Delhi Capitals will take on Chennai Super Kings in the IPL 2020 clash at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium and Shreyas Iyer's team will be determined to get the better of MS Dhoni's side.
Delhi Capitals will take on Chennai Super Kings in the seventh game of IPL 2020 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Delhi Capitals were rescued twice by the all-round brilliance of Marcus Stoinis in the first game against Kings XI Punjab. Stoinis smashed a 20-ball fifty and picked up two wickets in the final over to get the match into the Super Over. Kagiso Rabada stopped up and showed his class as he bowled Kings XI Punjab out for two runs and Delhi Capitals won that game. Shreyas Iyer’s team will now be focused on getting the better of MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2020. Delhi Capitals hage a poor record against Chennai Super Kings, winning just six out of 21 games as well as losing four out of the last five.
Delhi Capitals will be confident heading into the clash for Chennai Super Kings’ confidence has been slightly rattled after the loss to Rajasthan Royals. MS Dhoni’s team were blown away by the big-hitting of Sanju Samson and the brilliance of Steve Smith and Jofra Archer lower down the order. Faf du Plessis was the only player to hit a fifty but MS Dhoni raised a few questions by batting lower down the order.
Weather conditions
The weather in Dubai will be hit and sunny with a maximum temperature of 39 degrees and a minimum of 27 degrees. With the humidity at 39 percent, there is a chance that dew might not play a big role in the match. There is zero percent chances of rain.
Pitch report
The pitch will be good for batting but spin bowlers will get purchase. Pace bowlers who bowl plenty of cutters will get help from the deck. In three games played so far in Dubai, the scores have ranged from 155 and above to a 200+ score by Kings XI Punjab. A total in the range of 170-180 is a par score.
High scores
Kings XI Punjab registered the highest score in Dubai in IPL 2020 by smashing 206/4 against Royal Challengers Bangalore. With the pitches getting easier, more high scores might be possible in all three venues.
Probable 11s
Chennai Super Kings – Murali Vijay, Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, MS Dhoni(w/c), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Deepak Chahar, Piyush Chawla, Imran Tahir
Delhi Capitals - Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Mohit Sharma
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