Match Details
Date: April 5, 2024
Time: 7:30 PM IST
Venue: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
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Preview
SunRisers Hyderabad will be taking on Chennai Super Kings in the 18th match of the IPL 2024 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. Following their defeat against GT, SRH will get an opportunity to put things right with yet another stellar performance at home against a much formidable opponent. For CSK, it will be important to get back to winning ways after they went down against DC in the IPL 2024.
Team News
The Bangladesh fast bowler, Mustafizur Rahman, has reportedly left India for his home country to get his visa sorted out for the T20 World Cup 2024 participation. Therefore, his participation in the upcoming match for Chennai Super Kings against Sunrisers Hyderabad is highly unlikely.
Pitch Report
In the first match of the IPL 2024, which was played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad, SRH and MI broke all kinds of batting records on a pitch which aided the batters like no other. With that, the average first innings score of 161 at this venue in the tournament’s history will be not enough to defend for Sunrisers Hyderabad or Chennai Super Kings in all likelihood in their upcoming clash.
Team Analysis
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, and Heinrich Klaasen, have been the top performers for the Sunrisers Hyderabad batting lineup, scoring the majority of the runs in their first three matches of the IPL 2024. The bowling attack of SRH hasn’t been at their best in the tournament, but the captain Pat Cummins has picked up key wickets to help them register their solitary win against MI thus far.
IPL 2024 Squad of Sunrisers Hyderabad
Pat Cummins (c), Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Sanvir Singh, Heinrich Klaasen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Agarwal, T. Natarajan, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Markande, Upendra Singh Yadav, Umran Malik, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Travis Head, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Singh, Jhathavedh Subramanyan.
Chennai Super Kings
Although the in-form Rachin Ravindra missed out on contributing immensely to the cause for Chennai Super Kings in their previous match against Delhi Capitals in the IPL 2024, the first hit out for MS Dhoni was breathtaking to say the very least. As far as their bowling is concerned, the overseas duo of Matheesha Pathirana and Mustafizur Rahman have been the pick of the bunch, although the CSK team management will be hoping to have their spinners perform better as the tournament rolls along.
IPL 2024 Squad of Chennai Super Kings
Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), MS Dhoni, Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Mustafizur Rahman, Avanish Rao Aravelly, Matheesha Pathirana. Players injured/withdrawn: Devon Conway.
Match Prediction
Conclusion
Although Sunrisers Hyderabad will be playing at their home venue, Chennai Super Kings have a far superior head-to-head record against them, which is why they will be favourites to win.
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