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CSK vs DC Match Prediction: Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals, 55th Match of IPL 2023
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CSK vs DC Match Prediction: Chennai Super Kings will host Delhi Capitals at MA. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, on May 10th, 2023.
Chennai Super Kings will play against the Delhi Capitals for the first time in the IPL 2023, and both teams will be coming with confidence because both of them won their last match against their opponent.
Chennai Super Kings, after 12 years, won the match against the Mumbai Indians at MA. Chidambaram Stadium on May 6th, 2023, by 6 wickets. MS Dhoni scored the winning run against the Mumbai side to give his fans more to cheer.
It was a comfortable win from the Chennai side against the Mumbai Indians in which Matheesha Pathirana became the Player of the Match after giving an amazing performance. He took three wickets in four overs and gave away only 15 runs. Dhoni praised him for his performance and also said that he would not like to play him in red-ball cricket or ICC Tournament.
People who don’t have a very clean action batters find it difficult to pick them. It is not the pace or variations, but the consistency. I would prefer him not to play red-ball cricket and play all the ICC tournaments, he would be a great asset for Sri Lanka. He was slightly lean last season and has added muscle this season.
MS Dhoni said in the Post Match presentation.
Chennai Super Kings will look to grab another 2 points against the Delhi Capitals side when they welcome them in their home ground.
Delhi Capitals will be high on confidence because, for the first time of the season, the batting unit of the Delhi team dominated in a match as they won the match by 7 wickets and chased down the 182 runs target in just 16.4 overs against the Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Delhi Capitals still are in the race to qualify for the playoff after defeating Royal Challengers Bangalore. It was an emotional moment for Virat Kohli because he belongs to Delhi and started the journey of cricket from Delhi.
Delhi Fan welcomed Virat Kohli with open hearts, and in the stadium, there were many Royal Challengers Bangalore supporters or, you could say, Virat Kohli supporters. Philip Salt spread his saltness on Royal Challengers Bangalore’s wounds, especially on Mohammed Siraj, who was smashed down for 3 big hits in the same over in which he had a verbal argument with Salt.
Philip Salt was chosen as player of the match for his smashing inning of 87 runs in just 45 balls in which he hit 6 sixes and 8 fours. For the first time, all the top-order batsmen of Delhi scored some runs to give their team a comfortable win.
CSK vs DC: Head-to-Head Record
Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals played 27 matches against each other, in which Chennai Super Kings won 17 of them, and Delhi won 10 till now. Chennai won their last match against the Delhi Capitals by 91 runs.
Devon Conway was the man of the match after scoring 87 runs in just 49 balls, and MS Dhoni also played an explosive innings of 21 runs in just 8 balls with a strike rate of 262.5.
CSK VS DC: Pitch Report of MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepuak Stadium)
Table of IPL 2021 and 2023 Stats at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepuak Stadium):
| Matches Played | 9 |
| Batting first won | 2 |
| Batting Second won | 6 |
| Super Over Match | 1 |
| Average first innings score | 152 runs |
| Pace bowlers took | 47 wickets |
| Spin bowlers Took | 39 Wickets |
The pitch of MA Chidambaram Stadium ( Chepauk Stadium) is suitable for spin bowlers and has always helped spinners in the past, but recently, the pitch has shown a neutral nature for bowlers and batsmen. This year it is amazing to see how Cheapuk Ground gave more runs compared to last season.
In the last match, the pitch selected for the match between Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians was a high-scoring pitch, but Mumbai Indians failed to post a decent total which made them lose the match. There was a bit of swing at the start of the innings that helped Deepak Chahar to take two wickets in his first two overs.
The pitch later in the evening got better for the batsman because the ball started to come on the bat quite better, and there was no swing, but there was some turn which was seen when Piyush Chawla was bowling.
The pitch is hard as a rock, the cracks are less this time around, it’s a high-scoring ground this year with a lot of 200+ scores. It’s a good batting pitch, but it’ll be a touch slow and a touch low, especially against the brand new ball. It’s sweaty and overcast, so the captain winning the toss would want to bat second,’
Said by Pommie Mbangwa and Aaron Finch, in their pitch report
Team Preview of Chennai Super Kings
Chennai Super Kings are right now in the 2nd of the table with 13 points and are already in a good spot to qualify for the playoffs.
MS Dhoni is happy with the way the players of Chennai Super Kings are performing and getting better match by match. He was happy to score the winning run for the fans who followed him everywhere in IPL season 2023 because it is his last IPL, and after that, he is going to retire from cricket fully.
Devon Conway and Ruturaj Gaikwad are one of the best opening pairs in the Indian Premier League season 2023. They had eight 50+ partnerships in 11 matches this season of IPL, and right now, they both are in the race for the orange cap. Devon Conway scored 458 runs with an average of 57.25, and Ruturaj Gaikwad scored 384 runs with an average of 42.67 in 11 matches.
Ruturaj Gaikwad, in the last match interview, told the secret of the amazing opening partnership with Conway.
Spending a lot of time with him (Conway) off the field as well. We’re going along well. Would like to continue the same. We try to continue the positive intent in the powerplay because the wicket was on the slower side. Good start from the bowling unit as well. Wicket wasn’t slow in the first half.
Ruturaj Gaikwad said in the post match presentation.
Ajinkya Rahane’s inclusion in the team gave solid strength to the middle order, which was a bit of an issue Chennai had in some of the opening games, but how he performed for the team is just amazing.
MS Dhoni had a few concerns about the team bowling unit, which were not solved after Tushar Deshpande and Matheesha Pathirana started to show their bowling skills, which made the bowling unit so strong that in the last match; they restricted the Mumbai Indians to just 139 runs on the surface which were more of the batting-friendly surface.
Matheesha Pathirana is a huge fan of Cristiano Ronaldo, and whenever he takes the wickets, he celebrates like a calm Cristiano Ronaldo, which he even said in his post-match presentation when he received the Player of the Match Award.
Shivam Dube recently showed a huge stride in his performance in the last two seasons after being brought by the Chennai Super Kings. In IPL season 2023 till now, he scored 290 runs with a strike rate of 156.76. He had hitted 24 sixes in just 10 matches while playing at the 5th down for the team is just an amazing hitting ability that Shivam Dube is showing.
Chennai Super Kings will be looking to get 2 important points when they go up against the Delhi side, which has a good bowling lineup, but still, Chennai will be the favorite to win the match.
Team Preview of Delhi Capitals
Delhi Capitals is still at the bottom of the table after winning their last match against the Royal Challengers Bangalore. They have 8 points in hand after playing the 10 matches of IPL season 2023.
In the last match, for the first time, Delhi Capitals teams looked in good spirits, and that was what they lacked the most because, in most games, they used to give up very easily and did not show any fighting intent in the match.
Philip Salt was the hero of the match against the Royal Challengers Bangalore. He scored 87 runs in just 45 balls while opening up the wounds of Royal Challengers Bangalore bowlers and then putting salt in their wounds in the form of sixes hit by him in the match.
The big positive of the match was Rilee Rossouw’s batting, as he scored 35 runs in just 22 balls, finishing the match with a huge six on Glenn Maxwell’s ball. He was happy with the performance team given, which he said in the post-match presentation.
Delhi will now face a real test at the MA. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, when they go up against the mighty Chennai Super Kings, who are in the full flow. It is going to be a turning track for sure, and the spinners of Delhi Capitals need to capitalize on the situation better than they are doing right now because, in the last match, their bowling was not on the mark.
Mitchell Marsh’s performance has been a great asset to the team, and now he is scoring regularly, but in the last match, he got out on a slow full toss who could be hit anywhere he wanted but ended up giving in the hand of Lomror.
Philip Salt needs to hold himself back a bit against the Chennai side because the pitch will be slower than Delhi ones, but he is a good player of spin and can play a great inning once again against the MS Dhoni side.
Lalit Yadav might come into the playing xi because there are around 5 left-hander Chennai players in the playing XI who might be going to struggle against the right-arm off-spinner because it is a classic strategy in cricket to give the ball to an offspinner when there is a left-hander batsman.
CSK vs DC Probable Playing XIs:
Probable Lineup of Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w/c), Deepak Chahar, Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana
Probable Lineup of Delhi Capitals (DC)
David Warner(c), Philip Salt(w), Mitchell Marsh, Rilee Rossouw, Manish Pandey, Aman Hakim Khan, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed
Impact Players in the match of CSK vs DC
From Chennai Super Kings, Maheesh Theekshana can replace Ambati Rayudu, and for Delhi Capitals, Chetan Sakariya can come in place of Manish Pandey.
