Chennai Super Kings will square off against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on Friday. CSK have got off to a decent start in the season, winning three out of the five matches they have played. However, they had lost their home match against Rajasthan Royals but then went on to win against RCB while playing away.
SRH have won two matches out of the five matches they have played. We take a look at the current form, head-to-head, players to look out for, and squads of both teams in our match preview.
Current form for CSK: W L W W L
Chennai Super Kings will look to make the most of their home conditions against Sunrisers Hyderabad and the spinners are expected to come into action. CSK have been ticking the right boxes but their fast bowling still remains a concern.
Current form for SRH: L W W L L
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s batting could not deliver in the previous match against Mumbai Indians as they could not chase down 193 runs. Harry Brook had scored a magnificent century against KKR but was dismissed cheaply against MI. It will be crucial for SRH’s middle order to deliver for the team.
Head to Head: Matches: 19, Won by CSK: 14, Won by SRH: 5.
CSK clearly has their wood on SRH in the H2H battle.
Players to watch out for: Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Harry Brook, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, Washington Sundar, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be the crucial players for SRH.
Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, and Matheesha Pathirana will be the key players for CSK.
SRH IPL 2023 SQUAD
Wicketkeepers: Glenn Phillips (NZ), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Upendra Singh Yadav, Heinrich Klaasen (SA).
Batters: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram (SA), Rahul Tripathi, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Harry Brook (ENG).
All-rounders: Abhishek Sharma, Washington Sundar, Mayank Dagar, Sanvir Singh, Samarth Vyas, Vivrant Sharma.
Bowlers: Fazalhaq Farooqi (AFG), Marco Jansen (SA), Kartik Tyagi, Bhuveshwar Kumar, T. Natarajan, Umran Malik, Akeal Hosein (WI), Mayank Markande, Adil Rashid (ENG).
CSK IPL 2023 Squad:
Wicketkeepers: MS Dhoni, Devon Conway (NZ).
Batters: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, Ajinkya Rahane.
All-rounders: Moeen Ali (ENG), Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwaine Pretorius (SA), Mitchell Santner (NZ), Ben Stokes (ENG), Kyle Jamieson (NZ), Ajay Mandal, Bhagath Varma, Nishant Sindhu.
Bowlers: Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana (SL), Simarjeet Singh, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana (SL).
