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.
SRH –
David Warner (c), Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Billy Stanlake,Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Abdul Samad, Fabian Allen, Holder, Priyam Garg, Sandeep Bavanaka, Sanjay Yadav, Virat Singh
Team News –
CSK –
– CSK are struggling badly with their batting this season as a result they are at 7th position in the points table with just 2 wins in 7 games. They lost their last game against RCB badly by 39 runs.
– Shane Watson, Faf Du Plessis, Sam Curran and DJ Bravo/Imran Tahir will be their 4 foreign players.
– Shane Watson and Faf Du Plessis will open the innings. Both of them have been hit miss this last 2 games. Faf after a great start to the IPL lost his touch in last few games.
– Ambati Rayudu will bat at 1 down. Rayudu is best player of spin in the CSK squad but played too slow the other game.
– N Jagadeeshan and MSD will bat at 2 and 3 down respectively. Jagadeeshan has a good debut for CSK the other day scoring 33.
– Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran will do the late hitting for CSK. Both Curran and Jaddu can be promoted.
– Ravindra Jadeja and Karn Sharma will be the spinners for CSK.
– Deepak Chahar, Sam Curran, Shardul Thakur and DJ Bravo(risky) will handle the pace attack. Chahar and Bravo will bowl in death.
SRH –
– Sunrisers after winning back to back games lost their last game against RR. Defending 158 was never easy with Tewatia on the opposite side. They lost by 5 Wickets.
– Their Likely 4 foreign players will be David Warner, Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson and Rashid Khan.
– Jonny Bairstow and David Warner the most explosive opening pair in IPL 2020 will open the innings. Both had 160 run partnership for the 1st Wicket against KXIP.
– Manish Pandey will bat 1 down. His batting form is very much unpredictable. He can score big in 1 game and be flop in the other. He scored 54 last game.
– Mr Consistent Kane Williamson will bat 2 down. Kane has been consistently performing for SRH with being the leading scorer in 2018 season but looked rusty last few games.
– U19 captain Priyam Garg will follow Williamson. Abhishek Sharma will bat next. Both are young batters but can score very quick.
– Big hitting Abdul Samad will bat next. Samad is a very hard hitting batsman capable of scoring 10 ball 30.
– Abhishek Sharma and Rashid Khan will lead the spin attack. Rashid took 2 Wickets last game.
– Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan and Khaleel will be leading the pace attack. Natarajan has been bowling brilliantly at the death.
Probable XI –
CSK –
Shane Watson, Faf Du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, N Jagadeeshan, MS Dhoni(C & wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Shardul Thakur, DJ Bravo/Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Karn Sharma.
SRH –
Jonny Bairstow (wk), David Warner (c), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Vijay Shankar, Priyam Garg, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Sandeep Sharma.
Pitch Report –
Dubai International Stadium, Dubai
Dubai Pitch has favored the spinners historically but batters are getting more help here at dubai now.
Average Score : 168
Head to Head –
Total games : 14
SRH Won : 04
CSK Won : 10
Team Blueprint –
WK –
Jonny Bairstow ( Open + wk, very important player, 112run knock against Aus recently, 445 runs last IPL, 97 runs last 2nd game, Must have )
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 game)
BAT –
David Warner( Opener, among top 3 batsman in IPL history, 38,45,28,60,52,48 runs last 6 games, Must have )
Shane Watson( Opener, highly experienced, will play solely as a Batsman, 398 Runs in 17 games last season, attacking 83*, 50 last 2 of 3 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, 87* last 2nd game, 307 runs this season)
Ambati Rayudu ( 1 down, 71 in 1st game, most imp player of CSK, 42(40b) last game )
Kane Williamson( 2 down, one of the best white ball batsman, struggling with form, Punt small league pick)
Manish Pandey( 1 down, a busy player, 344 runs in just 11 innings last IPL, 54(44b) last game, unpredictable player)
Priyam Garg ( Middle order, Indian u19 team captain, 292 runs with SR of 141 in t20s, 53 runs against CSK game)
Kedar Jadhav( 2 down + 1-2 overs spin, was dropped due to poor form)
M Vijay ( Opener, experienced, 2500+ IPL runs with 2 100s on his name, not much a recommended pick in sL even if plays )
Ruturaj Gaikwad ( Opener/2 down, 848 runs in 20 t20 games , can play)
ALL –
DJ Bravo ( Medium pacer , bats very low in IPL, best bowler for CSK, will Bowl in death, 13w in 13 games against RCB, 3w last 2nd game, must especially in 1st Innings)
M Santner( Slow left arm, excellent option in this spin conditions, will likely miss out )
Ravindra Jadeja( Slow left arm + finisher, 16 wickets + 106 runs in 15 games last season for CSK, 110 overall Wickets, not getting much bowling)
M Nabi ( Middle order + off spin, one of best Allrounder in t20 cricket, will most likely not play )
Vijay Shankar ( RHB ,3 down, part time pace, late hitting, 244 runs last season, wicketless but bowled with good economy )
Sam Curran( Left arm pacer + hard hitter of bowl, he can bat at any position, 7w this IPL, 1w last game )
Abdul Samad( Middle order, big hitter of ball, can also bowl part time spin, 252R in 12 t20 innings, 1w against CSK, didn’t played last game )
Abhishek Sharma ( Slow left arm + 3 down, very good option at 8cr especially when bowling 2nd )
Sanjay Yadav ( LHB + Orthodox, excellent TNPL 2019, 244runs + 3w in 7 games)
BOWL –
Rashid Khan( Leggie, best spinner in world cricket, 2w last game, Must have)
Imran Tahir( Leggie, Purple cap holder with 26 Wickets last season, Must have if plays )
Josh Hazelwood( Pacer, known for his swing early on, 4w in ODI series against Eng , will likely not play)
Deepak Chahar( Right Arm Swing bowler, death bowler for CSK, 35 wickets in IPL career, 1w last game)
Piyush Chawla( Leggie, 3rd highest wicket taker in IPL, 153w in 148 Innings, didn’t played last game)
Karn Sharma( Leggie, can also bat, 2 Wickets in his last game against KKR )
Shardul Thakur( Pacer, raw pace, 9w last IPL, economy rate is very high close to 10, 2w last game)
Khaleel Ahmed ( Left arm fast, 19 Wickets for SRH last season, 2w last game )
Sandeep Sharma( Swing bowler, medium pace, can be deadly in powerplay, 97 IPL wickets for him, 2w against MI)
Siddharth Kaul ( Medium pacer, good death bowler, 51 IPL Wickets in 45 games)
T Natarajan ( Left arm medium fast, 2w last 2nd game, excellent bowling at death )
C/VC Options –
CSK –
Faf Du Plessis
Shane Watson
Ambati Rayudu
SRH –
David Warner
Jonny Bairstow
Rashid Khan
