The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and the Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) will face-off in the match 18 of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Both the teams will fight it out for the top spot as well. They are tied with 6 points at the moment with the visitors at the second position by the virtue of a better run-rate. However, when the CSK have built a fortress in Chennai and their fans make it tough for the opposition with their support to the team.
Team News:
Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Time: Apr 06, 04:00 PM LOCAL
Harbhajan Singh, Shane Watson, Dwayne Bravo, MS Dhoni (c), Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Murali Vijay, Karn Sharma, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Imran Tahir, Faf du Plessis, Deepak Chahar, Sam Billings, Mohit Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Dhruv Shorey, Scott Kuggeleijn, Monu Kumar, Mitchell Santner, Chaitanya Bishnoi, N Jagadeesan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KM Asif
Chris Gayle, Moises Henriques, Ravichandran Ashwin (c), Mayank Agarwal, Mandeep Singh, David Miller, Mohammed Shami, Karun Nair, Lokesh Rahul, Murugan Ashwin, Ankit Rajpoot, Nicholas Pooran, Sarfaraz Khan, Hardus Viljoen, Andrew Tye, Sam Curran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Agnivesh Ayachi, Darshan Nalkande, Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Simran Singh, Harpreet Brar
The pitch at the Chepauk has been on the slower side this season. Though the second match at the venue was played at a better strip. Teams will definitely prefer batting second with the dew set to play a huge part in the second innings. There is no rain prediction but the humidity will increase gradually as the day progresses.
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Report
Chennai Super Kings | Kings XI Punjab |
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MS Dhoni (c)(wk) |
KL Rahul (wk) |
Ambati Rayudu |
Sam Curran |
Faf du Plessis |
Mayank Agarwal |
Suresh Raina |
Sarfaraz Khan |
Kedar Jadhav |
David Miller |
Ravindra Jadeja |
Mandeep Singh |
Deepak Chahar |
Hardus Viljoen |
Shardul Thakur |
Ravichandran Ashwin (c) |
Harbhajan Singh |
Varun Chakravarthy |
Imran Tahir |
Murugan Ashwin |
Scott Kuggeleijn |
Mohammed Shami |
Chennai Super Kings | Kings XI Punjab |
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Team | M | W | L | NRR | Pts |
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MI | 10 | 7 | 3 | +1.448 | 14 |
DC | 10 | 7 | 3 | +0.774 | 14 |
RCB | 10 | 7 | 3 | +0.182 | 14 |
KKR | 10 | 5 | 5 | -0.828 | 10 |
SRH | 10 | 4 | 6 | +0.092 | 8 |
KXIP | 10 | 4 | 6 | -0.177 | 8 |
RR | 11 | 4 | 7 | -0.620 | 8 |
CSK | 11 | 3 | 8 | -0.733 | 6 |