12BET Predictions Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals Indian Premier League Qualifier No 1
Chennai Super Kings will face off against Delhi Capitals in the Qualifier No 1 of the Indian Premier League. Both teams will want to win this game to make it to the final. They have been playing really good cricket so far and will want to move one step closer to win the IPL title. The finalists of last year have the edge as they are on top of the points table.
Chennai Super Kings:
Finishing second on the points table with 18 points, Chennai Super Kings will play the Qualifier 1 against the Delhi Capitals. While, CSK have had a decent UAE leg, they get into the final stages of the league with a hat-trick of losses. They’ve lost matches against Rajasthan Royals, Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings. They will want to play some good live cricket in this fixture and make it to the final.
For MS Dhoni and company, it is opener Ruturaj Gaikwad eho has been in great form. He has scored 533 runs in the tournament so far (14 matches) at an average of 44.41. Portea batsman, Gaikwad’s fellow opener, Faf du Plessis has scored 546 runs in 14 games.
However, except for these two other batsmen have had it hot and cold in the UAE leg so far. Bowling wise Shardul Thakur has been the one Dhoni has looked at for wickets. Ravindra Jadeja and Dwayne Bravo have also adapted to the conditions and bowled economically.
Chennai Super Kings squad: Faf du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Robin
Uthappa, N Jagadeesan, MS Dhoni (c), Cheteshwar Pujara, Sam Curran, Hari Nishanth, Dwayne Bravo, Bhagath Varma, Krishnappa Gowtham, Mitchell Santner, Deepak
Chahar, Moeen Ali, Harishankar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Imran Tahir, Karn Sharma, KM Asif, Lungi Ngidi, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Shardul Thakur, Jason Behrendorff
Delhi Capitals:
The Delhi Capitals finished the IPL round robin at the top. They currently look like a settled side. Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw are solid at the top with the likes of Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant and Shimron Hetmyer to follow. However, consistency is still a problem with the middle order.
Their bowling unit on the other hand have been in perfect sync. Anrich Nortje and Kagiso Rabada have led the way from thr front. Avesh Khan is also up there on the purple cap charts. Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel have also picked regular wickets.
Delhi Capitals Squad: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Sam Billings, Shimron Hetmyer, Steven Smith, Vishnu Vinod, Axar Patel, Chris Woakes, Lalit Yadav, Marcus Stoinis, Ripal Patel, Tom Curran, Amit Mishra, Anrich Nortje, Avesh Khan, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Lukman Meriwala, Manimaran Siddharth, Praveen Dubey, Umesh Yadav, Shams Mulani, Aniruddha Joshi
HEAD-TO-HEAD
Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore have faced each other 26 times in the IPL. Delhi have won 10 matches while Bangalore have won on 15 occasions.
PREDICTION:
Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals are the top two teams of the league so far. The winner of the Qualifier No 1 would go to the final of IPL 2021. Going by the team combination and momentum, Delhi Capitals are the favourites for the game.
Date and Time:
October 10, 2021 (Sunday), 7:30 PM IST
Venue:
Dubai International Stadium, Dubai
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