IPL 2019, Match 41- Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad - Toss Report

Chennai Super Kings won the toss and decided to field first against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in the 41st match of this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL).

Pitch report:

“More than 50% of the wickets have been taken by spinners on this wicket. So, spinners will obvisouly play an important role. This pitch is even-looking, there is no grass on this wicket and there is a little bit more moisture. The skill of the batsmen to score against the spinners might just be the difference in this encounter,” says Darren Ganga.

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The @ChennaiIPL win the toss and elect to bowl first against the @SunRisers.#CSKvSRH pic.twitter.com/Vfb8BdSbhP

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Here is what the captains said:

Bhuvneshwar Kumar:

“We would have bowled first too. We will miss Williamson but Warner and Bairstow have been brilliant for us. Not really worried about the middle-order, they have not got much chance in the middle. But we all know they are talented.”

MS Dhoni:

“We will bowl first. It is good to be back at home. We will be here for the next 10 days. When you are not travelling it brings down the fatigue. We have made one change, Harbhajan comes in place of Shardul Thakur. our top-order needs to be consistent. All the batters have been batting well but they need to take care of their shot selection.”

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Teams:

Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI):

Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni(w/c), Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI):

David Warner, Jonny Bairstow(w), Manish Pandey, Vijay Shankar, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Deepak Hooda, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar(c), Sandeep Sharma, K Khaleel Ahmed