ABOUT THE MATCH:
When they face Chennai Super Kings in the 41st game of the 2020 Indian Premier League at Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Sunday, Mumbai Indians will look to make a good comeback. Chennai Super Kings delivered an abject batting effort in the previous match to lose the seventh match in the series. To keep their playoff hopes alive in the competition, the franchise will have to win their remaining four matches.
On the other hand, the five-match winning streak of the Mumbai Indians ended after losing a thriller against Kings XI Punjab. The match was determined for the first time in Indian Premier League history through two Super-overs eliminators.
MATCH PREVIEW:
CHENNAI SUPER KINGS:
1. The Chennai Super Kings are placed at the bottom of the table. From a total of ten matches played, the Super Kings have won three and lost seven. While their net run-rate is not that bad, it isn’t going to matter unless they win all their remaining matches.
2. The batting of CSK relied heavily on Faf du Plessis and CSK failed to put good numbers on the board, even though Faf was not disappointed. The primary explanation for that was the lacklustre finishes and sluggish starts. Sam Curran was promoted to solve the slow start problem, but we expect CSK to be able to do away with this Sunil Narine-esque experiment with two back-to – back failures.
3. However, for them, bowling has done fairly well. MS Dhoni has always had at his disposal a decent number of choices and that has allowed him to rotate the bowlers. Having said that, Imran Tahir is clearly beyond the comprehension of those sitting in the dugouts.
PROBABLE PLAYING XI:
Faf du Plessis, Sam Curran, Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Deepak Chahar, Piyush Chawla, Shardul Thakur, Josh Hazlewood.
MUMBAI INDIANS:
1. The supremacy of the Mumbai Indians in the tournament can be illustrated by their net run-rate of 1.201, which is best among all tournament teams. Out of a total of nine matches, they won six and lost three, with two of those three defeats coming in a super-over.
2. Though Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan have fought in recent matches, Suryakumar Yadav, Quinton de Kock, and Kieron Pollard have shown that Mumbai Indians can take heart from the shape.
3. All in all, maybe the best-balanced team in the tournament is the Mumbai Indians and they sit pretty in the top half of the tournament without even playing their best cricket. At the top of the order, Rohit Sharma has been very inconsistent, but he can be a difficult customer to deal with.
PROBABLE PLAYING XI:
Rohit Sharma(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah.
PITCH REPORT:
A batting paradise has proved to be the pitch in Sharjah. Both teams have touched the 200-run milestone when batting at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, with the exception of the Sunrisers Hyderabad.
The fact that on this ground, the Rajasthan Royals pulled off the greatest effective run-chase in IPL history shows how much the batsmen enjoyed playing here. Fans should expect another high-scoring match, with the likes of Rishabh Pant, Shimron Hetmyer, Prithvi Shaw, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, and Steve Smith expected to play in Sharjah.
WEATHER REPORT:
The weather is expected to be sunny tomorrow. The visibility would be about 10 km, i.e. 6 miles, and 1010 mb of atmospheric pressure. The temperature during the day is going to hit 32 ° c and at night the temperature will drop to 24 ° c. With no precipitation and cloud covering 0 percent of the atmosphere, it will be dry, the moisture will be about 53 percent.
PROBABLE TOP PERFORMERS:
CHENNAI SUPER KINGS:
1. Shane Watson:
With a few low scores, Shane Watson started the tournament, but he has found his mojo. The right-hander has 277 runs in nine matches with two fifties at an average of 34.62.
Watson has no negative records against the Royals, by any stretch of the imagination. He has 191 runs in five games at an average and strike-rate of 38.20 and 151.59 respectively. He has a top ranking of 106 as well.
MUMBAI INDIANS:
1. Rohit Sharma
At an average of 31, Rohit Sharma scored 251 runs in 8 matches and looks to be in good shape.
2. Jasprit Bumrah
In 8 games, Jasprit Bumrah has picked up 12 wickets and has an economic rate of 7,62.
3. Quinton de Kock:
In the last two games, Quinton de Kock has recorded half-centuries. In the previous match against KKR, the wicket-keeper batsman scored a fine 78 off 44 balls.
HEAD TO HEAD:
1. Total Played– 31.
2. CSK Won– 13.
3. MI Won– 18.
4. Tie– 0.
5. No Result– 0.
BROADCAST DETAILS:
1. Tv – Star Sports Network.
2. Live Streaming – Disney+ Hotstar.
3. Match Timings – 23nd October 2020 at 07:30 PM IST (06:00 PM local time) (02:00 PM UTC).
PROBABLE WINNING TEAM:
Chennai Super Kings vs the Indians of Mumbai. Perhaps the most famous rivalry in the Indian Premier League is between these two teams. Regardless of the circumstances, the two sides have always tried to assert their presence over the other team, and this time too, it will not be different.
However, the stakes have shifted this time. Perhaps it’s the Super Kings’ most critical tournament match, as a loss here will force them out of the tournament. On the other hand, the Mumbai Indians would like to win this one and declare their candidacy for the top two slots on the ladder. We expect both sides to come out all guns blazing in the upcoming match, which will be played on October 23, 2020 at Sharjah Cricket Ground, Sharjah, with so much at stake.
