Chennai vs Hyderabad - Match Preview, Fantasy, Key Players, Pitch Report, Probable XI & More (44th Match, IPL)
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will take on Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the 44th match of Vivo Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 on Thursday at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah.
SRH and CSK come into this game on the rear of prevails upon RR and KKR, separately. While SRH have viably been taken out of the competition and are playing for pride, CSK could seal their spot in the end of the season games with a dominate in this match.
SRH played with a great deal of opportunity against RR, resembling an extremely intriguing side on the field. Jason Roy supplanted David Warner at the highest point of the request, and gave the group some truly necessary driving force. His 42-ball 60 joined with a quiet 41-ball 51 from skipper Kane Williamson helped SRH pursue down RR's complete of 164-5.
In their first innings, SRH did well to contain RR to a sensible score, with Sanju Samson looking risky. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jason Holder bowled some close lines and lengths, with Rashid Khan dazzling of course. Siddharth Kaul was additionally exact at the demise, with RR scoring just eleven runs off the last two overs.
CSK, in the mean time, moved beyond the line in exciting design against KKR with a last-ball triumph. Pursuing 172, CSK appeared to be in voyage control, with both their openers getting 40-odd runs prior to getting out. In any case, Eoin Morgan kept down his two spinners, Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy, for the second 50% of the innings. That put the gag on the CSK hitters.
Ultimately, with 26 runs needed off the last two overs, Jadeja crushed Prasidh Krishna for 21 runs in the penultimate over to put CSK on the cusp of a success. Nonetheless, with Sunil Narine dumbfounding firmly in the last, CSK could just hit the triumphant runs off the last ball and with two wickets close by.
Prior, CSK made a respectable showing to confine KKR from posting an immense aggregate. Shardul Thakur and Ravindra Jadeja were the picks of the bowlers for CSK. Be that as it may, Sam Curran had a game to forget in the wake of supplanting the refreshed DJ Bravo.
While CSK may be the top choices for this match, confronting a group like SRH who have nothing to lose could be a hazardous recommendation. CSK won serenely by seven wickets the last time these different sides met. In any case, we're probably not going to see another sided game when CSK and SRH clash once more.
Pitch Report :
The surface in Sharjah has been slow and not great for batting. While the little components of the ground allows players an opportunity, it's a transcendently bowler-accommodating track. More slow balls and twist would be the best approach at this setting, with 150 runs prone to be a cutthroat aggregate.
CSK Key Players : Faf du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Deepak Chahar
SRH Key Players : Jason Roy, Kane Williamson, Jason Holder and Rashid Khan
Probable XI
Chennai Super Kings
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf Du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (C/WK), DJ Bravo, Sam Curran/Josh Hazlewood, Shardul Thakur and Deepak Chahar
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Wriddhiman Saha (WK), Jason Roy, Kane Williamson (C), Priyam Garg, Abhishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shahbaz Nadeem and Sandeep Sharma/Siddharth Kaul