Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings
Blog Highlights @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rv9ntfdFU0
2nd Match:
The match between DC and CSK is the second meeting of the IPL 2021, which is going to be played at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on April 10th 2021.
DC vs CSK History:
The teams competed against each other 23 times, till date. Out of them, DC won 8 times but lost 15 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of DC against CSK are WWLLL.
DC Home:
The teams competed 7 times at the home ground of DC. The home team won just twice and lost 5 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of DC against CSK are LWLLW.
CSK Home:
The teams faced each other 8 times at the home ground of CSK. The host won 6 times. On the other hand, visitors won just twice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of CSK against DC are WWWWW.
Neutral Venue:
The teams met 8 times at the neutral venue. DC won 4 times, whereas CSK also won 4 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of DC against CSK WWLLW.
Points and Ranks:
In the group stage, the winner will earn 2 points and the defeating team will earn 0 points.
Delhi Capitals:
DC will earn 2 points after winning the match.
Last 5 (completed) match results of DC are LWLWL.
Chennai Super Kings:
CSK may earn 2 points after winning the match.
Last 5 (completed) match results of CSK are WWWLL.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast for Mumbai shows the weather would be partly cloudy in the initial part of the game, but clear in the middle of the game and mostly clear in the later part of the match. The precipitation percentage would be 1% to 3% as of now, so there would be no chance of rain during the match. The temperature would be 29 to 30 Celsius. The wind would be between 3 to 9 km/h. The speed of wind and the temperature would fluctuate with the match progress.
Toss and Pitch:
Record of Last IPL (2019):
Teams prefer to field first 6 times in 7 matches. The selection favored the teams, as the team won 4 times and lost twice.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are WWWWL.
On the other hand, the team chose to bat first after winning the toss, which happened just once out of 7 matches, won once, though through one over eliminator in tied game, and never lost.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are W* – – – -.
Over all, the teams, who won the toss, won the matches 5 times and lost twice.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are WW*WWW.
The first batting team won the matches 3 times including a tie. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won also 4 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are LW*LLL.
Score:
The lowest defended score was 162 runs and successful defended total was 170 on the venue. On the other hand, the highest successful chase is 198 on the ground.
The first inning lowest total was 133, and the highest total was 213 runs. For the second inning, the lowest total was 133 runs, whereas the highest was 198 runs.
The batting average of the first innings is 31.62 and 27.05 is for the second innings.
Record of IPL 2021:
The upcoming encounter will be the first at the venue of the IPL 2021.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams never faced each other at the venue. The upcoming encounter will be the first between the teams.
Last 5 (completed) match results of CSK against DC at the venue are – – – – -.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
DC got 9 chances to play the match at the venue, the team has a very poor record, as the team won just thrice, and lost 6 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of DC at the venue are WWLLL.
CSK had 14 opportunities to play at the venue, and the team has an average record, as the team won 7 times and lost also 7 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of CSK at the venue are LWWWL.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Delhi Capitals:
The team may go with a combination of two pace and a spin, as the team has 2 bowling all-rounders, 1 with pace and 1 with spin with a batting all-rounder with pace.
Delhi Capitals Eleven: P. Shaw, S. Dhawan, S. Smith, R. Pant, M. Stoinis, S. Hetmyer, C. Woakes, R. Ashwin, U. Yadav, A. Mishra, I. Sharma
Chennai Super Kings:
The team may go with 2 pacers, as the team has plenty of all-rounders. The team has 3 all-rounders, 1 with spin and 2 with pace, a bowling all-rounder with spin and a batting all-rounder with spin.
Chennai Super Kings: M. Ali, F. du Plessis, S. Raina, A. Rayudu, M. Dhoni, R. Jadeja, S. Curran, D. Bravo, K. Gowtham, S. Thakur, D. Chahar
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: “*” means the match was tied but the match was resulted through one over eliminator.
