IPL 2021: SRH vs RCB
SECTION 1: VENUE:
Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Average scores at Chennai:
| Year | Matches | Avg 1st innings score | Avg 1st innings winning score |
| IPL 2019 | 8 | 144/5 | 166/4 |
| Overall | 60 | 164/6 | 173/6 |
Toss impact at Chennai: (only venue where batting first have won more games)
| Year | Matches | Bat 1st won | Bat 2nd won | Toss win bat | Toss win bowl |
| Overall | 60 | 36 | 22 | 36 | 21 |
| IPL 2019 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
In IPL 2019, while defending 150+ at Chepauk
Matches:5, won: 4, lost: 1
IPL overall, while defending 150+ at Chepauk
Matches: 39, won: 29 (74%), lost: 10
Stadium wise numbers in IPL: (All the numbers mentioned below are since 2018)
Stadium wise runs break-up:
Stadium wise Pace vs Spin:
Phase wise numbers at Chennai: (last two seasons)
| Overs | Average wickets | Others |
| 1-6 | 1.9 | 1.3-1.4 |
| 7-15 | 2.2 | 2.3-2.4 |
| 16-20 | 1.4 | 2 |
So, at Chennai, you can expect more wickets with the new ball than any other venue and interestingly, the lowest at the death among all the current venues.
You already know how to use that in your fantasy team.
Best bowling type at the venue: Off-spin (Thanks to Bhajji)
IPL 2021:
MI vs RCB: MI 159-9, RCB: 160-8
(Only two wickets to spinners)
KKR: 187-6, SRH: 177-5 (6P-5S)
MI: 152 (8-2), KKR: (2-5)
RCB & SRH at Chennai:
| Team | Matches | Won | Lost |
| RCB | 10 | 3 | 7 |
| SRH | 4 | 0 | 4 |
SECTION 2: Predicted XI’s:
SRH:
Warner* (LHB) (C)
Saha (RHB) (WK)
Pandey (RHB)
Bairstow*(RHB)
Shankar (RHB, RAM)
Samad (RHB, RALB)
Nabi (RAO, RHB)/Holder (RAM, RHB)
Rashid* (RALB, RAM)
Bhuvi (RAM)
Natarajan (LAM)
Sandeep (RAM)
*Williamson was unavailable in the last game due to injury, no confirmed update about his availability for this game.
*Holder out of quarantine, will compete with Nabi for one spot.
RCB:
Kohli (C) (RHB)
Devdutt Padikkal (LHB)
Rajat Patidar (RHB)
Maxwell* (RHB)
ABD (WK)* (RHB)
Sundar (LHB, RAO)
Dan Christian* (RHB, RAM)
Kyle Jamieson* (RAM, RHB)
Harshal (RAM, RHB)
Chahal (RALB)
Siraj (RAM)
*Padikkal likely to be back for this game and Shahbaz/Patidar will be benched for him.
SECTION 3: Recent Form:
SRH:
Warner:
Pre-season form: Very good
Vs KKR: 3(4)
Saha:
Practice game: 43(30), 32(30)
Vs KKR: 7(6)
Pandey:
Pre-season form: Only two LA recently.
Vs KKR: 61*(44)
Kane Williamson
Pre-season form: 3 single digit scores in last 3 games, before that was excellent.
Bairstow:
Pre-season form: Excellent
Practice game: 49(34), 39(33)
Vs KKR: 55(40)
Priyam Garg:
Practice game: 69(42).
Shankar:
Practice game: 95*(50)
Vs KKR: 11(7) (No6) 1-14-0 (10th)
Virat Singh:
Practice game: 47(38)
Nabi:
Practice game 48(34) & 1/32
Vs KKR: 4-32-2 (6,8,12,18)
Suchith:
Practice game: 2/11
Shahbaz Nadeem:
Practice game: 2/21
Mujeeb Ur Rahman:
Practice game: 1/27, 4/17
Siddhart Kaul:
Practice game: 2/44
Basil Thampi:
Practice game: 3/24(3)
Abhishek Sharma:
Practice game: 1/35
Rashid Khan:
Pre-season form: Good
Vs KKR: 4-24-2 (7,9,13,17)
Bhuvi:
Pre-season form: Excellent
Vs KKR: 4-45-1 (1,3,15,20)
Sandeep:
Pre-season form: Below average
Vs KKR: 3-35-0 (2,4,14)
Natarajan:
Pre-season form: Good
vs KKR: 4-37-1 (5,11,16,19)
Samad:
Pre-season form: Good
Thampi:
Practice: 3/24
RCB:
Kohli:
Pre-season form: Good
Vs MI: 33(29)
Devdutt:
Pre-season form: Excellent
(Will be coming directly without match practice)
Maxwell:
Pre-season form: Very good
Practice game: 44(31)
Vs MI: 39(28) (No4)
ABD:
Pre-season: Hasn’t played any cricket after lPL 2020
Vs MI: 48(27) (RO) (No5)
Rajat Patidar:
Pre-season form: Good. Ideal position in domestic: 3-4
Practice game: 54(35), 104(49)
Vs MI: 8(8)
Shahbaz Ahmed:
Pre-season form: Good. Ideal position in Domestic: MO
Practice game: 39(15), 95(48) (opened)
Vs MI: 1-14-0 & 1(2)
KS Bharat:
Pre-season form: Average. Ideal position in Dom: Open in T20, can also bat in MO
Practice game: 38*(28), 47(26) (opened)
Sundar:
Pre-season form: Excellent with the bat, average with the ball.
vs MI: 1-7-1, 10(16)
Sachin Baby:
Pre-season form: Excellent. Ideal position in Domestic: 4-5
Dan Christian:
Pre-season form: Good
Practice game: 3/38
Vs MI: 2-21-0 (9,15)
Mohammad Siraj:
Pre-season form: Good. But hasn’t played white ball cricket from a long time.
Practice game: 4-24-1
Vs MI: 4-22-0 (1,3,12,17)
Yuzi Chahal:
Pre-season form: Poor
Practice game: 4-20-2
Vs MI: 4-41-0 (4,6,10,14)
Navdeep Saini:
Pre-season form: Poor
Practice game: 3/40, 2/33
Daniel Sams:
Pre-season form: Good
*Unavailable due to isolation
Kyle Jamieson:
Pre-season form: Poor last few games for
NZ
Vs MI: 4-27-1 (2,5,11,19)
Harshal Patel:
Pre-season form: DNP in Vijay Hazare & SMAT.
Practice game: MoM in first practice game for a couple of wickets and 30 odd runs down the order.
Vs MI: 4-27-5 (8,16,18,20)
Adam Zampa:
Pre-season form: Average
SECTION 4: Player Battles:
Warner vs Sundar:
| Balls | 29 |
| Runs | 34 |
| Outs | 1 |
Warner vs Harshal:
| Balls | 31 |
| Runs | 63 |
| Outs | 0 |
Warner vs Chahal:
| Balls | 66 |
| Runs | 116 |
| Outs | 1 |
(Against all the RCB bowlers combined, averages 69 with a SR of 160)
Bairstow vs Chahal & Sundar:
| Batsman | Bowler | Innings | Balls | Runs | Outs |
| Bairstow | Sundar | 4 | 32 | 45 | 1 |
| Bairstow | Chahal | 5 | 32 | 42 | 2 |
Saha vs Siraj, Chahal, Harshal, Sundar & Christian:
| Balls | 59 |
| Runs | 84 |
| Outs | 5 |
| Avg | 16.8 |
Pandey vs Chahal:
| Balls | 53 |
| Runs | 45 |
| Outs | 4 |
Virat vs Sandeep:
| Innings | 13 |
| Balls | 55 |
| Runs | 73 |
| Outs | 7 |
| Average | 10.4 |
AB vs Nabi:
| Innings | 3 |
| Balls | 11 |
| Runs | 11 |
| Outs | 2 |
Maxwell vs Bhuvi:
| Balls | 24 |
| Runs | 16 |
| Outs | 2 |
Maxwell vs Natarajan:
| Balls | 19 |
| Runs | 15 |
| Outs | 2 |
Sandeep vs RCB: (His most wickets against any IPL team)
| Innings | 15 |
| Overs | 55.5 |
| Wickets | 23 |
| SR | 14.6 |
(Went wicket less in his last game vs RCB)
Virat since IPL 2018 has struggled against SRH, his recent scores against them: (latest first)
6(7), 7(7), 14(13), 16(7), 3(10), 12(11), 39(30)
SECTION 5: History between the two teams
H2H record between the two sides:
| Year | Matches | SRH won | RCB won |
| Overall | 17 | 10 | 7 |
| Since 2018 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
2020: Eliminator: SRH won by 6W
Kohli 6(7) (Holder)
Padikkal 1(6) (Holder)
ABD 56(43) (Natarajan)
Sandeep 4-21-0
Rashid 4-22-0
Natarajan 4-33-2
Holder 4-25-3 24*(20)
Warner 17(17) (Siraj)
Pandey 24(21) (Zampa)
Siraj 4-28-2
Chahal 4-24-1
2020: SRH won by 5W
Philippe 32(31) (Rashid)
Devdutt 5(8) (Sandeep)
Virat 7(7) (Sandeep)
ABD 24(24) (Nadeem)
Sundar 21(18) (Natarajan) 3-21-1
Sandeep 4-20-2, Holder 4-27-2 26*(10)
Rashid 4-24-1
Warner 8(5) (Sundar)
Saha 39(32) (Chahal)
Pandey 26(19) (Chahal)
Williamson 8(14) (Udana)
Chahal 3.1-19-2
2020: RCB won by 10 runs
Devdutt: 56(42) (Shankar)
Kohli 14(13) (Natarajan)
ABD 51(30)
Rashid 4-31-0
Warner 6(6)
Pandey 34(33)
Saini 4-25-2
Chahal 4-18-3
Dube 3-15-2
2019
Bairstow 114(56)
Warner 100*(55)
Nabi 4-11-4
Sandeep: 3.5-19-3
Rashid: 4-25-0
2019:
Williamson: 70*(43)
Shankar: 27(18)
Sundar: 3-24-3
Chahal: 4-24-1
Saini: 4-39-2
Ahmed: 4-37-3
Rashid: 4-44-1
2018:
Williamson: 56(39)
Chahal: 4-25-1
Kohli: 39(30)
Rashid: 4-31-1 (AB)
Sandeep, Bhuvi 1 each
2018:
AB 69(39)
Moeen 65(34)
Rashid 4-27-3 (including AB & VK)
Williamson 81(42)
Pandey 62*(38)
Chahal: 4-28-1
Section 6: Better numbers in first or second innings?
RCB batsmen vs SRH:
AB first innings: ☑️ (players ticked with major difference in numbers and have good enough sample size)
RCB bowlers vs SRH:
Chahal second innings ☑️
SRH batsmen vs RCB:
Warner first innings ☑️
Pandey second innings ☑️
SRH bowlers vs RCB:
Sandeep bowling second ☑️
Section 7: Player performance at the venue:
RCB & SRH bowlers at Chepauk:
Chahal bowling second: ☑️
Natarajan bowling first: ☑️
Bhuvi bowling second: ☑️
RCB & SRH batsmen at Chepauk:
Warner batting first ☑️
Saha batting first ☑️
Virat batting second ☑️
Section 8: Finding the fantasy value:
Top picks:
David Warner (batting first): Even though he failed in the last game, he is always a reliable pick in IPL. No major wicket taking threat in the opposition lineup that has troubled him in the past and also great numbers against RCB.
Warner vs RCB:
| Innings | 19 |
| Runs | 823 |
| Average | 51.44 |
| SR | 164 |
| 50 | 7 |
| 100 | 2 |
Warner has very interesting numbers batting first and second since IPL 2018:
Warner in IPL (since 2018)
| Innings | Innings | Average | SR | 50/100 |
| Batting first | 12 | 70.5 | 139 | 6/1 |
| Batting second | 17 | 35.9 | 140 | 6/0 |
Warner vs RCB batting first has the same story as well:
Warner vs RCB (innings wise)
| Innings | Runs | Average | SR | 50/10 | HS |
| First | 599 | 74.8 | 166.4 | 4/2 | 123* |
| Second | 224 | 28 | 158 | 3 | 59 |
Recent innings vs RCB: 17(17) (2nd), 8(5) (2nd), 6(6) (2nd), 100(55) (1st),
Captaincy suitability: Small & grand leagues both.
ABD (batting first): AB is an absolute freak, the way he played in the first game against MI without playing any competitive game since last IPL is unreal. Also, free wicket keeping points on offer.
He loves batting first against SRH:
AB vs SRH (innings wise)
| Innings | Matches | Runs | Average | 50 |
| First | 7 | 357 | 51 | 4 |
| Second | 8 | 163 | 23.3 | 1 |
Captaincy suitability: Small & grand leagues both.
Virat Kohli: Terrible numbers against SRH since 2018 and also struggles against Sandeep (dismissed 7 times in 13 innings) but can you still drop Virat Kohli- the opener in your small leagues team? Definitely not.
Also, Virat has 4 50+ scores in his last 6 T20’s that he has played at Chepauk.
Going with him as your captain or not is totally your call. But if you want, prefer when he chases.
Captaincy suitability: Small & grand leagues both.
Grand league pick:
Yuzi Chahal (Bowling second): Due to his recent performance and high credits of the default picks in this game, Yuzi’s selection on Dream11 has massively declined. On a surface that has finally started offering something to the spinners, you can back him in your grand league teams if he bowls second.
Today’s IPL jersey giveaway question: (with your name & number)
How many Dream11 points will the spinners (of both teams combined) will give in this game? For eg 124 points
Closest wins.
Deadline 7:30PM
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