ABOUT THE MATCH:
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 Match 53 has Chennai Super Kings (CSK) taking on Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) on Sunday at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium. The match would be telecasted live from 3:30pm onwards.
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:
Shane Watson, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (C & WK), Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Narayan Jagadeesan, Mitchell Santner, Karn Sharma, Deepak Chahar, Lungi Ngidi.
KING’S XI PUNJAB:
1. KXIP has four wins in a row coming in this match, the exact same number of games that Chris Gayle has played for them this season. They were also able to win without Mayank Aggarwal in the previous game. He ‘s expected to be fit to come back for this next game and that’s only going to add to their power.
2. With Glenn Maxwell, M Ashwin, and Ravi Bishnoi, KXIP also has a number of spin choices to use in the entire inning. Mohammad Shami is the front spearhead, and Deepak Hooda is an Indian batsman who rounds things out in the eleven.
3. KXIP has struck a strong balance on its side and is able to perform consistently. It is also a major advantage in the form of its senior batsmen. We assume that the recent faith of winning close games would have made a world of good for KXIP as well.
PROBABLY PLAYING XI:
KL Rahul (C & WK), Mandeep Singh, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Glenn Maxwell, Deepak Hooda, Chris Jordan, Murugan Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh.
PITCH REPORT:
The pitch in Abu Dhabi has been an absolute belter for batting and the bowlers have had to strain in order to find success. From the last few games, not many wickets have gone down and teams, batting second have tasted quite a bit of success.
With the temperature around the 31 degrees Celsius mark, the temperatures will be mild and sunny. Mostly, the humidity will be in the 30s.
WEATHER CONDITION:
Tomorrow weather is forecasted to be sunny. The visibility would be about 10 km, i.e. 6 miles, and 1015 mb of atmospheric pressure. The temperature during the day is going to hit 32 ° c and at night the temperature will drop to 23 ° c. With no precipitation and cloud covering 0 percent of the atmosphere, it will be dry, the moisture will be around 51 percent.
PROBABLE TOP PERFORMERS:
CHENNAI SUPER KINGS:
1. Ruturaj Gaikwad
Ruturaj Gaikwad didn’t get the season off to a great start. He managed a couple of ducks to begin his IPL career after recovering from COVID-19 and lost his place in the team as well.
Ruturaj Gaikwad didn’t have a great start to the season. After recovering from COVID-19, he managed a couple of ducks to begin his IPL career and also lost his place in the squad.
KING’S XI PUNJAB:
1. Chris Gayle
Since he made Punjab play eleven from their eighth game onwards, Chris Gayle has been on song ever since. In his T20 career, he also became the first batsman to smash 1,000 sixes, displaying his class and calibre.
He has 276 runs in six games at an average and strike-rate of 46 and 144.50 respectively. He scored 99 in the last game against the Royals, then went out to pacer Jofra Archer.
HEAD TO HEAD:
1. Total Played– 23.
2. CSK Won– 14.
3. KXIP Won– 9.
4. No Result– 0.
5. Tie– 0.
BROADCAST DETAILS:
1. Tv – Star Sports Network.
2. Live Streaming – Disney+ Hotstar.
3. Match Timings – 1st October 2020 at 03:30pm.
PROBABLE WINNING TEAM:
The prediction is for the team, batting second to win the match.
