IPL 2021: CSK vs MI
Section 1: Venue
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Average score in IPL: 163
Average winning score: 182
66% wickets to Pacers, 34% to spinners.
Toss role at Delhi:
But the recent Vijay Hazare games have been comparatively high scoring:
IPL 2021:
SRH: 171-3 (3-0), CSK: 173-3 (0-3)
RR: 171-4 (2-2), MI: 172-3 (3-0)
Section 2: Predicted Playing XI’s
MI:
Rohit (C) (RHB)
QDK (WK) (LHB)
Suryakumar (RHB)
Krunal (LHB, LAO)
Hardik (RHB, RAM)
Pollard (RHB, RAM)
NCN (RAM, RHB)
Jayant Yadav (RAO, RHB)
Rahul Chahar (RALB)
Boult (LAM)
Bumrah (RAF)
CSK:
Gaikwad (RHB)
Faf* (RHB)
Moeen Ali* (LHB, RAO)
Raina (LHB)
Rayudu (RHB)
Dhoni (RHB) (C & WK)
Jadeja (LAO, LHB)
Curran* (LHB, LAM)
Thakur (RAM)
Chahar (RAM)
Ngidi (RAM)
Section 4: Player battles:
Pollard vs Ngidi:
| Balls | 6 |
| Runs | 3 |
| Outs | 2 |
Krunal vs Thakur:
| Balls | 9 |
| Runs | 7 |
| Outs | 2 |
Ishan Kishan has been dismissed 5 times by Tahir, but in this current CSK bowling lineup, he is yet to be dismissed.
QDK vs Deepak Chahar:
| Balls | 77 |
| Runs | 99 |
| Outs | 2 |
Both dismissals came in consecutive innings in 2019, since then, has played 56 balls and is not dismissed.
QDK vs Moeen:
| Balls | 25 |
| Runs | 35 |
| Outs | 3 |
Rohit vs Chahar:
| Balls | 29 |
| Runs | 35 |
| Outs | 2 (both in 2019) |
SKY vs Sam & Jadeja:
| Bowler | Balls | Runs | Outs |
| Sam | 8 | 13 | 2 |
| Jadeja | 51 | 40 | 2 |
Good numbers against everyone else.
Faf vs Boult:
| Balls | 41 |
| Runs | 36 |
| Outs | 2 (last innings) |
Good numbers against Bumrah & Krunal.
Moeen Ali vs MI bowlers: Just 42 deliveries against this lineup, only dismissed against Boult on his first delivery.
Jadeja vs Krunal:
| Balls | 9 |
| Runs | 8 |
| Outs | 2 |
Gaikwad vs Boult & Chahar:
| Bowler | Balls | Runs | Outs |
| Chahar | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Boult | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Raina vs Bumrah, NCN, Boult, Chahar & Jayant:
| Bowler | Balls | Runs | Outs |
| Bumrah | 36 | 50 | 2 |
| NCN | 16 | 26 | 2 |
| Boult | 13 | 18 | 1 |
| Chahar | 12 | 12 | 1 |
| Jayant | 5 | 4 | 2 |
SECTION 5: History between the two teams
2020: CSK won by 5W
Rohit 12(10) (Chawla)
QDK 33(20) (Sam)
SKY 17(16) (Deepak)
Deepak 4-32-2
Lungi Ngidi 4-38-3
Jadeja 4-42-2 10(5) (Krunal)
Faf 58*(44)
Rayudu 71(48)
2020: MI won by 10W
Gaikwad 0(5) (Boult)
Faf 1(7) (Boult)
Rayudu 2(3) (Bumrah)
Sam Curran 52(47) (Boult)
Boult 4-1-18-4
Bumrah 4-25-2
Rahul Chahar 4-22-2
QDK 46*(37)
Ishan 68*(37)
2019:
MI 170-5, CSK 133-8
SKY 59(43)
Krunal 42(32)
Hardik: 25*(8) 4-20-3
Jadhav 58(54)
2019:
MI 155-4, CSK 109
Rohit 67(48)
Hardik 23*(18), 2-22-1
Vijay 38(35)
Krunal 3-7-2
Bumrah 3-10-2
2019:
CSK 131-4, MI 132-4 (18.3)
Rayudu 42*(37)
MS 37*(29)
Rahul C: 4-14-2
SKY: 71*(54)
Tahir 4-33-2
2018:
MI 165-4, CSK: 169-9 (19.5)
SKY 43(29)
Hardik 22*(20), 4-24-3
Krunal 41*(22)
Deepak: 3-14-1
Tahir 2-23-1
Rayudu 22(19)
Bravo 68(30)
2018:
Rayudu 46(35)
MS: 26(21)
Krunal 4-32-2
SKY: 44(34)
Rohit 56*(33)
Section 6: Better numbers in first or second innings?
MI batsmen vs CSK:
MI bowlers vs CSK:
CSK batsmen vs MI:
CSK bowlers vs MI:
Section 7: Finding the fantasy value:
QDK: Back in runs, was struggling at Chepauk but the Delhi’s new flat surface suits him well. Will give you wicket keeping points as well.
Last 3 innings vs CSK: 46*, 33, 29(17)
Captaincy suitability: Both small & grand leagues.
Moeen Ali: A total of 355 fantasy points so far, Moeen was part of the Dream team 4/5 times this season. Batting at number 3, scoring runs, bowling few overs and picking wickets as well. Has to be one of your default picks in small leagues. The last time faced MI, he scored 50(32)
Captaincy suitability: Both small & grand leagues.
SKY: Getting starts but not able to convert those starts in a big knock, but the way he is playing a big knock shouldn’t be far away.
Recent vs CSK: 17(16), 15(17), 71(54), 59(43), 44(34), 43(29)
The two most obvious picks in small leagues:
Faf: Scoring runs for fun, but both Faf & Gaikwad were very fortunate in the last game. Boult could be a threat against both Faf & Gaikwad (his struggle against LAP). Faf scored a fifty against MI last season.
Rohit: Recent scores of 12,15,4,67,14,56 against CSK, which is obviously not great according to his standards but is looking in great touch in this IPL. Averages 35 at Delhi.
Captaincy suitability: Both small & grand leagues.
The numbers game:
1) Krunal batted at 4 in the last game and looked great. Has 3 30+ scores in his last 4 innings at Delhi. 25-30 runs again, and a wicket or two later on makes him a good GL punt.
2) Boult’s best bowling figures of 4-1-18-4 came against CSK last season.
3) Deepak Chahar in his last 5 innings vs MI: 4-34-0 (2), 4-32-2 (1), 4-26-3 (1), 3.3-30-1 (2), 4-46-1 (1), 3-21-1 (1)
4) Ngidi in his only game against MI picked 3/38
5) NCN in just 8 overs that he has bowled against CSK, has picked 4 wickets. Also his best bowling figures of 4/20 came at this venue in 2017. Went wicket less in the last game but before that, had 3 & 4 wickets at this venue in his last two games.
6) Rayudu scored 71(48) in the opening game against MI last season.
7) Raina averages 49 batting first against MI.
Winners of yesterday’s giveaway: