IPL 2022: It’s the battle between two of the three bottom-placed sides. Three losses in three matches for Chennai Super Kings meant that the defending champions have had their worst ever start to their IPL campaign and Sunrisers Hyderabad, who had finished at the eighth place last season, are now 10th with two losses in as many matches.
Both sides will clash on Saturday afternoon, April 9th, at the DY Patil Stadium as both look for their first win of the season.
Under new captain Ravindra Jadeja, CSK lost the season opener by 6 wickets to Kolkata Knight Riders before failing to defend 211 against Lucknow Super Giants. Punjab Kings consigned CSK to their third loss – by a massive margin of 54 runs.
Kane Williamson’s side started their tournament poorly, going down to Rajasthan Royals by 61 runs before losing a close contest to LSG by 12 runs.
Venue: DY Patil Stadium
Lucknow and Delhi played a low-scoring game, that went into the last over with LSG chasing 150, on this ground. Before that SRH failed to chase 170 against LSG. So while the venue had seen high-scoring encounters early in the season, now spinners and pacers who are adept in bowling change of pace and slower variations are making life difficult for the batters.
With both sides struggling at the moment, expect another game with a par total.
CSK news and predicted XI:
There’s no news about Adam Milne’s return from injury. Fast bowling all-rounder Rajvardhan Hangargekar could get his debut IPL cap and may replace Mukesh Choudhary. Rest, CSK isn’t a team that would make wholesale changes.
CSK predicted XI: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Robin Uthappa, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja (c), MS Dhoni (wk), Shivam Dube, Dwayne Bravo, Chris Jordan, Dwaine Pretorius, Rajvardhan Hangargekar
SRH news and predicted XI:
SRH are expected to stick to the same eleven as lost a close match to LSG. However, there could be some changes in the batting positions of the batters. Priyam Garg, though, could replace Abdul Samad.
SRH predicted XI: Kane Williamson (c), Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Abdul Samad/Priyam Garg, Romario Shepherd, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik
