Chennai Super Kings (fourth) vs Punjab Kings (eighth)Chennai, 1930 IST (1400 GMT)
The benefits of residence comforts. The familiarity, shut circles and minimal journey and make a distinction in a busy IPL schedule.
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.
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Chennai Super KingsThis 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
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
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.
"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."PBKS fast-bowling coach Charl Langeveldt on Arshdeep Singh
Vishal Dikshit is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo
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