Preview:
A lot has changed in the Chennai Super Kings camp between 10th April and now. After their horrendous display against Delhi Capitals in their first game of 2021 Indian Premier League, people were quick to jump the gun and conclude that they are not a top 4 contender for this season.
But if there’s one thing that CSK are good at, it is making comebacks when their backs are against a wall. They have won their last four games to make the pole position of the points table theirs. The team they will be taking on are sitting at the exact opposite end of the table at the time of writing. Sunrisers Hyderabad have won only one of their five matches.
Match Details:
Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad
Venue: Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Date & Time: 28th April at 7:30 PM IST
Live Streaming: Star Sports Network and Disney+ Hotstar
Pitch Report:
There were games where teams scored 180+ easily on this surface back in 2019, while there were also instances where teams struggled to score 140. This is a predominantly a balanced surface.
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Probable Playing XIs for CSK vs SRH:
Chennai Super Kings
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf Du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (C and WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Dwayne Bravo, Imran Tahir, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar
Sunrisers Hyderabad
David Warner, Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Jagadeesha Suchith, Khaleel Ahmed, Siddarth Kaul
Top Picks for CSK vs SRH Dream11 Match:
Top Picks – Batsmen
Faf du Plessis scored his second half-century of this year’s IPL in the last game against Bangalore. He has scored 30+ runs in all of his last four games.
David Warner had a rare failure in the last game, but he scored 30+ runs in the three games before that.
Top Picks – All-Rounders
Ravindra Jadeja’s performance in the game against RCB was arguably the best individual performance of the season so far. He scored 62 runs from 28 deliveries and also picked up 3 wickets.
With a wicket in the last game, Sam Curran has now picked up at least one wicket in all of his last four games. While CSK haven’t required his batting services to a great extent in the last few matches, he proved in his very first game of IPL 2021 that he can be pretty handy with the bat, by scoring 34 runs from 15 deliveries.
Top Picks – Bowlers
Barring a lone game against Mumbai Indians, Rashid Khan has returned with at least one wicket in all of his matches in IPL 2021. He has also been very economical and has conceded 30+ runs only once.
Deepak Chahar has had a bit of an on-and-off tournament, but he still has picked up 8 wickets in his last 4 games. Given his performance graph, we can expect a good spell in this match.
Top Picks – Wicketkeepers
Jonny Bairstow looked in fabulous touch for his 38 from only 18 deliveries in the last game. It also meant that he has now scored 35+ runs in all of his last three games.
CSK vs SRH Must Picks for Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
| Player | Statistics (Last 5 T20s) | Dream11 Points |
| Faf du Plessis | 214 runs | 2, 69, 136, 55, 65, 2 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 102 runs, 5 wickets | 219, 20, 117, 38, 37 |
| David Warner | 136 runs | 10, 70, 50, 85, 7 |
| Jonny Bairstow | 211 runs | 63, 110, 76, 17, 80 |
| Rashid Khan | 7 wickets | 37, 51, 8, 88, 64 |
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Suggested Playing XI No.1 for CSK vs SRH Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
Jonny Bairstow, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Kane Williamson, David Warner (VC), Faf du Plessis (C), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Rashid Khan, Khaleel Ahmed, Jagadeesha Suchith, Deepak Chahar
Suggested Playing XI No.2 for CSK vs SRH Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
Jonny Bairstow (C), David Warner, Kane Williamson (VC), Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, Ravindra Jadeja, Abhishek Sharma, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Khaleel Ahmed
CSK vs SRH Risky Captaincy Picks:
After a stunning half-century against Kolkata Knight Riders, Ruturaj Gaikwad backed it up by scoring 33 runs in the last game. He can be a risky captaincy option.
Kane Williamson showed why he should make it to the first XI of any given team with his classy knock of 66 in the last game. Had it not been for his tragic rendezvous with Super Overs, he could have won the game for the Orange Army.
Player you should avoid:
The position Kedar Jadhav is batting is preventing him from having any real influence with the bat, and his form is not good either. It is advisable not to pick him for this game.
