IPL 2020 MATCH 14: CSK vs SRH Preview, Prediction, Head to head, Team news, Pitch Report and Fantasy dream team

MS Dhoni-led 3 times IPL champions will take on the 2016 edition IPL winners SRH. Both the teams have not played the kind of cricket they are known for and that's what is reflected on the points table where both the teams are bottom at the table as SRH ahead only because of net run rate.

This match will be about getting that desperate win and getting those two points to improve the position in the points table. 

CSK coming after the long 6 days break and probably will have figured out their problem of team balance. On the other hand, SRH came off after their comfortable win over the Strong Delhi Capitals team. CSK holds the one-sided head to head record against SRH and they have beaten SRH 4 out of 4 games in 2018.

HEAD TO HEAD 

Total matches: 12

CSK won: 9

SRH won: 3

VENUE: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai

DATE: 2 October 2020

TIME: 7.30 pm as per Indian standard

PITCH REPORT:

Pitch in Dubai is a batting track and batsmen will enjoy the batting here. Ground dimension is also not that big but not also smaller as Sharjah. Pitch has some dry grass which might help pace bowlers to get some movement in the initial phase of the game but overall its flat track and set batsmen can make most out of it.

TOSS: 

In last 6 games played here in Dubai have seen batting first win team has won 4 games and other two has been decided by Super Over. Dew is also not affecting the games that much. So captain who will win toss will decide to bat first.

CSK squad:

Batsman: Murli Vijay, Ambati Rayudu, Faf du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad 

All-rounders: Shane Watson, Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Dwayne Bravo, Monu Kumar, Sam Curren, Mitchell Santner, Piyush Chawla.

Wicket Keeper: MS Dhoni(c), N Jagadeeshan

Bowlers: Shardul Thakur, KM Asif, Lungi Ngidi, Josh Hazelwood, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Karn Sharma, Ravisrinivasan sai Kishore

SRH squad:

Batsman: Kane Williamson, David Warner(c), Manish Pandey,Virat Singh, Abdul Samad, Priyam Garg

All-rounders: Vijay Shankar, Mitchell Marsh, Abhishek Sharma, Mohammad Nabi, Fabian Allen, Sanjay Yadav, Bavanaka Sandeep,

Wicket Keeper: Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Johnny Bairstow

Bowlers: Bhuvaneshvar Kumar, Siddharth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, Billy Stanlake, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, T Natarajan, Basil Thampi

TEAM NEWS:

CSK: Ambati Rayudu and Dwayne Bravo have declared fit and will be available for selection. Murli Vijay will be the one who might get replaced by Ambati Rayudu. Dwayne Bravo might not feature in playing eleven as Sam Curran is doing well for CSK.

SRH: SRH might not change the winning combination and if they do then Vijay Shankar might get a chance in place of Priyam Garg. Kane Williamson gave the solidity to the SRH weak middle order and Abdul Samad also played some shots in the last innings so they will probably get featured in playing 11.

PROBABLE PLAYING 11: 

CSK: Shane Watson, Ruturaj Gayakwad, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Piyush Chawla/Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Josh Hazelwood/Imran Tahir

SRH: David Warner, Johnny Bairstow, Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Vijay Shankar/Priyam Garg, Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Bhuvaneshvar Kumar, T Natrajan, Khaleel Ahmed.

WHAT TO EXPECT: 

Batting has been an issue for both the team in this tournament so far. But CSK will get a boost as Amabati Rayudu will make a comeback and with Williamson, in middle order, SRH will also be confident.

Dubai stadium saw some high scoring games and this one is also expected to be a high scoring affair.

Ravindra Jadeja has been expensive so far in the tournament and the sixth bowler is an issue for CSK and the same goes for SRH who also doesn't have a sixth bowler to bowl. Dwayne Bravo for CSK and Vijay Shankar for SRH can be a solution for the respective teams so we can expect them to play the match.

MATCH PREDICTION:

Score: Above 170 runs

Winning chances: CSK 60% - 40% SRH

FANTASY LEAGUE TEAM 11:

Team 1: Johnny Bairstow, David Warner, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, Kane Williamson, Shane Watson, Sam Curran, T Natrajan, Rashid Khan, Deepak Chahar, Piyush Chawla

Team 2: MS Dhoni, David Warner, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Sam Curran,  Bhuvaneshvar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Rashid Khan, Piyush Chawla

Captain choices: Faf du Plessis, David Warner, Sam Curran

Vice-captain choices: Johnny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Ambati Rayudu

note: Make changes in your team after the team's revealed at the time of ross if possible.