Sunrisers Hyderabad are set to take on the reigning champions, Chennai Super Kings in match number 18 of IPL this season at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Friday evening.
Both teams incurred a loss in their previous game. SRH suffered a 7-wicket loss to the Gujarat Titans (GT) at the Narendra Modi stadium while CSK lost by 20 runs to the Delhi Capitals (DC) at the ACA-VDCA stadium in Visakhapatnam.
Hyderabad are currently placed sixth in the table with a single win and two losses in three games while the Chennai Super Kings are third in the table, just below the likes of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) who have been undefeated in their three games so far this season.
SRH vs CSK: Pitch Report
The pitch at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium is a batting-friendly pitch with high scores being a common outcome at the venue. The last time Sunrisers Hyderabad played here, they posted a record-breaking total of 277 runs in 20 overs for the five-time champions, Mumbai Indians to chase. The pitch provides very little to the bowlers and would have to work hard in order to take wickets.
"It's Match 18 and it's SRH v CSK. One side is slightly bigger then the other. Both square boundaries are sub-70-m, the straight boundary is slightly bigger. It's a different surface tonight, but there are a lot of runs. Some visible cracks, but it's not going to affect the game. The captain winning the toss would like to bat first. Even 200 on this pitch isn't a safe score and the batting team will be disappointed at their effort," Brian Lara and Samuel Badree stated in their pitch report of the game.
SRH vs CSK: Live Toss
SRH won the toss and opt to field first.
SRH vs CSK: Confirmed Lineups
SRH Playing XI:
Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Nitish Reddy, Pat Cummins (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Jaydev Unadkat, Thangarasu Natarajan
Impact Player: Washington Sundar, Umran Malik, Travis Head, Glenn Phillips, Rahul Tripathi
Travis Head will most probably come in to bat in the second innings since SRH are bowling first.
CSK Playing XI:
Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wk), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana
Impact Player: Mukesh Choudhary, Shardul Thakur, Sameer Rizvi, Mitchell Santner, Shaik Rasheed
Mitchell Santner or Shardul Thakur will most probably be CSK's Impact Subs given that they'll be defending the total.
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SRH vs CSK: Prediction
Both teams have been in good form this season but it is the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) who are the slender favourites entering the game on Friday evening. Sunrisers only win came against an out of form Mumbai Indians while CSK defeated the likes of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Gujarat Titans (GT) by comfortable margins.
IPL 2024, SRH vs CSK: Latest betting odds, prediction
According to odds on Dafabet, CSK are the favourites to win against SRH.
| RESULT | ODDS |
|---|---|
| SRH Win | 2.00 |
| CSK win | 1.80 |
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