Chennai Super Kings vs Gujarat Titans, CSK Playing 11 vs GT (Predicted), IPL 2022, Match 62, CSK vs GT

Chennai Super Kings vs Gujarat Titans, CSK Playing 11 vs GT (Predicted), IPL 2022, Match 62, CSK vs GT. 9th placed Chennai Super Kings will play against table-toppers Gujarat Titans on 15 May 2022 at 3:30 pm in the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India.

Gujarat Titans are coming into this game after a massive win against the other new entrant 2nd placed Lucknow Super Giants. The Chennai Super Kings lost to the bottom-placed Mumbai Indians in their last game and with the loss have ended all their hopes of making it to the playoffs.

The Gujarat Titans have been the team to beat and won most of their games by big margins. They are through to the next playoffs round and have already won 9 out of 12 games it has played most of their key players in good form. CSK has struggled since the start of the season and must play for pride from hereon. It will be interesting to see if they can surprise everyone to win this game against a tough opponent.

MS Dhoni’s side made headlines for the wrong runs in the last few days with Ravindra Jadeja’s injury and the controversy surrounding it. This affected the side in the last game against the Mumbai Indians where they lost by 5 wickets after being bowled out for only 97 runs. They can’t make it to the playoffs from here and MS Dhoni would like to restore lost pride by winning this game.

Openers Devon Conway and Ruturaj Gaikwad had a poor outing against Mumbai and these two players would be key to CSK’s success. They had done well in the last few games. Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, and Robin Uthappa must bring their experience to play in the middle order. With MS Dhoni, Shivam Dube, and Dwayne Bravo to follow there is good firepower in this batting line-up.

Pacer Mukesh Choudhary has earned lots of praises and he will have to deliver early breakthroughs along with Simarjeet Singh with the new ball. Dwayne Bravo has been one of the best bowlers for Chennai Super Kings in the tournament and there would be huge hopes from him. The side would also like to see good bowling from Maheesh Theekshana and Moeen Ali in this game as this attack lacks depth.

Hardik Pandya’s side is enjoying a wonderful run in the tournament. They have become the first team to book a berth in the next playoffs round after their comfortable 62-run win against the 2nd placed newcomers Lucknow Super Giants. Their batsmen and bowlers have done well in the tournament. Hardik Pandya would be aiming to build momentum here and take confidence from their win against the Chennai Super Kings earlier in the season.

Chennai Super Kings vs Gujarat Titans, CSK Playing 11 vs GT (Predicted), IPL 2022, Match 62, CSK vs GT

Chennai Super Kings are already out of contention for a spot in the IPL 2022 payoffs and hence may tinker with their team’s composition as a lot of talented youngsters are warming the bench. Batters Subhranshu Senapati and Hari Nishanth, all-rounder Bhagath Verma, keeper N Jagadeesan, bowlers KM Asif Prashant Solanki, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, and Matheeesha Pathirana may get a chance. Pacers Tushar Deshpande and Chris Jordan, all-rounders Mitchell Santner and Dwaine Pretorious may also be played.

Ruturaj Gaikwad

Ruturaj Gaikwad had a stellar season last year. He finished the tournament as the highest run-getter (Orange Cap winner). In 16 IPL 2021 matches, he managed to score 635 runs at an average of 45.36 and a strike rate of close to 140.

He returned to form against Gujarat, scoring 73 runs after another disappointing start to his IPL 2022 campaign. He has amassed 313 runs averaging a decent 26.08 in 12 IPL 2022 games. He missed out on scoring a ton against SunRisers Hyderabad by a whisker as he was dismissed after scoring 99 runs. He had put on a 182 runs opening stand with Devon Conway. He has 2 fifties this season.

Devon Conway

Devon Conway has played only 5 IPL 2022 games and amassed 231 runs averaging 57.75. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) opener Ruturaj Gaikwad played a sensational knock of 99 to keep his team’s hopes alive in the tournament against the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH).

His opening partner Devon Conway also played his part, remaining unbeaten on 85 off just 55 balls. The opening stand between Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway (182) was also the highest in the history of the IPL for CSK.

The classy and stylish top-order batter, Devon Conway was bought by the CSK for his base price of INR 1 crore at the IPL 2022 Mega Auction. Born in South Africa, Devon Conway plays for New Zealand and is known for switching gears while batting and can also keep wickets if required.

Ambati Rayudu

CSK bought the right-handed batsman during the auction. Ambati Rayudu played for CSK in the last season too. He had scored 257 runs in 13 innings with 2 fifties in IPL 2021. Ambati Rayudu has scored 271 runs in 10 innings averaging a decent 27.1 in IPL 2022 but will try to improve upon his strike rate-124.31 so far this season. He is CSK’s 3rd leading run-getter after Ruturaj Gaikwad and Shivam Dube.

Robin Uthappa

Robin Uthappa has played for various franchises since IPL 2008. Last season, the right-handed batsman scored 115 runs in 4 games for the Chennai Super Kings team with 1 fifty. He has scored 230 runs so far in 12 IPL 2022 games (11 innings) averaging 20.91 at a strike rate of 134.5 including 2 fifties. He will play in the middle order.

Moeen Ali

Moeen Ali has scored only 130 runs in 8 IPL 2022 games averaging 16.25 with the bat and taken 6 wickets averaging 21 with the ball with a best of 3/13 against Delhi.  A stylish batter and one of the sweetest timers of the ball, England’s Moeen Ali was retained by CSK for INR 8 crore ahead of the 2022 Mega Auction.

The England all-rounder had played 15 matches in IPL 2021 with 357 runs and 6 wickets to his name. A versatile left-handed batter and an aggressive off-break bowler, Moeen Ali was bought by Chennai Super Kings for INR 7 crores at the IPL 2021 Player Auction.

Shivam Dube

A powerful middle-order batter and a handy medium pacer, Shivam Dube was bought by CSK for INR 4 crore at the IPL 2022 mega auction. His base price was 50 lakhs. Shivam Dube is Chennai Super Kings’ 2nd leading run-scorer with 289 runs in 10 games so far averaging 32.11 including 2 fifties at a strike rate of 157.92.

He is however wicketless so far in IPL 2022. He will definitely play as the spin all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has sustained an injury and is ruled out from the remaining games of IPL 2022.

MS Dhoni

MS Dhoni, who had earlier relinquished captaincy before his team’s opening fixture against KKR was handed the responsibility of captaining again after Ravindra Jadeja lost most of his matches as captain. MS Dhoni has scored 199 runs at a decent average of 39.8 so far in 12 IPL 2022 games.

MS Dhoni has struggled with the bat, scoring a combined total of 314 runs from 30 matches in the last two editions-IPL 2020 and IPL 2021. If his tally of 200 runs in IPL 2020 was disappointing, the following year was even worse as MS Dhoni aggregated only 114 runs.

Dwayne Bravo

Dwayne Bravo was picked during the IPL 2022 auction for Rs. 4.4 crores. In the last few seasons, Dwayne Bravo has played for Chennai Super Kings. Last season, he picked 14 wickets in 11 games for the team before IPL 2022.

Dwayne Bravo had broken Lasith Malinga’s record for most wickets in the history of IPL this season. He is CSK’s leading wicket-taker this season so far with 16 scalps in 10 games averaging 18.68. He now has 183 scalps-13 more than Lasith Malinga’s 170 scalps tally.

Simarjeet Singh

The tall, skiddy pacer who was a net bowler with the Delhi Capitals was bought by Chennai Super Kings for his base price of INR 20 lakhs at the IPL 2022 Mega Auction. He has played the last 4 IPL 2022 games for CSK against SRH, RCB, DC, and MI and has picked 3 scalps with a best of 2/27 against Delhi.

Mahesh Theekshana

Mahesh Theekshana is the latest mystery spinner on the block. He has picked up 12 scalps in 9 IPL 2022 games. He averages an impressive 21.75 with the ball and has maintained an economy rate of 7.45 and is Chennai Super Kings’ 3rd highest wicket-taker this season after Dwayne Bravo and Mukesh Choudhary. He had picked 4 scalps (4/33) against Royal Challengers Bangalore in their first outing and 3/27 in the 2nd outing.

Mukesh Choudhary

Mukesh Choudhary has registered 16 scalps to his name from 11 IPL 2022 outings averaging 22.18. He picked career-best figures of 4/46 against Gujarat Titans in a winning cause. Leading wicket-taker for Maharashtra in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2021-22, Mukesh Choudhary was bought by Chennai Super Kings for his base price of INR 20 lakhs at the IPL 2022 Mega Auction. He is Chennai Super Kings’ 2nd highest wicket-taker this season.