Chennai Super Kings vs Gujarat Titans, IPL 2024: Match Preview, Fantasy Picks, Pitch And Weather Reports
The pitch at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai is a balanced pitch and the average first innings score at this venue in the last 20 matches is 150 runs.
- NDTV Sports Desk
- Updated: March 25, 2024 05:49 pm IST
Chennai Super Kings will be facing Gujarat Giants in Match 7 of India Premier League (IPL) 2024 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Tuesday. Both teams have already played once this season and won their respective games. CSK beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru by six wickets in the season opener, while GT got the better of Mumbai Indians by six runs in their season opener. Chennai Super Kings are currently ranked second on the points table, while Gujarat Titans are currently ranked fourth on the points table.
Both teams last played against each other in the final of Indian Premier League 2023 where Devon Conway scored the highest fantasy points for Chennai Super Kings with 69 match fantasy points while Sai Sudharsan topped the fantasy points leaderboard for Gujarat Titans with 134 match fantasy points.
In the last match played by Chennai Super Kings against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, the top fantasy player for Chennai Super Kings was Mustafizur Rahman who scored 120 fantasy points.
In their last match in this tournament against Mumbai Indians, the top fantasy player for Gujarat Titans was Azmatullah Omarzai who scored 86 fantasy points.
CSK vs GT, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Pitch Report and Weather ConditionsÂ
The pitch at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai is a balanced pitch. The average 1st innings score at this venue in the last 20 matches is 150 runs. The pitch at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai is a sporting one with decent assistance for both batters and bowlers on offer. The team winning the toss may decide to bat or bowl depending on the ground conditions today.
Weather Report for MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Temperature will hover around 27.04 degree C and humidity is expected to be around 67%. Winds at a speed of 4.67 m/s are expected.
Pace or Spin?
The venue is suited for both pacers and spinners alike.
CSK vs GT, Head to Head
In the 5 matches played between these 2 teams, Chennai Super Kings batters have earned the most fantasy points for their team, while bowlers have earned the most fantasy points for Gujarat Titans.
CSK vs GT Fantasy Prediction: Top Captain and Vice-Captain Picks
Ravindra Jadeja
Ravindra Jadeja is an all-rounder and has an average of 56 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 9.8 and is a safe bet for your Dream11 Fantasy Team. He bats left-handed and in the recently played matches, Ravindra Jadeja has scored 48 runs at an average of 24 per match. He can also give you some bowling fantasy points, bowling slow left-arm orthodox and in the recent matches has taken 2 wickets at an average of 23 per match. Jadeja has done very well against this opposition, taking 3 wickets in the recent matches against them.
Ruturaj Gaikwad
Ruturaj Gaikwad can be a good pick for your Dream11 Team. This player has an average of 60 match fantasy points in the last 10 games and a fantasy rating of 9.3. Ruturaj Gaikwad is a top order opening batter, who bats right-handed. In the last 5 T20 matches he has scored 15, 10, 32, 123, 58 runs, averaging 59.5 per match.
Rashid Khan
Rashid Khan is a bowler and has an average of 64 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 9.2 and is a good to have player for your Fantasy Team. He is a leg break googly bowler and in his last 4 T20 matches, Rashid Khan has 8 wickets.
Sameer Rizvi
Sameer Rizvi is a batter and has an average of 63 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.6 and is a fairly consistent player in terms of fantasy points. He is a top order batter, who bats right-handed. In the recent 5 matches this player has scored 42, 30, 31, 14, 59 runs at an average of 58.7 per match.
Mohit Sharma
Mohit Sharma is a bowler and has an average of 53 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.4 and is a very inconsistent player in terms of fantasy points and can be a punt pick in your team. Mohit Sharma is a right-arm medium bowler and in his recently played 5 T20 matches, he has taken 2, 0, 0, 0, 3 wickets at an average of 25.4. He has been very successful against this team, taking 6 wickets in the last 5 matches against them. Mohit Sharma has also bowled well at this venue in the recent 5 matches he played here and has taken 2, 3, 0, 0, 1 wickets.
CSK vs GT Fantasy Team Today
Wicket-Keepers: Ravindra Jadeja, Rashid Khan and Ajay Mandal
Batters: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sameer Rizvi, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill and Shaik Rasheed
All-Rounder: MS Dhoni
Bowlers: Maheesh Theekshana and Darshan Nalkande
Captain: Shaik Rasheed
Vice-Captain: Sameer Rizvi