🏏IPL 2024: Match 46 - CSK vs SRH at Chepauk @ 7:30PM IST🏏 - Page 2

Probable Best Players of the Match

Probable Best Batter:

Travis Head has been in scintillating form so far for Sunrisers Hyderabad. The southpaw has scored 325 runs from seven innings at a commendable average of 46.43 and a jaw-dropping strike rate of 212.42. He has already hit 39 fours and 18 sixes so far in the competition and notched up two fifties and a solitary century. Head's wicket will be crucial for Chennai because if the Australian opener gets going, he could take the game away in a flash.

Probable Best Bowler

Matheesha Pathirana will hold the key for Chennai on Sunday. The right-arm pacer has bagged 11 wickets from five games at an average of 13.82 and a strike rate of 10.91. His economy rate is also an impressive 7.60. Pathirana has been Gaikwad's most potent option at the backend of the innings. His duel with the explosive SRH batters will be a treat to watch.

CSK vs SRH: Head-to-Head:

The record of SRH is not good against CSK overall in the IPL. These two have crossed paths 20 times in total. CSK have won 14 games, and SRH have six wins to their name.

CSK vs SRH: Top five player battles to watch out for

1. Rutaraj Gaikwad vs T. Natarajan

The CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad is in good form and slammed a ton in the last game. But that came in a losing cause. However, he will look to take more responsibility to help his team win. However, T. Natarajan will be a big hurdle for him. It is a home venue for Natarajan, and he knows the conditions well. He has already dismissed Gaikwad twice in T20s in just 21 balls.

2. Shivam Dube vs Pat Cummins

Shivam Dube is CSK’s second-best batter this season, and his ability to hit sixes at any stage makes him a dangerous batter. His performance will be very crucial for CSK. But he will be up against one of the best modern-day pacers, Pat Cummins, who has a great head on his shoulders. Cummins would be smart enough to not bowl in Dube’s hitting zone and it would be a battle to watch out for in the game. Cummins dismissed Dube in their last meet as well.

3. Travis Head vs Ravindra Jadeja

Travis Head seems to struggle against spinners on spinning wickets, and that might be the tactics CSK would be working on. The pitch in Chennai will support spinners, which will make Ravindra Jadeja more lethal. He has already bowled at Head many times at the international level as well. Jadeja has dismissed Head four times in international cricket already. And if Head gets going, CSK will be in trouble.

4. Abhishek Sharma vs Deepak Chahar

Abhishek Sharma will be another exciting batter in the CSK vs SRH clash. He smashed a 12-ball 37 last time when he faced CSK bowlers. He is also in great form and can take the game away in the powerplay itself. However, Deepak Chahar has troubled him among the CSK bowling unit. He has dismissed him twice already in 8 balls but conceded 16 runs as well.

5. Heinrich Klaasen vs Matheesha Pathirana

Heinrich Klaasen will be a massive wicket if CSK can get him out early because he bats in the middle and final phases, he can take his team to a big score. But, to tackle him, CSK can rely on their best bowler, Matheesha Pathirana, who is bowling quick yorkers, which makes it hard for batters to get under and hit boundaries. It will be an exciting battle, and whoever wins will take his team to the top.

Thanks for the tag 

Csk 💛

Thanks for the tag

SRH

But CSK ko Chepauk mein harana impossible hai

And last match mein SRH ka performance dekh ke no bharosa

SRH ye match mat haar jaana please

Last match hi jaise taise dekhi thi

Very sad

Originally posted by: WildestDreams

Team news and Impact Player strategy

Chennai Super Kings

CSK are unlikely to move away from the team that lined up in their last match, with Shardul Thakur and Ajinkya Rahane as the respective Impact Players depending on whether they are batting or bowling first.

Probable XII: 1 Ruturaj Gaikwad (capt), 2 Ajinkya Rahane, 3 Daryl Mitchell, 4 Ravindra Jadeja, 5 Shivam Dube, 6 Moeen Ali, 7 MS Dhoni (wk), 8 Deepak Chahar, 9 Tushar Deshpande, 10 Mustafizur Rahman, 11 Matheesha Pathirana, 12 Shardul Thakur

Thanks wild 🙂

https://x.com/mufaddal_vohra/status/1784466724194336804

Heard commentators saying Pat Cummins lost the last 4 tosses...

But he may win the toss today, we know why!!!