI –
– MI have won 6 out of their 9 games this IPL and are placed 3rd in the points table with 12 points. MI are again favorates to win this game against the arch rivals Chennai Super Kings.
– Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan are doubtful starting this game. There are many rumours about Rohit being injured but there are no official confirmation about the same. Chris Lynn will open if Rohit doesn’t play and then Nathan Coulter Nile will be benched.
– Quinton de Kock, Kieron Pollard, Trent Boult and James Pattinson/Chris Lynn will be their likely 4 foreign players.
– Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock will open the innings. Both will attack from the ball 1 especially De Kock. De kock scored 53 last game while Rohit has been flop from last 3-4 games. Chris Lynn has high chnaces of playing if Rohit isn’t fit.
– Suryakumar Yadav will bat 1 down. He had an excellent domestic season scoring lots of runs while also scored 400+ runs in last IPL. He scored 53 last 2nd game.
– Ishan Kishan will bat 2 down. Kishan scored brilliant 99 against RCB but has been Average next games. He is risky starting this game.
– Hardik Pandya and Kieron Pollard will bat next followed by Krunal Pandya. Both Pandya and Pollard are playing the finishers role. Hardik is playing solely as a batsman.
– Rahul Chahar the young leggie will lead the spin attack along with left arm spinner Krunal Pandya. Rahul has taken 9 Wickets in 9 games this IPL.
– Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult and James Pattinson/Dhawal Kulkarni will lead the pace attack. Kieron Pollard (1-2 overs) will assist them. All three pacers are in top 10 Wickets takers this season.
Probable XI –
CSK –
Sam Curran, Faf Du Plessis/Shane Watson, N Jagadeeshan, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(C & wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Piyush Chawla/Karn Sharma, Lungi Ngidi/Josh Hazelwood.
MI –
Rohit Sharma/Chris Lynn, Quinton de Kock(wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan/Saurabh Tiwary, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, James Pattinson/Dhawal Kulkarni, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah.
Pitch Report –
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
The Sharjah ground has very small boundaries and pitches also are batting favourable but bowlers are getting huge support now especially in 2nd Innings.
Average Score : 185( IPL 2020)
Head to Head –
Total games : 31
CSK Won : 13
MI Won : 18
Team Blueprint –
WK –
Quinton de Kock( Opener + wk, a must have combo, very attacking batsman, 78, 53 last 2 game, Must have)
I Kishan( 2 down, very attacking batsman, 99 runs against RCB, failed after that knock, risky)
MS Dhoni ( Middle order, best finisher in world cricket, averaging 83 last IPL with 416 runs, Must have especially in 2nd innings, his Batting position is not fixed)
N Jagadeeshan ( 2 down/open, very good domestic record, scored 33 on his debut last against RCB, can play this game)
BAT –
R Sharma( Opener, no introduction needed, 4800+ IPL runs, 250+ runs this season already, risky this game, Must have choice if plays)
Shane Watson( Opener, highly experienced, will play solely as a Batsman, 398 Runs in 17 games last season, attacking 83*, 50, 48, 35 last 4 of 6 games, Must have )
Faf Du Plessis(Open, international player, had a very good IPL with 396 Runs and scored 219 in 10 games in MSL 2019, 58 last 2nd game, 375 runs this season)
Chris Lynn( Opener, very poor CPL 2019, Just 138 runs in 9 games, good chances of playing if rohit is not fit)
H Pandya( 3 down, 402 runs + 14 wickets at a SR of 191 in IPL 2019,playing only as a batsman, poor form )
Suryakumar( 1 down, 404 runs at a SR of 135 in IPL, 79(47b),53(32b) last 2 of 4 games, Must have)
Saurabh Tiwary( 2 down, made a comeback after almost 3 years,will likely play this game)
Ambati Rayudu ( 2 down, most imp player of CSK, 41, 45* last 2 of 3 games, playing very slow, Must have )
ALL –
K Pollard( 3-4 down + 2-3 overs of pace, Man of tournament in CPL recently, 207 runs + 8 Wickets in CPL 2020, 60(24b),47(20b), 25(13b), 34(12) last few games , bowling good no of overs)
DJ Bravo ( Medium pacer , bats very low in IPL, best bowler for CSK, will Bowl in death, ruled out)
M Santner( Slow left arm, excellent option in this spin conditions, can get a game)
Ravindra Jadeja( Slow left arm + finisher, 16 wickets + 106 runs in 15 games last season for CSK, 111 overall Wickets, 33,35 last 2 games)
Sam Curran( Open ,Left arm pacer + hard hitter of bowl, he can bat at any position, 9w this IPL, Must have choice due to his Batting as well as bowling )
Krunal Pandya( 4-5 down + 4 overs of spin, left arm spin, bowls tight line and length, 34 runs last game )
BOWL –
Jasprit Bumrah( Right Arm Fast, no introduction needed, 3w last game, Must have )
Imran Tahir( Leggie, Purple cap holder with 26 Wickets last season, high chances of playing, Must have if plays )
Josh Hazelwood( Pacer, known for his swing early on, 4w in ODI series against Eng, bowled economical last game)
Deepak Chahar( Right Arm Swing bowler, death bowler for CSK, 2w and economical last game)
Rahul Chahar( Leggie, Must have in this conditions, 11 Wickets in 9 games this IPL, 2w last game)
Trent Boult( Left arm fast, world class bowler, will bowl in death, 1 Wicket last game, Must have)
James Pattinson( Pacer, excellent form, 2w last 2nd game, bowling with good pace, didn’t played last game)
Piyush Chawla( Leggie, 3rd highest wicket taker in IPL, 153w in 148 Innings, can be dropped this game)
Karn Sharma( Leggie, can also bat, was very expensive last game , was dropped last game)
Shardul Thakur( Pacer, raw pace, 9w last IPL, economy rate is very high close to 10, will bowl in death)
C/VC Options –
CSK –
Sam Curran
Faf Du Plessis
Shane Watson
MI –
Rohit Sharma
Quinton de Kock
Kieran Pollard