CSK vs LSG: Chennai Super Kings are up for another challenge after losing two matches back to back. We are about to witness a gripping face between Chennai Super Kings and Lucknow Super Giants. The match will be hosted at Ekna Sports City.
Lucknow Super Giants are faced with some setbacks as the captain KL Rahul is injured. There is no official confirmation from the team whether he will play or not. Even if we choose to play this match his performance is not going to be similar to what he usually performs. The absence of captain KL Rahul will severely drag down the performance of the entire team.
Lucknow Super Giants are standing in the third position with five wins out of nine matches. Chennai Super Kings also have the same amount of wins and they are just below Lucknow Super Giants in the fourth position. The team that wins this match is most likely going to reach the top of the points table given that they have a healthy amount of run rate.
CSK vs LSG: Pitch Report
The match is probably going to be a bowlers-centric contest. The pitch here is clearly a nightmare for batters. Spinners will have a huge advantage in this slow pitch. The low bounce here is going to help bowlers a lot. The average runs in this pitch are also low if we are looking from the point of view of IPL standards.
CSK vs LSG: Past Performance
We saw Chennai Super Kings winning against Lucknow Super Giants in the 6th match of this season. They won that match in their own backyard and now Chennai Super Kings will have to face Lucknow Super Giants in their home stadium.
The batting lineup of the Chennai Super Kings was successful to set up a challenging target for the chase. Ruturaj Gaikwad hit a whooping 57 runs in just 31 balls and Devon Conway hit 47 runs off 29 balls. They were the two batters that had a major contribution to the total target. CSK set an explosive 217 runs as their total score. MA Chidambaram Stadium is a spinner-centric pitch and CSK was able to extract maximum out of this. The bowlers of CSK successfully restricted runs in 205 and CSK won the match.
Lucknow Super Giants Team Squad
K L Rahul(c), Nicholas Pooran(wk), Quinton De Kock(wk), Manan Vohra, Daniel Sams, Deepak Hooda, Karan Sharma, Marcus Stoinis, Prerak Mankad, Romario Shepherd, Swapnil Singh, Amit Mishra, Arpit Guleria, Avesh Khan, Jaydev Undkat, Mark Wood, Mohsin Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Yudhvir Singh, Ayush Badoni, Krishnappa Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers.
Chennai Super Kings Team Squad
M S Dhoni (c, wk), Devon Conway(wk), Ajinkya Rahane, Ambatti Rayudu, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shaik Rasheed, Subhranshu Senapati, Ajay Mandal, Ben Stokes, Kanumuri Bhagath Varma, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, Nishant Sindhu, Mahesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Prashant Solanki, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Simarjeet Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Akash Singh, Deepak Chahar.
The match will begin today at 3:30 PM. Gather the best players now and make a fantasy team.
