Chennai Super Kings have won the toss and chose to field first. Dhoni has always preferred chasing in Chennai. They are playing with an inexperienced bowling attack. The all rounders Deepak Chahar and Ben Stokes are not yet fit to play.
Why is Deepak Chahar not playing today?
Deepak Chahar had injured himself during the match against Mumbai Indians. The fast bowler had picked a hamstring injury. He has not yet recovered from it. But he was seen bowling in the nets. Chennai will be hoping he gets fit as soon as possible and contribute to the team’s success.
What did the captains say at the toss?
Aiden Markram:
We’d have also bowled first. We had a good game against KKR batting first, so hopefully we can take a leaf out of that. I think we need to get the whole game good together, one skill is good and the other not as much, so we are working on it. If one of them is having a good night, they have to make it big. Hectic schedules but we are not complaining, the IPL allows us the chance to travel around and meet different fan bases. We’ve got the same 16 from the MI game, but since we are batting first here, there will be a change to the XI.
MS Dhoni:
We’ll bowl first. This pitch is 50-50 because it is slightly cloudy. There might be dew so always better to chase. All packed together on the points table, we need to do well and not look at the table at this moment. Combination wise, we have been fortunate because we haven’t had all players available. The headaches start later when everyone becomes available. We are playing the same XI, and have the same impact subs as well.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI):
Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen(w), Abhishek Sharma, Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI):
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w/c), Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Akash Singh, Matheesha Pathirana
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