Playing XI
Venue Insights(Dubai)
Highest Team Total: 206/3 By Punjab Against Bangalore In 2020.
Lowest Team Total :109/10 By Bangalore Against Punjab In 2020.
Highest Individual Score : 132 By KL Rahul (Punjab) Against Bangalore In 2020.
Best Bowling Figures : 4/14 By Mohit Sharma(Chennai) Against Mumbai In 2014.
Highest Partnership : 181 By Shane Watson And Faf Du Plessis(Chennai) For 1st Wicket Against Punjab In 2020.
Win Rate Batting First : 70% (7 Won; 3 Lost)
Top Fantasy Picks - All Rounders
Jadeja scored his only fifty of the IPL against Hyderabad which was this season at Dubai. Thus he can be a good pick given that he has the ability to pick crucial wickets in the middle overs as well.
With 68 runs and 8 wickets, Sam Curran is performing well, either with the bat or ball this season.
Abhishek Sharma best performance with the bat this season (31 runs) was against Chennai indeed and also at Dubai, the venue at which this fixture is also going to happen.
Top Fantasy Picks - Bowlers
Rashid is certainly the number 1 pick for all the fantasy players out there. With 10 wickets in 7 matches he sits at the joint 4 th position in the purple cap list.
Shardul just has a knack of picking up a wicket whenever he comes out to bowl. Stat alert: He has picked up at least a wicket in each of his last 14 T20 matches (total 25 wickets in these matches)
With 7 wickets so far, T Natarajan is the 2nd highest wicket taker for Hyderabad this season. Also, in the previous
match against Chennai this season, he had the figures of 2/43, so he might be an interesting pick.
Top Fantasy Picks - Batsmen & Keepers
With 275 runs, Warner is 4th in the list of highest run getters this season. Also his last 6 inns against Chennai his scores are as follows: 28, 57, 50, 61, 53 and 90.
Bairstow’s score at Dubai are 16, 97, 0 and 61. While those at other venues are: 25, 53, 5. So do watch for him as the match is at Dubai. Also, with 257 runs he is the 5th highest run-getter this IPL so far.
MSD's best performance with the bat this season (47*) was against Hyderbad at Dubai earlier. Also, he is the wicket-keeper with the most dismissals (12 catches and 1 stumping); thus extra incentive of wicket-
keeping points.
Probable XI
Chennai : Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Faf du Plessis, MS Dhoni (C)(WK), Sam Curran, Kedar Jadhav, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Karn Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar.
Hyderabad : David Warner (c), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Abdul Samad, Priyam Garg, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan.
Preview
Time for round 2! Chennai meet Hyderabad in match number 29 of the Indian T20 League, 2020. Both teams are coming off a loss in their previous game but it is Hyderabad who are in a better position at this stage with 3 wins while Chennai have been an indifferent unit this year. They have just won 2 games and are looking out of sorts especially when chasing. They need to perform better and knowing Dhoni and Chennai, they won’t give up without a fight and will come back stronger. Hyderabad, on the other hand, have performed well but their last loss against Rajasthan might have dented their confidence but they will be happy that they won their earlier game against Chennai and they will take that confidence into this one. They are unlikely to make any changes to their line-up but will hope that they put in a better performance. So, all-in-all, it promises to be an exciting clash.
Hyderabad at Dubai : Played 6, Won 4, Lost 2
Chennai at Dubai : Played 6, Won 3, Lost 3
Toss : Chennai won the toss and have opted to bat first.