IPL 2024: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings – A Battle for Redemption
The 18th match of IPL 2024 promises to be a crackerjack as Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) lock horns with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. Both teams are coming off defeats and will be desperate to get back on track.
SRH VS CSK Head-to-Head and Rivalry:
CSK holds a dominant edge in the head-to-head record, having won 15 out of 20 encounters against SRH. However, there might be a close contest as SRH has been playing with fire these days, on the other hand CSK look to assert their dominance against SRH and tackle their weak bowling foes.
SRH VS CSK probable Playing XIs:
Predicting the playing XIs can be tricky, but here’s a possible lineup for both teams:
- SRH: Mayank Agarwal, Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, T Natarajan [Impact Sub: Washington Sundar/Umran Malik, Nitish Reddy]
- CSK: Rachin Ravindra, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Shivam Dube, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Matheesha Pathirana/Shardul Thakur [Impact Sub: Maheesh Theekshana/Matheesha Pathirana]
SRH VS CSK Match Win Prediction:
This is a tough one to call. Both teams are evenly matched on paper. SRH will have the home advantage, but CSK boasts of immense experience. It could go either way, but an SRH win seems slightly more likely looking at their batting line-up, but SRH pervious performance against CSK might haunt them.
SRH VS CSK Dream11 Team:
Here are some suggestions for your Dream11 team:
- Batsmen: Travis Head, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Abhishek Sharma
- Wicket-keeper: Heinrich Klaasen(wk)
- All-rounders: Ravindra Jadeja,
- Bowlers: T Natarajan, M Pathirana, Bhuvneshwar Kumar
SRH VS CSK Match Analysis and Pitch Report
The match will hinge on which team performs better under pressure. SRH’s batting will revolve around Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma and crackers at end by Klaasen, while CSK will look to Gaikwad and Rachin Ravindra for runs. Bowling will be crucial, with Bhuvneshwar Kumar failing to find his form and Natarajan availability and lack of experienced spinner causing troubles for Orange army, and M Pathirana and Deepak Chahar are crucial injury update of Mustafizur Rehman is yet to be known. The last match witnessed highest first and second innings ever on a T20 game let’s see what’s cooking today. Uppal os batting track for sure, its a high scoring game today, with 400+ on cards?