IPL 2023, CSK vs SRH, Match 29: Preview, Predicted Playing XIs, Pitch Report, players to watch and all you need to know

Four-time champions Chennai Super Kings are set to take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in their fifth match of the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League 2023. Notably, the yellow outfits are placed in the third spot in the points table of the tournament. On the other hand, the Sunrisers are looking in trouble having only two wins and being placed in the ninth spot in the tournament.

MS Dhoni’s men won their last match against RCB whereas Sunrisers Hyderabad lost to Mumbai Indians. So, both teams will be eyeing to win this all-important clash against each other to keep their hopes bright in the further part of the tournament.

Having said that, here we’ll have a look at the preview of this 29^th match of IPL 2023 between CSK and SRH in Chennai tomorrow Friday, the 21^st of April.

IPL 2023, CSK vs SRH: Pitch Report and Playing Conditions

MA Chidambaram Stadium’s turf is one of the tracks that usually provide assistance to the bowlers. The slow bowlers will have a lot to take on from this surface. So, a target of 180-185 would be enough one to defend. Considering that in the back of the mind, the team winning the toss would definitely like to put the opponent in batting first.

IPL 2023, CSK vs SRH: Predicted Playing XIs

CSK:

Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Dwaine Pretorius, Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, and Akash Singh.

SRH:

Mayank Agarwal, Harry Brook, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, and T Natarajan.

IPL 2023, CSK vs SRH: Broadcast Details and Timings

Time of Start – 7.30 PM (Indian Standard Time)

Venue – MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Live Broadcast – Star Sports Network (Television), JioCinema app (Digital and OTT)

IPL 2023, CSK vs SRH: Players to Watch Out For

Devon Conway

The star CSK opener batter Devon Conway has been in brilliant touch with the bat in a recent couple of matches. The senior Southpaw has scored two consecutive half-centuries and also scored 181 runs in five innings of the five matches of the tournament he played so far. Conway has scored runs with an average of 36.2.

Ruturaj Gaikwad

Ruturaj Gaikwad: (Image Source: Twitter)

Another young batter and sensational opener for CSK, Ruturaj Gaikwad couldn’t live up to the expectations in the last two matches of the IPL 2023 against Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore respectively. But apart from that, he has scored two amazing half-centuries in the tournament followed by an unbeaten knock of 40. He has scored 202 runs in the tournament with an average of 40.4 with the wood. Gaikwad could produce a crucial knock for the hosts in the clash against SRH.

Rahul Tripathi

Rahul Tripathi (Image source- BCCI/IPL)

The star Ranchi batter Rahul Tripathi has been productive with the bat for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League. Speaking of the current edition, he has scored a half-century of 74 runs with the bat recently in the tournament. Other than this, Tripathi has scored 309 runs in the last 10 T20 appearances having an average of 34.33; he might be a great asset for the Sunrisers during this must-win clash against CSK.