Match 46 of the Indian Premier League, 2024, has Chennai Super Kings taking on SunRisers Hyderabad. The match will be played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, on Sunday. Chennai Super Kings have played eight matches and are ranked fifth on the points table with eight points, while SunRisers Hyderabad have also played eight matches and are ranked third on the table with 10 points. In the last match played by Chennai Super Kings against Lucknow Super Giants, Lucknow Super Giants beat Chennai Super Kings by six wickets.
The top fantasy players for Chennai Super Kings were Ruturaj Gaikwad who scored 160 fantasy points, Shivam Dube with 101 match fantasy points and Matheesha Pathirana with 62 match fantasy points.
In their last match in this series against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat SunRisers Hyderabad by 35 runs. The top fantasy players for SunRisers Hyderabad were Jaydev Unadkat who scored 92 fantasy points, T Natarajan with 162 match fantasy points, Travis Head with 130 and Nitish Kumar Reddy with 103 match fantasy points.
Pitch Report and Weather Conditions
The pitch at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, will allow for good stroke play and the batters will find it easy to bat on the surface. The surface will not allow a lot of assistance to the bowlers and wicket-taking is going to be difficult. The average first-innings score at this venue in the last 20 matches is 155 runs. The team batting first at this venue has won 40% of its matches, so the toss does not make much of a difference here. The team winning the toss may decide to bat or bowl depending on the ground conditions.
Pace or Spin?
The venue is suited for both pacers and spinners alike.
Weather Report
The temperature will hover around 30 degree C with 79% humidity. 7.27 m/s winds are expected.
Head-to-Head
In the 21 matches played between these two teams, SunRisers Hyderabad do not have a good record against Chennai Super Kings. Based on our analysis and trends, we predict that Chennai Super Kings will win this match. The all-rounders of both teams have earned the most fantasy points for their respective teams so far.
In their previous encounter in this tournament, Abhishek Sharma was the Man of the Match and Moeen Ali scored the highest fantasy points for Chennai Super Kings with 70 points while Aiden Markram topped the fantasy points leaderboard for SunRisers Hyderabad with 78 points.
Fantasy Top Captain and Vice-Captain Picks
Matheesha Pathirana
Matheesha Pathirana can be a good pick for your Dream11 Team. Pathirana has an average of 70 match fantasy points in the last 10 games and a fantasy rating of 8.7. He bowls right-arm fast and in the last 5 matches, this player has taken 11 wickets at an average of 13.8.
Travis Head
Travis Head is a good-to-have player for your Dream11 Fantasy Team. He has an average of 64 match fantasy points in the last 10 games and a fantasy rating of 8.4. He is a top-order batter who bats left-handed. In the last seven matches, Travis has scored 325 runs at an average of 46.4 per match.
Abhishek Sharma
Abhishek Sharma is a good-to-have player for your Dream11 Fantasy Team. Abhishek has an average of 60 match fantasy points in the last 10 games and a fantasy rating of 9.2. He is a top-order, left-handed batter. In the recently played eight matches, he has scored 288 runs averaging 36 per match.
Shivam Dube
Shivam Dube is a good-to-have player for your Dream11 Fantasy Team. He has an average of 60 match fantasy points in the last 10 games and a fantasy rating of 9.1. Dube is a top-order batter who bats left-handed. In the last eight matches, he has scored 311 runs at an average of 51.8 per match.
Ruturaj Gaikwad
Ruturaj Gaikwad is a very inconsistent player in terms of fantasy points and can be a high-risk, high-returns pick in your team. Gaikwad has an average of 57 match fantasy points in the last 10 games and a fantasy rating of 10. He is a top-order batter who bats right-handed. In the last eight matches, this player has scored 349 runs averaging 58.2 per match.
Heinrich Klaasen
Heinrich Klaasen is a good-to-have player for your Dream11 Fantasy Team. He has an average of 50 match fantasy points in the last 10 games and a fantasy rating of 7.9. Klaasen is a top-order, right-handed batter and also keeps wickets. In the recently played eight matches, he has scored 275 runs at an average of 45.8 per match.
Deepak Chahar
Deepak Chahar is a bowler with an average of 46 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 7.9 and is a very consistent player in terms of fantasy points. Deepak bowls right-arm medium and in the recently played six matches, he has taken five wickets at an average of 35.2.
Ravindra Jadeja
Ravindra Jadeja is a very consistent player in terms of fantasy points. He has an average of 48 match fantasy points in the last 10 games and a fantasy rating of 9.2. Jadeja is a top-order, left-handed batter. In the recently played eight matches, he has scored 157 runs at an average of 78.5 per match. Jadeja bowls left-arm orthodox spin and in recent matches, he has taken four wickets at an average of 53.
Bhuvneshwar Singh
Bhuvneshwar Kumar is a good-to-have player for your Dream11 Fantasy Team. Bhuvneshwar has an average of 32 match fantasy points in the last 10 games and a fantasy rating of 8. He is a right-arm medium bowler and in the last eight matches, he has taken four wickets at an average of 74.5.
Fantasy Team
Wicket-Keeper: Heinrich Klaasen
Batters: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma
All-Rounders: Ravindra Jadeja and Nitish Reddy
Bowlers: Mustafizur Rahman, Matheesha Pathirana, T Natarajan and Pat Cummins
Captain: Ravindra Jadeja
Vice-Captain: Abhishek Sharma