IPL 2023: A win over laggards Delhi Capitals will cement Chennai Super Kings’ place in the play-offs.
The slow nature of Feroz Shah Kotla track will suit CSK’s game-plan and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, in all likelihood playing his last competitive game in the National Capital will like to make full use of the conditions against an out-of-sorts team.
After a miserable first half, where they lost five games on the trot, the Capitals did manage to pick up some momentum, winning five out of their next eight games but it came too late in the competition.
Come Saturday, David Warner and Co. would like to play the proverbial party-poopers once again by ending their IPL season with a win at home.
Ahead of the match here are few tip-offs:
Dhoni to bat up
CSK batting coach Mike Hussey on Friday maintained that MS Dhoni doesn’t want to strain his dodgy knee by running between the wickets and thus bats down the order to provide the final flourish. But at Kotla, where the surface would be low and slow and in a must-win game for the CSK, the captain might bat up in the order. Dhoni has managed some cameos in the fag end of the innings but in a crunch game, Chennai would be hoping to get clucth knock from his captain.
No Marsh for Capitals
Anrich Nortje replaced the injured Mitchell Marsh in Capitals’ previous game. Marsh has not trained with the team for the past two days and it is highly unlikely that he will play on Saturday. After leaking runs in the initial games, Anrich Nortje has also found his groove.
DC vs CSK: Head-to-head
DC and CSK have played against each other 27 times in the IPL and DC have won 10 out of them. So, CSK have an upper hand with 17 wins and would be looking to get another win under the belt.
DC vs CSK: Playing XIs
Delhi Capitals Predicted Playing XI: David Warner (c), Prithvi Shaw, Rilee Rossouw, Phil Salt (wk), Axar Patel, Aman Khan, Yash Dhull, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Mukesh Kumar, Ishant Sharma
Impact Player – Khaleel Ahmed
Chennai Super Kings Predicted Playing XI: Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Deepak Chahar, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana
Impact Player – Tushar Deshpande
DC vs CSK squads
Delhi Capitals: David Warner (c), Prithvi Shaw, Mitchell Marsh, Sarfaraz Khan, Aman Hakim Khan, Abhishek Porel (wk), Axar Patel, Khaleel Ahmed, Kuldeep Yadav, Rovman Powell, Rilee Rossouw, Anrich Nortje, Mustafizur Rahaman, Chetan Sakariya, Mukesh Kumar, Phil Salt, Lungi Ngidi, Praveen Dubey, Lalit Yadav, Ripal Patel, Vicky Ostwal, Ishant Sharma, Manish Pandey, Yash Dhull, Priyam Garg
Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni (c & wk), Akash Singh, Moeen Ali, Bhagath Varma, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Sisanda Magala, Ajay Mandal, Matheesha Pathirana, Dwaine Pretorius, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Ambati Rayudu, Mitchell Santner, Subhranshu Senapati, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Ben Stokes, Maheesh Theekshana
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