Chennai Super Kings host Sunrisers Hyderabad in another chapter of southern rivalry

In another encounter of southern rivals, Chennai Super Kings will today play host to the Sunrisers Hyderabad, the former hoping to extend their winning streak to a consecutive second game after pipping the Royal Challengers Bangalore in a nip and tuck encounter at Bengaluru. 

As the race for the top four heats up, CSK will be keen to register their fourth win that would place them in a convincing spot going further. The MS Dhoni-led side has played five games so far with three wins to show, one of them coming at home.  

The Orange Army, on the other hand, have somehow been off their element again, falling short of the desired promise as they have secured two wins and slumped down to three losses, sparking a few important questions that will need some answers. SRH will be coming into this game against CSK on the back of a loss against the Mumbai Indians, where their batting unit failed to stand up tall against MI’s bowling.

This will be an important fixture for both sides as a win for the Sunrisers Hyderabad will get them up to speed with the other teams while a victory for CSK will hold them in good stead in the race for the top four.

Head to head:

Matches played: 18

CSK: 13

SRH: 5

Match Details:

Match: Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad

Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk

Date: 21st April, 2023

Time: 7:30 PM

Squads:

Chennai Super Kings:

MS Dhoni (c & wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, Shaik Rasheed, Subhranshu Senapati, Ben Stokes, Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Nishant Sandhu, Bhagath Verma, Ajay Mandal, Deepak Chahar, Sisanda Magala, Matheesha Pathirana, Maheesh Theekshana, Mukesh Choudhary, Simarjeet Singh, Prashant Solanki, Tushar Deshpande.

Sunrisers Hyderabad:

Aiden Markram (C), Abdul Samad, Umran Malik, Washington Sundar, Rahul Tripathi, Abhishek Sharma, Kartik Tyagi, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Marco Jansen, Glenn Phillips, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen, Adil Rashid, Mayank Markande, Vivrant Sharma, Samarth Vyas, Sanvir Singh, Upendra Singh Yadav, Mayank Dagar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Akeal Hosein, Anmolpreet Singh