At this moment, the Chennai Super Kings can only score 16 points, and even that may not be enough to guarantee a playoff berth. There has been fierce competition, and there are no guarantees in a ten-team tournament. CSK, on the other hand, will need to keep winning from here on out to stay in contention. Ravindra Jadeja handed back the captaincy to MS Dhoni on the eve of the match, making headlines. The reigning champs are on the verge of being eliminated.
Everyone can see how the tables have turned in less than six months. With the bat, two guys continued to step up game after game in 2021. One is currently the captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore, while the other is having trouble staying consistent. Despite the contributions of Robin Uthappa and Shivam Dube, CSK require more, especially with Ravindra Jadeja struggling to give the closing touch.
This is one of the few venues where high scores haven't been consistently seen this season. Given their spin assault, CSK would have an advantage over SRH if the surface is actually low and slow.
Probable XI
SRH - Kane Williamson (C), Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Shashank Singh, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Marco Jansen, Umran Malik
Chennai Super Kings - Robin Uthappa, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (C/WK), Dwaine Pretorius, Dwayne Bravo, Mukesh Choudhary, Maheesh Theekshana