Indian Premier League 2020: Lacklustre Chennai Super Kings desperately look for win against Kings XI Punjab
Thrice champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) didn’t reap the benefits of a six-day relaxation and on return misplaced to SunRisers Hyderabad on Friday. CSK can have one other alternative to redeem themselves once they meet Kings XI Punjab (KXIP), who’re nonetheless on the lookout for their first IPL title, in Sunday’s second encounter in Dubai.
CSK have undoubtedly dominated the profitable match since its inception in 2008, however the MS Dhoni-led facet is struggling this 12 months. Nothing has been going proper for CSK: first it was off-field points, and now they’ve didn’t ship on the sector as properly, struggling three defeats on the trot.
CSK are absolutely a star-studded facet on paper, however thus far they have not lived as much as the expectations they’ve raised. And in such a scenario, CSK must salvage pleasure once they face KXIP right here.
Rather a lot was talked about Dhoni’s batting place – he has been batting too low — however even after he promoted himself to No.5, there was no change within the final result of the match, as CSK went down by seven runs.
With loads of expertise in each division, CSK have didn’t click on as a unit, one thing that’s being seen as their weak point.
They made three modifications of their final encounter however that, too, could not cease them from being on the receiving finish. While Dhoni, after a very long time, was seen amongst runs together with his 47 towards SRH, his skilled teammates Shane Watson and Ravindra Jadeja let the workforce down.
Three-time champions CSK simply want a proper mixture and the second they attain it, nothing might cease them from giving opposition a tricky time, like within the earlier years.
On the opposite hand, KXIP skipper-cum-opener KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal have been in nice kind. They have scored 200-plus scores twice within the league thus far, however the facet was on the receiving finish resulting from lack of expertise of their bowling division.
Barring Mohammed Shami, the others — Sheldon Cotrell, Ravi Bishnoi, James Neesham and Krishnappa Gowtham — haven’t been on top of things and want to supply good help to skilled Indian pacer.
Moreover, KXIP appear to have been over depending on Rahul and Agarwal. Barring them, the others have didn’t click on, particularly Glenn Maxwell. The Aussie power-hitter was anticipated to strengthen the KXIP middle-order however has managed simply 30 runs from 4 video games.
Nicholas Pooran is well-known for his explosive hitting however the Caribbean wicket-keeper-batsman hasn’t been as much as the fame he has.
Overall, the competition is unquestionably anticipated to be one other thriller because the CSK facet will likely be determined to make a comeback whereas KXIP will look to reap the benefits of the current lacklustre type of Dhoni’s males.
Squads:
Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni (captain), M Vijay, Ambati Rayudu, Faf du Plessis, Shane Watson, Kedar Jadhav, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Lungi Ngidi, Deepak Chahar, Piyush Chawla, Imran Tahir, Mitchell Santner, Josh Hazlewood, Shardul Thakur, Sam Curran, N Jagadeesan, KM Asif, Monu Kumar, R Sai Kishore, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Karn Sharma
Kings XI Punjab: KL Rahul (Captain), Mayank Agarwal, Sheldon Cottrell, Chris Gayle, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Shami, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Karun Nair, James Neesham, Nicholas Pooran, Ishan Porel, Arshdeep Singh, Murugan Ashwin, Krishnappa Gowtham, Harpreet Brar, Deepak Hooda, Chris Jordan, Sarfaraz Khan, Mandeep Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Ravi Bishnoi, Simran Singh (wk), Jagadeesha Suchith, Tajinder Singh, Hardus Viljoen
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