CSK vs SRH: Preview, head-to-head and Fantasy XI
Chennai Super Kings will hope to come good against high-flying Sunrisers Hyderabad in match number 46 of 2018 Indian Premier League. SRH are on a roll and sit atop the table with 18 points and have won nine matches out of 11. CSK need their best game to eke out a victory against Williamson-led side. Here is the pre-match report.
CSK ahead in head-to-head records
CSK have a 5-2 advantage in the seven meetings between these two sides in IPL. The last time they met, this season, CSK won a thriller against SRH. In Pune, the two big guns have faced each other twice with CSK coming out on top on both occasions. But this time, SRH go in as favourites with the momentum on their side.
Probable Playing XI - Chennai Super Kings
Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (captain and wicket-keeper), Sam Billings, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Karn Sharma, Shardul Thakur and Lungi Ngidi.
Probable Playing XI - Sunrisers Hyderabad
Alex Hales, Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson (captain), Manish Pandey, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Shreevats Goswami (wicket-keeper), Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddarth Kaul and Sandeep Sharma.
Pitch to assist spinners in Pune
The 4 PM schedule means that there will be assistance for spinners, as seen in the last game when Harbhajan Singh and Ravindra Jadeja spun a web around RCB. SRH will relish this factor as well with two quality spinners in their ranks in Shakib Al Hasan and Rashid Khan. Runs are expected though on a day, where temperatures will soar up.
Stat attack- CSK vs SRH
CSK have hit the maximum sixes (105). On the hand, SRH have hit the lowest number of sixes (44). SRH have taken 73 wickets this season, 7 less than Mumbai. CSK batsmen have enjoyed their time as they have lost the fewest wickets (54). Dhoni needs just 47 to complete 4,000 runs in IPL. Bhuvneshwar Kumar needs 5 wickets to reach 100-mark for SRH.
Williamson the skipper, Dhoni his deputy in Fantasy XI
Run-machine Kane Williamson gets the nod as skipper while the in-form MS Dhoni is our choice as his deputy. The likes of Ambati Rayudu, Shikhar Dhawan and Alex Hales are the batting choices. We go ahead with three all-rounders in the form of Ravindra Jadeja, Shakib Al Hasan and Dwayne Bravo. Harbhajan Singh leads the bowling line with Rashid Khan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
