Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) vs Gujarat Titans (GT) Chennai, 1930 IST (1400 GMT)
Massive image: Gaikwad vs Gill
When Chennai Tremendous Kings bumped into Gujarat Titans in a weird three-day rain-hit final in IPL 2023, MS Dhoni and Hardik Pandya have been in cost of the groups, respectively. Shubman Gill took over Titans’ captaincy after Hardik had moved again to Mumbai Indians in what’s arguably the largest participant commerce in IPL historical past.
Then, on the eve of the IPL season-opener, Ruturaj Gaikwad was introduced as CSK’s new captain. Gill’s expression at the captains’ conference was roughly how most of Chennai reacted to Dhoni handing over the captaincy to Gaikwad. Gill and Gaikwad, the most inexperienced Indian captains in the IPL, will now face one another at Chepauk on Tuesday.
Gill and Gaikwad have already grabbed the headlines with their captaincy. After Titans snatched victory from Mumbai Indians’ grasp in Ahmedabad on Sunday, their debutant Spencer Johnson talked up Gill’s management, saying the captain sat alongside him on the bus to assist calm his nerves in the lead-up to the recreation. As for Gaikwad, he rifled via fielding modifications in his first recreation as IPL captain, and one such change, which concerned extra-cover transferring to sweeper cowl, introduced CSK their first wicket.
The opposite fascinating subplot in this recreation is the Chennai boys vs Chennai Tremendous Kings. Titans have as many as 5 Tamil Nadu gamers in their facet – Sai Sudharsan, Sai Kishore, Vijay Shankar, Shahrukh Khan and Sandeep Warrier. Amongst the quintet, Sudharsan, Kishore and Vijay are set to fit into Titans’ XI or XII (accounting for the Influence Participant). Sudharsan, Kishore and Vijay all have been a part of CSK or Junior Tremendous Kings, their grassroots programme. And again in the day, Shahrukh was once a ball boy at Chepauk for IPL matches. In distinction, CSK do not have a single native participant in their most important squad.
At his pre-match press convention, CSK coach Stephen Fleming was even requested if this is able to be a “dwelling recreation” for Titans. “A couple of of the gamers can be at dwelling in phrases of circumstances,” Fleming responded. “However yeah, it is arduous to say.”
Crew information: Pathirana hyperlinks up with CSK
Sri Lanka’s death-bowling specialist Matheesha Pathirana has joined CSK’s squad in Chennai, however it stays to be seen if he can be rushed into motion after having suffered a hamstring damage. Mustafizur Rahman, who marked his CSK debut with 4 wickets in an area of ten balls in the season-opener, may hold his place in the workforce forward of Pathirana.
Toss and Influence Participant technique
If CSK bat first, Shivam Dube ought to begin, with Mustafizur coming in as an Influence Participant in the second innings. It may very well be vice-versa if CSK bowl first.
Having gained their first match of the season, Titans would possibly stick with the similar XI and Influence Participant technique. Sudharsan ought to begin in the event that they bat first, and may very well be changed by Mohit Sharma or one in every of the bowlers. And it may very well be vice-versa if Titans bowl first.
Potential bat-first XI: 1 Shubman Gill (capt), 2 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 3 Sai Sudharsan, 4 Azmatullah Omarzai, 5 Vijay Shankar, 6 David Miller, 7 Rahul Tewatia, 8 Rashid Khan, 9 Umesh Yadav, 10 R Sai Kishore, 11 Spencer Johnson
Potential bowl-first XI: 1 Shubman Gill (capt), 2 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 3 Azmatullah Omarzai, 4 Vijay Shankar, 5 David Miller, 6 Rahul Tewatia, 7 Rashid Khan, 8 Umesh Yadav, 9 R Sai Kishore, 10 Spencer Johnson, 11 Mohit Sharma
Stats that matter
Gaikwad has a robust head-to-head document in opposition to Rashid Khan in the IPL: 95 runs off 60 balls in seven innings at a mean of 47.5, and a strike price of 158.3. Solely Sanju Samson (111) has scored extra runs than Gaikwad in opposition to Rashid in the IPL.
Ajinkya Rahane’s first-ten balls strike-rate since the begin of IPL 2023 is 158.3. Compared, his first-ten balls strike-rate between 2018 and 2020 was simply 85.1.
Dhoni has hit Umesh Yadav for 68 runs off 38 balls in seven IPL innings with only one dismissal at a strike-rate of practically 180.
Since IPL 2023, Titans’ seamers have taken 25 wickets in the powerplay at an financial system price of 8.35. No different workforce has picked up extra wickets in the first six overs throughout this era. Azmatullah Omarzai, a real swing bowler from Afghanistan, has strengthened Titans even additional in this space.
Pitch and circumstances
The Chepauk pitch that was used on Friday was an atypical one, with not a lot activate provide for the spinners. As an alternative, the ball slid on to the bat properly, particularly in the early exchanges. Consider it or not, CSK’s spinners did not take a single wicket in the season-opener. It was solely the second occasion of CSK’s spinners going wicketless at Chepauk since Might 2015.
“For those who’ve observed my feedback over the final couple of seasons, we have been guessing a bit bit about the wicket as nicely,” Fleming stated. “But it surely seems to be fairly good [today].”
