Report-breaking Punjab Kings hope to beat CSK and Chennai subsequent
Match particulars
Chennai Super Kings (fourth) vs Punjab Kings (eighth)
Chennai, 1930 IST (1400 GMT)
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CSK play their third successive recreation in Chennai on Wednesday earlier than they hit the street once more till their remaining residence recreation on May 12. In this era, their fortress was breached by Lucknow Super Giants, however they humbled the mighty batters of Sunrisers Hyderabad extra just lately. Next up are the Punjab Kings, flying in from Kolkata after a pulling off a world record T20 chase.
CSK, with their raucous residence crowd backing them, will see this chance to tick just a few bins: they have not overwhelmed PBKS since April 2021 (together with a house recreation in 2023) and have a poor document of hitting sixes hit in the powerplay. They will even bid farewell to one of many league’s highest-wicket takers , Mustafizur Rahman, who shares the highest spot with Jasprit Bumrah.
What has been going nicely for them in current video games is the type of Ruturaj Gaikwad. The new CSK captain had a strike charge of lower than 119 in his first 4 video games however he has hit a brand new gear within the final three weeks, sky-rocketing his strike charge to 159.55 in his final 5 innings. It began with a 69 off 40 after he moved to No. 3 towards MI, and he comes into this recreation with two huge knocks in his most up-to-date innings: 108* off 60 towards LSG and 98 off 54 towards SRH. His fifties off 28 and 27 balls respectively additionally confirmed he’s eager to assault straightaway as a substitute of getting set first.
What stands out is that Ruturaj’s recreation has not modified whereas shifting gears. He has been counting on fours greater than sixes, he chooses his aggressive photographs rigorously, and his management proportion stands at 85.40% within the powerplay this IPL, the perfect after 46 video games this season. His scores and scoring charges bode nicely for CSK as a result of every time Gaikwad hits a fifty, their possibilities of successful the sport go as much as 73.68%.
CSK have scored over 200 batting first in two of their final three video games however they might want much more towards a fired-up opposition. PBKS’ prime order lastly confirmed up in Kolkata, that means it wasn’t simply ShAshutosh (Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma) getting their runs. A return to type for Jonny Bairstow and Prabhsimran Singh might have come a bit too late for his or her playoff possibilities, however one other cracking begin from them will complement the PBKS bowling unit, which has conceded 200 or extra simply as soon as in IPL 2024.
Form information
Chennai Super Kings WLLWW (final 5 matches, most up-to-date first)
Punjab Kings WLLLL
Team news and affect participant technique
Chennai Super Kings
This shall be Mustafizur’s final recreation. He flies residence for Bangladesh’s T20Is towards Zimbabwe beginning May 3. They’re unlikely to make any modifications to the XI or XII with Ajinkya Rahane or Shivam Dube prone to be subbed in or out because the Impact Player for a bowler.
Probable XII 1 Ajinkya Rahane, 2 Ruturaj Gaikwad (capt), 3 Daryl Mitchell, 4 Moeen Ali, 5 Shivam Dube, 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 MS Dhoni (wk), 8 Deepak Chahar, 9 Tushar Deshpande, 10 Mustafizur Rahman, 11 Matheesha Pathirana, 12 Shardul Thakur
Punjab Kings
Shikhar Dhawan might be match for this recreation, however PBKS will take a remaining name on him on match day. His availability may depart the administration scratching their heads as a result of it can pressure them to omit an in-form Indian batter for somebody who hasn’t performed in three weeks and was putting at simply over 125 on the prime of the order.
Shikhar Dhawan might be match for this recreation, however PBKS will take a remaining name on him on match day. His availability may depart the administration scratching their heads as a result of it can pressure them to omit an in-form Indian batter for somebody who hasn’t performed in three weeks and was putting at simply over 125 on the prime of the order.
Probable XII: 1 Prabhsimran Singh, 2 Jonny Bairstow, 3 Rilee Rossouw, 4 Jitesh Sharma (wk), 5 Sam Curran (capt), 6 Shashank Singh, 7 Ashutosh Sharma, 8 Harpreet Brar, 9 Harshal Patel, 10 Kagiso Rabada, 11 Arshdeep Singh, 12 Harpreet Singh
In the highlight – Ravindra Jadeja and Rilee Rossouw
Ravindra Jadeja, the hero of CSK’s IPL 2023 remaining win, was promoted to No. 4 earlier this season for 2 innings however has now been pushed again right down to the decrease order. Has Jadeja had a great season with the bat? It’s not an emphatic sure as a result of although he scored a half-century from No. 4 and has a median of 78.50 with 4 unbeaten knocks, he has hit simply two sixes in 119 balls and scored at a strike charge of 131.93, which does not stand out all that a lot in what has been a high-scoring season. It shall be value watching the place he bats on Wednesday, particularly if CSK bat first.
In his third IPL recreation this season, Rilee Rossouw confirmed glimpses of his skills when he clobbered Andre Russell’s quick balls for a few sixes in a 16-ball 26. But at No. 3, he is the hyperlink between a gap pair of Bairstow and Prabhsimran that had a strike charge of greater than 225 towards KKR and a center and decrease order able to attaining equally dizzying numbers. After an unimpressive PSL, and having simply been neglected of South Africa’s T20 World Cup squad, Rossouw shall be itching for some runs.
Stats that matter
- MS Dhoni wants three sixes to finish 250 IPL sixes, Dube wants yet one more to get to 100.
- Dhoni has gained 150 video games within the IPL, probably the most for a participant.
- PBKS have a 4-1 head-to-head towards CSK since 2021 with victories in all 4 of their final conferences.
- PBKS will hope Kagiso Rabada continues his run towards Gaikwad. The match-up says 56 runs off 48 balls with three dismissals.
- But will PBKS be courageous sufficient to save lots of a Rabada over for the demise only for Dhoni? He has conceded simply 10 runs off 22 balls towards Dhoni, with one dismissal in all T20s.
- Harshal Patel, who has been a lot better within the demise overs just lately, additionally has a formidable document towards Dhoni: 25 off 32 with one dismissal.
Pitch and situations
The final 4 video games at Chepauk have favoured the batters, with scores commonly breaching the now not-so-insurmountable 200 mark, and sides batting first and chasing have gained two video games apiece. Dew, nonetheless, has been a daily issue, together with on Tuesday night time, which could nonetheless make bowling first the popular selection. There is at present a warmth warning in Chennai with temperatures anticipated to hit 37 levels Celsius with a heavy humidity.
Quotes
“Mustafizur has been outstanding in conditions that probably don’t even suit his bowling. The surfaces here have been full of pace and there has been dew. His adjustment has been great. We understand international [duty] comes first, but he’s been a great addition to the side.”
CSK head coach Stephen Fleming
“From a young boy, he has grown into a man. Cricket-wise, he’s thinking a lot more about his game. At practice, he doesn’t over-train, which is a good sign.”
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Vishal Dikshit is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo