CSK vs DC, DY Patil Stadium. On paper, Delhi Capitals are looking stronger than Chennai Super Kings. Despite having star-studded batting, CSK has poor matchups against DC bowlers. Most importantly, DC batters have played CSK bowlers very well in the past. This is a battle of MS Dhoni and Rishabh Pant. DC will be playing intending to keep hopes alive for the playoffs. However, mathematically CSK can make it to the playoffs if they win this game.
Both the teams have similar players in the squad: one in-form left-handed opener, an off-spinner who can bat, and a left-arm all-rounder. Shaw and Gaikwad have been hit-or-miss this season. Shardul Thakur, who will be playing against his former team, will be the center of attention in this game.
With Rovman Powell getting back with the bat, DC's middle order is looking much better. Young bowlers of CSK will find it difficult to bowl against batters like Warner, Marsh, and Powell. In contrast, DC bowlers have exciting matchups against CSK batters at every position!
Kuldeep Yadav and Chetan Sakariya might steal the show with their bowling tonight. Both of them have excellent matchups. Interestingly enough, Shardul Thakur has dismissed Gaikwad once in the T20s. Now that he is bowling in the powerplay, Gaikwad's poor head-to-head stats and poor venue stats may result in an early wicket!
At DY Patil Stadium:
| Matches | Won | Lost | |
| DC | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| CSK | 7 | 5 | 2 |
H2H Team Stats:
DC has won four of the last five matches played against CSK.
| Batting 1st Won | Batting 2nd Won | |
| DC | 3 | 7 |
| CSK | 9 | 7 |
H2H Player Stats:
| M | I | R | 100s | 50s | 30s | Avg. | SR | |
| R Uthappa | 28 | 27 | 749 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 29.96 | 124.63 |
| D Warner | 18 | 18 | 674 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 39.65 | 138.97 |
| A Raydu (vs DC) | 23 | 23 | 601 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 37.56 | 137.53 |
| MS Dhoni | 25 | 24 | 583 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 34.29 | 136.53 |
| R Pant | 9 | 9 | 303 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 50.50 | 154.59 |
| P Shaw | 10 | 10 | 273 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27.30 | 153.37 |
| A Raydu (for CSK) | 9 | 9 | 245 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 49.00 | 146.71 |
| R Jadeja | 19 | 13 | 188 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31.33 | 146.88 |
| M Ali (vs DC) | 6 | 6 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16.83 | 129.49 |
| R Gaikwad | 4 | 4 | 93 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23.25 | 114.81 |
| R Uthappa (for CSK) | 2 | 2 | 82 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41.00 | 130.16 |
| M Ali (for CSK) | 3 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19.00 | 129.55 |
| A Patel | 7 | 6 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.25 | 114.00 |
| M | I | W | ER | |
| DJ Bravo | 17 | 16 | 17 | 8.01 |
| R Jadeja | 19 | 16 | 15 | 7.30 |
| A Patel | 14 | 14 | 10 | 6.92 |
| A Nortje | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8.31 |
| C Sakariya | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8.38 |
| M Ali | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7.20 |
| K Ahmed | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8.22 |
| M Rahman | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10.73 |
| C Jordan | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10.88 |
| K Yadav | 5 | 5 | 2 | 8.28 |
| D Pretorius | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10.00 |
Venue Stats:
(Overall T20 stats)
| M | I | R | 100s | 50s | 30s | Avg. | SR | |
| R Uthappa | 15 | 14 | 359 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 32.64 | 140.78 |
| A Raydu | 7 | 6 | 161 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26.83 | 108.05 |
| MS Dhoni | 7 | 6 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37.33 | 134.94 |
| S Dube | 3 | 3 | 111 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 55.00 | 170.94 |
| R Jadeja | 6 | 6 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.17 | 123.73 |
| DJ Bravo | 7 | 6 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17.25 | 140.82 |
| P Shaw | 1 | 1 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 61.00 | 179.41 |
| M Ali | 2 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.50 | 118.60 |
| D Warner | 2 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.00 | 125.00 |
| M Marsh | 2 | 2 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24.00 | 111.63 |
| R Pant | 1 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 108.33 |
| S Khan | 1 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 128.57 |
| R Gaikwad | 3 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.00 | 110.00 |
| M | I | W | ER | |
| DJ Bravo | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9.65 |
| M Choudhary | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8.90 |
| M Theekshana | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8.25 |
| R Jadeja | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7.87 |
| M Santner | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.33 |
| L Yadav | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.25 |
| S Thakur | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.91 |
Probable Playing 11:
Prithvi Shaw is likely to return and replace Mandeep Singh.
DC: P Shaw/M Singh, D Warner, M Marsh, R Pant (C & WK), L Yadav, R Powell, A Patel/R Patel, S Thakur, K Yadav, K Ahmed/C Sakariya, M Rahman
CSK: R Gaikwad, D Conway, M Ali, A Raydu, R Uthappa, R Jadeja, MS Dhoni (C & WK), DJ Bravo/D Pretorius, M Theekshana, S Singh, M Choudhary
Fantasy Picks:
WK – R Pant
Batters – D Warner, M Marsh, R Uthappa/A Raydu, D Conway
AR – A Patel, M Ali, M Marsh, R Jadeja/D Pretorius
Bowlers – DJ Bravo/ M Theekshana, S Thakur, K Yadav
Punt picks – C Sakariya, R Jadeja, P Shaw, A Patel
Common C/VC – D Conway, D Warner, K Yadav, M Ali
Punt C/VC – M Marsh, S Thakur, R Pant, P Shaw
CSK Batters vs DC Bowlers:
R Gaikwad:
vs A Patel – 1W
vs Rahman – 1W
vs Thakur – 1W
vs Nortje – 1W
D Conway:
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M Ali:
vs A Patel – 2W
vs Kuldeep – 1W
vs Sakariya – 1W
vs Ngidi – 2W
A Raydu:
vs K Yadav – 2W
vs K Ahmed – 1W
vs Sakariya – 2W
vs A Patel – 2W
R Uthappa:
vs Thakur – 1W
vs A Patel – 3W
vs Kuldeep – 1W
vs Nortje – 1W
vs K Ahmed – 1W
R Jadeja:
vs Rahman – 4W
vs A Patel – 1W
MS Dhoni:
vs Kuldeep – 2W
vs Nortje – 1W
vs Sakariya – 1W
DC Batters vs CSK Bowlers:
P Shaw:
vs Bravo – 1W
vs Jadeja – 1W
vs KM Asif – 1W
D Warner:
vs Bravo – 4W
vs Santner – 1W
R Pant:
vs M Ali – 1W
vs Jadeja – 2W
vs Jordan – 2W
vs Santner – 2W
M Marsh:
vs Bravo – 1W
vs Jadeja – 1W
vs Pretorius – 1W
vs Jordan – 1W
R Powell:
vs Bravo – 1W
S Khan:
vs Bravo – 1W
vs Jadeja – 1W
vs KM Asif – 1W
M Singh:
vs Jadeja – 3W
vs Bravo – 1W
Interesting Records:
- DC has won four of the last five matches played against CSK.
- Shardul Thakur will be playing against CSK for the first time.
- Axar Patel is just one wicket away from 100 IPL wickets.
- DC has the best powerplay run rate of 9.41, while CSK has the third-worst run rate of just 6.98.
- Prithvi Shaw has scored three fifties against CSK in the last five innings.
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