The 18th edition of IPL season 12 between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) will be played at Chennai's M Chidambaram Stadium from 4 o'clock this evening. After winning the hat-trick, the current winner Chennai Super Kings was defeated by Mumbai Indians in the fourth match. Now Chennai will try to return once again with the victory in the match played against Kings XI Punjab at the Chidambaram Stadium today.
Chennai Super Kings
Mumbai beat Chennai by 37 runs. In this match, Chennai lost every section of the game. Of course, he made his initial three matches, but his game against Mumbai was deficiencies. Chennai had 48 runs in the last two overs, which shows that they need to work in death overs.
In this context, the team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni makes changes in the team. Dhoni had provided an extra fast bowler against Mohit Sharma in the form, but in this match, he can return Harbhajan Singh and Mitchell Santner after seeing the wicket. The pitch helps the spinners.
At the same time, no batsman other than Kedar Jadhav was able to score runs in batting. However, Chennai will play this match at home, and in such a situation, they will get stronger and go to the ground. The team has batsmen like Suresh Raina, Dhoni, Ambati Rayudu, and Shane Watson.
Kings XI Punjab
Punjab, on the other hand, have done well so far and have made three out of four matches in their respective matches. For the team captain Ravichandran Ashwin, this match will return home in a way. Ashwin had played for Chennai for a long time and he belongs to this city. In such a situation, they should not have any problem in the field.
Ashwin did not feed Chris Gayle in the last match against Delhi Capitals. There were reports that Gayle had some problems. In this match, Ashwin would like Gail fit to come back to the ground. Gail can be a huge challenge to Chennai.
In the bowling department, Mohammed Shami, Wilson, who did well in the last match, have Punjab. Andrew is also the key bowler of the team. The best thing about Punjab so far has been that he has performed quite well as a team. An exciting competition in this match can be expected.
Teams:
CSK playing 11: Faf du Plessis, Shane Watson, Murali Vijay, Suresh Raina, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Scott Kuggeleijn
KXIP playing 11: Chris Gayle, Sam Curran, KL Rahul, Mayank Agrawal, David Miller, Sarfaraz Khan, Murugan Ashwin, Andrew Tye, Mohammed Shami, R Ashwin, Mandeep Singh
