Sunrisers Hyderabad will square off against reigning champions Chennai Super Kings at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad on Friday. SRH have won a solitary match out of the three games they have played whereas CSK has won two out of their three matches.
We take a lot at the head-to-head battle, players to watch out for, and squads of both teams in our match preview.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: L W L
SRH batters had gone berserk in their last home game against Mumbai Indians and they will look to replicate the same form against CSK. The pitch is once again expected to be a belter and the batters will be licking their lips.
Chennai Super Kings: L W W
CSK was outplayed by Delhi Capitals and they will be determined to bounce back after an off-game. CSK’s top-order had fumbled against DC and they will need to deliver as a unit. The team will miss the services of Mustafizur Rahman for the SRH clash.
Head to Head: Matches: 20, Won by CSK: 15, Won by SRH: 5.
Players to look out for: Pat Cummins, Rahul Tripathi, Abhishek Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Washington Sundar, Heinrich Klaasen, Aiden Markram, and Travis Head will be the crucial players for SRH.
MS Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Shivam Dube, Deepak Chahar, Ravindra Jadeja, and Maheesh Theekshana will be the crucial players for CSK.
SRH IPL 2024 FULL SQUAD
Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Sanvir Singh, Heinrich Klaasen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Agarwal, T. Natarajan, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Markande, Upendra Singh Yadav, Umran Malik, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Travis Head, Wanindu Hasaranga, Pat Cummins ©, Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Singh, Jhathavedh Subramanyan.
CSK squad for IPL 2024:
MS Dhoni (c), Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Mustafizur Rahman, Avanish Rao Aravelly.
