Already ousted Delhi Capitals (DC) lock horns with playoff hopefuls Chennai Super Kings (CSK) as MS Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat first in their IPL clash at the Arun Jaitley stadium on Saturday (May 20).
“We will bat. We've been trying to win games right from the first game. We're playing the same XI, it's a balanced eleven and we don't need to make many changes. Day game, the pitch will also slow down as the match progesses, that's the reason we wanted to bat first. In a tournament like this, we'll have good and bad games, need to take the learnings frome very game and that's what I want the youngsters to learn,” CSK skipper Dhoni said after winning the toss.
“It's about consistency, we haven't settled in home conditions, but today is another chance. The match-ups work - Lalit Yadav comes in, we will have to start afresh here after that convincing win in Dharamsala,” DC captain David Warner said after the toss.
Head-to-Head
Matches played: 28
Chennai Super Kings won: 18
Delhi Capitals won: 10
Last result: Chennai Super Kings won by 27 runs
Last five results: CSK won - 3; DC won - 3
Pitch Report
'62m square boundaries on both sides and a 74m straight boundary today. This pitch was watered a few hours ago, some grass cutting was put and was nicely rolled, the ground staff were worried about this pitch becoming very dry. It still looks dry, it's extremely hot at 41 degrees celsius. You'll have to bat first on this surface, there are some flaky cracks which could open up as the game progresses which will make the wicket slower and lower, and offer more turn. Batting will get difficult as the game wears on," Kevin Pietersen and Aaron Finch analysed the pitch.
Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): David Warner(c), Philip Salt(w), Rilee Rossouw, Yash Dhull, Aman Hakim Khan, Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Chetan Sakariya, Khaleel Ahmed, Anrich Nortje.
DC Impact subs: Mukesh Kumar, Prithvi Shaw, Praveen Dubey, Ripal Patel and Abhishek Porel
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w/c), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana.
Chennai Super Kings Subs: Matheesha Pathirana, Mitchell Santner, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, Akash Singh.
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