Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will purpose to take care of its successful streak when it hosts Rajasthan Royals (RR) in an IPL 2023 match on the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium right here on Wednesday.
M. S. Dhoni can afford to smile forward of his 2 hundredth IPL match as CSK captain after the seven-wicket demolition of Mumbai Indians on the Wankhede Stadium final Saturday, amid health setbacks to all-rounders Ben Stokes and Moeen Ali.
Deepak Chahar’s hamstring surrendered throughout the MI conflict, however left-arm spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Mitchell Santner revelled with 5 wickets between them. Under-fire seamer Tushar Deshpande made amends, and Ajinkya Rahane smashed a chic fifty on his CSK debut.
While Chahar is anticipated to face a prolonged break, Jadeja confirmed on Tuesday that Stokes will return in “four-five days”. Consequently, Dhoni might rope in a further spinner at dwelling. If accessible, Sri Lankan off-spinner Maheesh Theekshana – the main T20 spinner (36 wickets) within the PowerPlay since 2021 – can deftly substitute Chahar. Moeen, who has recovered from a abdomen bug, is more likely to begin after bagging 4 wickets within the earlier match in Chennai.
Meanwhile, CSK’s dominant Chepauk report will witness its first stern take a look at of the season because the Royals hop in after thrashing Delhi Capitals by 57 runs. MI is the one visiting staff to have trumped CSK (thrice) within the final 20 video games on the venue.
Royals left-armer Trent Boult is the kryptonite to CSK opener Ruturaj Gaikwad, who has typically sheathed an erratic middle-order together with his blazing begins. Boult has dismissed Gaikwad thrice in 4 conferences, averaging 7.33; his pacy outswing might additionally take a look at Gaikwad’s companion Devon Conway early on. The left-handed Kiwi has been troubled with the shifting ball, exploited neatly in CSK’s season opener by Gujarat Titans’ Mohammad Shami and MI’s Jason Behrendorff within the final recreation.
Furthermore, native skilled Ravichandran Ashwin and an in-form Yuzvendra Chahal will nag CSK within the middle-overs.
While inconsistencies linger within the batting, the Royals’ top-order can threaten the spin-heavy Super Kings. Captain Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal symbolize the perfect IPL top-three towards spin since 2020, with a mixed strike fee of 151.11.
Buttler stays the principle menace and CSK doesn’t possess confirmed artillery to take him down. The fiery opener’s IPL strike-rate shoots over 145 for left-arm spin and off-spin. Leg-spin has typically saved Buttler quiet – 11 dismissals at a mean of 26.81.
The similar holds for Samson towards wrist-spinners – the googly being his nemesis over the previous couple of seasons. On Saturday, DC wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav dismissed Samson for a four-ball duck, his solely supply to the Kerala batter being a mistaken’un that induced a mistimed slog to the long-on fielder. CSK’s solely possibility is leg-spinner Prashant Solanki, who had an extended bowling session within the nets on Monday. Solanki’s final IPL recreation for CSK was towards the Royals in 2022, when he registered figures of two/20.
Barring the ODI between India and Australia at Chepauk in March, latest white-ball video games on the venue have witnessed considerable bounce, with the ball skidding onto the bat. CSK’s 12-run win towards Lucknow Super Giants final week bore a match mixture of 422 runs – a report excessive in Chennai in 13 years.
Jadeja expects the floor to play on comparable traces. “It was not like a typical Chennai wicket where the ball was keeping low and turning square. I’m hoping that this will also play the same, but it might be a little bit on the slower side,” he remarked.
The spin riches of either side might therefore come to the fore to make the competition one thing greater than two periods of slog-hitting.
SQUADS
CSK: MS Dhoni (c), Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Chowdhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Deepak Chahar, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Ajinkya Rahane, Ben Stokes, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu, Kyle Jamieson, Ajay Mandal, Bhagath Varma.
RR: Sanju Samson (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Jos Buttler, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Prasidh Krishna, Trent Boult, Obed McCoy, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, KC Cariappa, Jason Holder, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Adam Zampa, KM Asif, Murugan Ashwin, Akash Vashisht, Abdul P A, Joe Root.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com