His play-offs hopes to look around Chennai Super Kings to roam around a brilliant campaign, when they squeeze against an irregular but irregular Punjab Kings in their Indian Premier League match in Chepuk on Wednesday. It has been a disappointing season for a five -time champion CSK, which is at the bottom of the table with just two wins out of nine matches. On the other hand, PBK is ranked fifth in the standing with five of the nine matches and will rise to get up with a win against the CSK side, which failed to achieve its combinations so far in the season.
The most disappointing for CSK is the inability to master the conditions of the house in Chepack, which is considered a fort for a long time.
The CSK will be desperate to register its third win of the tournament, so that the slim hopes to survive the playoffs.
Even after handling the leadership of Ruturaj Gikwad, talisman like Mahendra Singh Dhoni, they have failed to set fire to the side, which has been rejected due to an elbow injury.
And Dhoni admitted that CSK is struggling to get its line-up.
“If you see powerplay, whether it is combination or conditions, we are struggling with both bat and ball,” Dhoni said.
Major match-up
CSK’s young recruitment Ayush Matre, who caught the eyeball on his IPL debut, when he takes Arshdeep Singh in Powerplay, he will look at a strong performance.
The most entertaining battle is expected to be between Shivam Dubey and Yuzvendra Chahal in the middle overs.
Chahal has been in great form for PBK in the second part of the tournament, and it will be interesting to see how CSK middle order handles him.
Priyash Arya and Prabhasimran Singh have been good for PBK while opening the batting and Ons will be on the left -handed pacer Khalil Ahmed to include the pair.
In captain Shreyas Iyer, PBK has found a batsman who can control the speed of the game, but will rely on Afghanistan spinner Noor Ahmed to give CSK goods.
At the age of 43, Dhoni has shown a glimpse of his mythological finishing skills, but despite a clever strategy, he is struggling for a winning combination on the field.
Rachin Ravindra has also been incompatible at the top. The struggle of Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin and Mathisha Pathirana has not helped CSK.
On the batting front, the choice of Vijay Shakar, Deepak Hooda and Rahul Tripathi is equal.
In Marco Jansen, PBK has very good all-rounders, while the bowling unit will be operated by Arshdeep and Chahal.
Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni (C & WK), Developed Brevis, Devon Conway, Rahul Tripathi, Sheikh Rashid, Vanash Bedi, Andre Siddharth, Ayush Monthre, Rachin Ravindra, Ravichandran Ashwin, Vijay Shankar, Sam Karran, Deepak Houd, Deepak Houd, Jaman Ghosh, Rabindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Khalel Ahmad, Ahmed, Mukesh Chaudhary, Nathan Ellis, Shreyas Gopal, Matheesha Pathirana.
Punjab King: Shreyas Year (C), Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Nehal Wadera, Glenn Maxwell, Vyashak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Harpreet Brad, Vishnu Vinod, Marco Jenson, Lockey Fergis, Josh English, Josh English, Josh English, Avinash, Avinash, Suryash Shed, Suryash Shed, Suryash Shed, Suryash Shaku Pannur Pannur Pannur Pannur Pannur Pannur Hardy, Priyash Arya, Azmatullah Omrajai.
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