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Chennai Tremendous Kings (3rd) vs Punjab Kings (8th)
Chennai, 1930 IST (1400 GMT)

Giant image – Gaikwad’s new equipment as CSK (nearly) finish house stretch

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CSK will play their 3rd house sport in a row on Wednesday, after they host Punjab Kings, ahead of they hit the street once more until their ultimate house sport on Would possibly 12. On this duration at house, their citadel was once breached via Lucknow Tremendous Giants (learn Marcus Stoinis), however they humbled the mighty batters of Sunrisers Hyderabad extra lately. Now of their approach stand PBKS, flying in from Kolkata after a global file T20 chase.

CSK, with their raucous house crowd backing them, will see this chance to tick a couple of bins: they have not crushed PBKS since April 2021 (together with a house sport in 2023) and feature some of the worst file for sixes hit within the powerplay. They’re going to additionally bid farewell to the league’s highest-wicket taker (ahead of the LSG vs MI sport), Mustafizur Rahman, who stocks the highest spot with Jasprit Bumrah.

What they’ve proper in contemporary video games is the type of Ruturaj Gaikwad. The brand new CSK captain was once scoring at beneath 119 for his first 4 video games however has hit a brand new equipment within the remaining 3 weeks, sky-rocketing his strike price to 159.55 in his remaining 5 outings. It began with a 69 off 40 in opposition to MI after he moved to No. 3 in brief and now comes into the sport with two huge knocks at the back of him the place struck at over 180 in each video games: 108* off 60 in opposition to LSG and 98 off 54 in opposition to SRH. His fifties off 28 and 27 balls respectively additionally confirmed he’s extra willing to kick off straightaway as a substitute of first atmosphere a base after which launching.

What sticks out is that his sport has now not modified whilst transferring gears. He has been depending on fours greater than sixes, he chooses his competitive pictures sparsely, and his keep an eye on proportion stands at 85.40% within the powerplay this IPL, the most productive after 46 video games this season. Those rankings and scoring charges bode smartly for CSK much more as a result of each time Gaikwad hits a fifty, their possibilities of successful the sport move as much as 73.68%, handiest worse than Shubman Gill’s 78.26% for Gujarat Titans and Suryakumar Yadav’s 73.91% for MI.

CSK have scored over 200 batting first in two in their remaining 3 video games however they are going to want much more in opposition to a fired-up opposition. PBKS’ most sensible order after all stood up in Kolkata, that means it wasn’t simply ShAshutosh (Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma) getting their runs. A go back to variety for Jonny Bairstow and Prabhsimran Singh could have come a bit of too past due, however any other cracking get started from them will lend a hand the PBKS bowling unit, which has conceded 200 or extra simply as soon as in IPL 2024.

Shape information

Chennai Tremendous Kings WLLWW (remaining 5 suits, most up-to-date first)
Punjab Kings WLLLL

Crew information and have an effect on participant technique

Chennai Tremendous Kings
This will probably be Mustafizur’s remaining sport. He flies house for Bangladesh’s T20Is in opposition to Zimbabwe beginning Would possibly 3. They are not likely to make any adjustments to the XI or XII with Ajinkya Rahane or Shivam Dube more likely to be as an Have an effect on Participant for a bowler.

Possible XII 1 Ajinkya Rahane, 2 Ruturaj Gaikwad (capt), 3 Daryl Mitchell, 4 Moeen Ali, 5 Shivam Dube, 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 MS Dhoni (wk), 8 Deepak Chahar, 9 Tushar Deshpande, 10 Mustafizur Rahman, 11 Matheesha Pathirana, 12 Shardul Thakur

Punjab Kings
Shikhar Dhawan might be are compatible for this sport, however PBKS will take a last name on him on match-day. His availability may just depart the control scratching their heads as a result of it is going to power them to forget an in-form India batter for somebody who hasn’t performed in 3 weeks and was once placing at simply over 125 on the most sensible ahead of that.

Possible XII: 1 Prabhsimran Singh, 2 Jonny Bairstow, 3 Rilee Rossouw, 4 Jitesh Sharma (wk), 5 Sam Curran (capt), 6 Shashank Singh, 7 Ashutosh Sharma, 8 Harpreet Brar, 9 Harshal Patel, 10 Kagiso Rabada, 11 Arshdeep Singh, 12 Harpreet Singh

Within the highlight – Shivam Dube and Rilee Rossouw

In his 3rd IPL sport this season, Rilee Rossouw confirmed glimpses of his talents when he clobbered Andre Russell’s brief balls for a few sixes in a 16-ball 26 that can have simply achieved the task in Kolkata. However at No. 3, he ties a gap pair of Bairstow and Pabhsimran that struck at over 225 in opposition to KKR and a center and decrease order able to reaching similarly-dizzying numbers. After an unimpressive PSL day trip, and having simply been omitted of South Africa’s T20 International Cup squad, Rossouw will probably be itching to spoil some extra runs.

Now that Shivam Dube is in India’s T20 International Cup squad, all eyes on whether or not he’s taking the ball. He bowled incessantly in Mumbai’s victorious Ranji Trophy marketing campaign however got here into this event with a facet pressure that may have affected his bowling. He has since been used as an Have an effect on Participant, however the loss of any bowling ahead of the International Cup would possibly not bode smartly for India, or Dube if he desires to be within the XI. He has began bowling within the nets, however will he bowl within the sport?

Stats that topic

Dhoni has received 150 video games within the IPL, probably the most for a person participant.
PBKS have a 4-1 head-to-head in opposition to CSK since 2021 with victories in all 4 in their remaining conferences.
PBKS will hope Kagiso Rabada continues his run in opposition to Gaikwad. The match-up says 56 runs off 48 balls with 3 dismissals.
However will PBKS be courageous sufficient to avoid wasting a Rabada over for the demise only for Dhoni? He has conceded simply 10 runs off 22 balls in opposition to Dhoni, with one dismissal in all T20s.
Harshal Patel, who has been a lot better within the demise overs lately, too can boast of an excellent file in opposition to Dhoni: 25 off 32 with one dismissal.

Pitch and prerequisites

The remaining 4 video games on the Chepauk have all favoured batting, with rankings incessantly breaching the now not-so-insurmountable 200 mark, and with facets batting first and chasing successful two video games apiece. Dew, on the other hand, has been a standard customer there, together with on Tuesday night time, which may nonetheless make bowling first the most popular selection. There may be these days a warmth caution in Chennai with temperatures anticipated to hit 37 levels Celsius with a heavy dose of humidity.

Quotes

“Mustafizur has been exceptional in stipulations that more than likely do not even swimsuit his bowling. The surfaces right here had been filled with tempo and there was dew. His adjustment has been nice. We perceive global [duty] comes first, however he is been a perfect addition to the aspect.”
CSK head trainerStephen Fleming at the left-arm fast

“From a tender boy, he has grown into a person. Cricket-wise, he is pondering much more about his sport. At apply, he does not over-train, which is a superb signal.”
PBKS fast-bowling trainer Charl Langeveldt on their very own left-arm fast Arshdeep Singh

Vishal Dikshit is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo

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