Probable XI –
Chennai Super Kings –
Robin Uthappa, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja (c), MS Dhoni (wk), Shivam Dube, Dwayne Bravo, Dwaine Pretorius, Chris Jordan, Tushar Deshpande
Sunrisers Hyderabad –
Abhishek Sharma, Kane Williamson (c), Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik, T Natarajan
Small League Combination 1 –
1. Nicholas Pooran
2. Robin Uthappa
3. Kane Williamson
4. Ruturaj Gaikwad
5. Ravindra Jadeja(C)
6. Moeen Ali
7. Aiden Markram
8. Washington Sundar(VC)
9. Dwayne Bravo
10. T Natarajan
11. Chris Jordan/Umran Malik
– Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar looks safest C/VC choices considering their All-rounder roles.
– Expecting atleast decent knocks from Gaikwad and Kane Williamson as they’re due to play one so far in this season.
– Taking punt on Aiden Markram at the place of Rahul Tripathi who might not go big in consecutive innings.
– Dwaine Pretorius or Romario Shepherd can be picked at the place of Moeen Ali on bowling first basis.
– Take anyone from Chris Jordan or Umran Malik whoever gets to bowl in first innings.
– Robin Uthappa and Moeen Ali are other good C/VC choices for SL combinations.
Small League Combination 2 –
1. Nicholas Pooran
2. Kane Williamson(C)
3. Ruturaj Gaikwad(VC)
4. Ambati Rayudu
5. Ravindra Jadeja
6. Dwaine Pretorius
7. Aiden Markram
8. Washington Sundar
9. Dwayne Bravo
10. Bhuvneshwar Kumar
11. T Natarajan
– Taking punt on Kane Williamson and Gaikwad as C/VC since there due knocks of the season might come in this match.
– Ambati Rayudu has also done pretty well at venue and H2H matches which makes him another decent pick.
– Dwaine Pretorius might be a decent pick considering his couple of overs in death overs and handy batting at down the order.
– Bhuvneshwar can do well especially while bowling first as he might get some initial movement from the surface.
– Must try Dwayne Bravo and T Natarajan as C/VC in 10-20-339 members league considering their good numbers with bowl at venue and H2H matches.
Grand League Combination –
1. MS Dhoni
2. Ambati Rayudu
3. Kane Williamson
4. Ruturaj Gaikwad
5. Ravindra Jadeja(VC)
6. Aiden Markram
7. Washington Sundar
8. Romario Shepherd
9. Dwayne Bravo
10. Chris Jordan
11. T Natarajan(C)
– T Natarajan looks an open captain choice considering his bowling strike rate of just 12 at venue & H2H matches.
– Ravindra Jadeja might be a good VC choice as he has been due to deliver with bat and ball which may come in this match.
– MS Dhoni and Ambati Rayudu might come handy with bat if a couple of top order batters depart early.
– Washington Sundar and Romario Shepherd can give some good fantasy points with the help of bat and ball.
– Must try Moeen Ali and Nicholas Pooran as C/VC in a couple of GL combinations as they’re also due to play a top knock in this season.
– Tushar Deshpande and Abhishek Sharma are other good picks for GL combinations.