CHENNAI: The battle for high 4 berths is critically heating up. And within the first day recreation of this IPL at Chepauk on Sunday with Chennai Super Kings taking over Punjab Kings, the temperatures are certain to soar. A tiring Chepauk pitch will get baked underneath the solar and there might be a change of technique on supply.
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Slogging hasn’t been the best right here and now with a 3.30pm begin, there shall be no dew later. It might imply that captains profitable the toss would possibly select to bat first, a departure from the norm in T20s at Chepauk.
As the match will put on on, timing the large hits and taking part in throughout the road will get harder and the spinners are primed to take cost. Putting up whole after which slowing issues down with the ball within the second half might thus be both crew’s finest shot at victory.
CSK are adept at this model of cricket, and to cease Ravindra Jadeja, Maheesh Theekshana and Moeen Ali from operating riot, PBKS skipper Shikhar Dhawan must play a significant position. Dhawan has the abilities to counter such situation, and as a batter of reputation in opposition to spin, he shall be anticipated to guide from the entrance.
Charismatic allrounder Sam Curran’s two-year CSK stint might additionally show useful and PBKS will hope that he’ll carry that have into play. Liam Livingstone, however, could discover the going robust on a sluggish, turning monitor.
The residence crew is cognizant of the changes wanted, and their assistant coach Eric Simmons says that understanding the situations shortly when on the sector holds the important thing.
“We have practised a bit in the daytime, so we have some sense of what it is about. It will play a role. Understanding what score you need to post or what you need to restrict the opposition to is a very important part of reading a day game,” Simmons mentioned on the pre-match press convention on Saturday.
Both sides are coming off losses after conceding 200-plus scores of their respective earlier video games. Punjab seamers Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh and Curran will look to brush off the drubbing acquired from Lucknow Super Giants’ batting, and leggie Rahul Chahar will attempt to stem the stream of runs like he has within the tourney thus far.
For CSK, Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande and Akash Singh have needed to bowl the onerous overs, and understanding the character of the floor on Sunday, might be properly served taking the tempo off once in a while.
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Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com