Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings
29th Match:
The twenty ninth encounter of the IPL 2020 between SRH and CSK is going to be played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai on October 13th 2020.
SRH vs CSK History:
The teams completed 14 meetings, till date. SRH won just 4 games. CSK won 10 times.
The teams met 4 times at the home ground of SRH. SRH won twice. CSK also won the equal number of times.
The teams met thrice at the home ground of CSK. The host never lost, SRH is still waiting for the first victory.
The teams played 7 times at the neutral venue. SRH won twice and CSK won 5 times.
Victory brings points:
In the group stage, the winner will earn 2 points and the defeating team will earn 0 points.
The SRH is currently at the top in the bottom four in the point table. If the match result will go in favor of the team, the team may have a chance to be at the forth position with 8 points. In case of defeat, the team may stay at the current position with 6 points, but with extremely big defeat, the team may go on 6th rank.
CSK is currently at the 7th position. If the team will win the match and earn 2 points, then the team will be at 5th or 6th position with 6 points, though the team needs to win with extremely big margin to reach on the fifth position, but in case of defeat, the team will stay at the current position.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast for Dubai shows the weather would be pretty clear and hot during the match. The precipitation would be almost 0% as of now, so there would be no chance of rain during the match. The temperature would be 30-33 Celsius. The wind would be around 14 to 24 km/h throughout the match. The speed of wind and the temperature would decrease as the match progressed.
Toss and Pitch (Record of International Matches):
Teams preferred to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 38 times out of 62 matches. The selection favored the teams, and the teams won 21 times, while lost 16 times with one tie.
On the other hand, the team chose to field first after winning the toss, won 11 times and lost 13 times.
Over all, the teams, who won the toss, won the matches 32 times and lost 29 times.
The first batting team won the matches 34 times. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 27 times.
The lowest successful defended total was 118 on the venue. On the other hand, the highest successful chase is 180 on the ground.
The first inning lowest total was 71, and the highest total was 211 runs. For the second inning, the lowest total was 73 runs (completed innings), whereas the highest was 187 runs.
The batting average of the first innings is 21.37 and 19.06 is for the second innings.
Toss and Pitch (Record of IPL Matches):
Teams preferred to field first after winning the toss, which happened 11 times in 19 games. The selection didn’t favor the teams and the team won just twice and lost 9 times, though the teams lost the match in super over twice.
On the other hand, the team chose to bat first after winning the toss, won four times and lost the same number of times.
Over all, the teams, who won the toss, won the matches just 6 times and lost 13 times, including those two super over defeats.
The first batting team won the matches 13 times including two ties. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 6 times, only.
The lowest successful defended total was 140. On the other hand, Highest successful chase is 179 at the ground.
The first inning lowest total was 115, and the highest total was 206 runs. For the second inning, the lowest total was 109 runs, whereas the highest was 201 runs.
The batting average of the first innings is 33.17 and 22.68 is for the second innings.
Toss and Pitch (Record of IPL 2020):
Teams preferred to field first after winning the toss, which happened 7 times in 12 games. The selection didn’t favor the teams, yet and all 7 times the toss winning team lost the match, though the teams lost the match in super over twice.
On the other hand, the team chose to bat first after winning the toss, won thrice and lost twice.
Over all, the teams, who won the toss, won the matches just thrice and lost 9 times, including those two super over defeats.
The first batting team won the matches 8 times with two ties (super over victories). Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won just twice.
The lowest successfully defended total 163. On the other hand, Highest successful chase is 179 at the ground.
The first inning lowest total was 157, and the highest total was 206 runs. For the second inning, the lowest total was 109 runs, whereas the highest was 201 runs.
The batting average of the first innings is 38.95 and 20.81 is for the second innings.
History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams faced each other just once at the venue. SRH won the battle.
Teams’ History at the Venue:
SRH got six opportunities to play at the place. The team won 4 times and lost twice. CSK also got six opportunities to play at the venue. The team won and lost thrice.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Sunrisers Hyderabad:
The team would go with the minor change and may give a chance to either B. Thampi or P. Raj in place of K. Ahmed.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Eleven: D. Warner, J. Bairstow, M. Pandey, K. Williamson, P. Garg, V. Shankar, A. Sharma, R. Khan, T. Natarajan, B. Thampi / K. Ahmed / P. Raj, S. Sharma
Chennai Super Kings:
The team would prefer to go with the same eleven, but may give chance to I. Tahir, but it would be a tricky call to leave either D. Bravo or S. Curran out of eleven.
Chennai Super Kings Eleven: S. Watson, F. du Plessis, A. Rayudu, N. Jagadeesan, M. Dhoni, S. Curran, R. Jadeja, D. Bravo, S. Thakur, D. Chahar, K. Sharma
