Virtually assured a spot in the playoffs, Chennai Super Kings would aim to strengthen its control over the number one position in the points table when they take on the Delhi Daredevils out of contention in IPL cricket match here Tuesday.Raipur: virtually assured a spot in the playoffs, Chennai Super Kings would aim to strengthen its control over the number one position in the points table when they take on the Delhi Daredevils out of contention in IPL cricket match here on Tuesday.
With eight wins and four defeats in 12 games, twice former champion CSK they are at the top of the table of preliminary positions
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Rash, however, are penultimate after losing eight of 12 games.
In fact, the party has succumbed to four consecutive defeats with his last win coming way back on May 1 - that too against the bottom team Kings XI Punjab.
DD campaign has been a nightmare so far, but one factor that could help them the next morning is not got nothing to lose after being eliminated from playoff contention.
But, except for occasional minor slip, CSK have been clinically so far and it would be a huge task for men of Jean-Paul Duminy overshadow the favorites for the title.
Nothing seems to have worked for DD this season with several million rupees buy Yuvraj Singh being his greatest failure batting.
Mediocre show in the middle order has seriously harmed although Duminy and DD opener Quinton de Kock have also been disappointing.
On the bowling front, although pace spear tip veteran Zaheer Khan has achieved decent figures since returning from injury, the attack has lacked the necessary bite.
CSK, by contrast, is a team on a roll, but not without its own set of concerns to ponder. Some of the weaknesses exposed stood last night against Rajasthan Royals despite the team managed to be on the winning side.
One of their concerns, as admitted coach Stephen Fleming, is dependence on Brendon McCullum New Zealand swordsman get good starts.
The shape of the first game was very important in the games so far and for most was also delivered, but Dwayne Smith's bat has fallen silent after easier initial gold brooch and would not find an opportunity to find the way again tomorrow.
Ashish Nehra led the bowling attack CSK with remarkable consistency and has found good support spin duo of Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin, who shot in the game last night.
Such was the contrast in the way that CSK would be absolute favorites even though the position of DD-nothing-to lose it just might help trigger and create an upset.
Teams (from)
Delhi Daredevils: Jean-Paul Duminy (captain), Mayank Agarwal, Shreyas Iyer, Cedar Jadhav (wk), Yuvraj Singh, Angelo Mathews, Saurabh Tiwary, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Amit Mishra, Imran Tahir, Zaheer Khan, Quinton de Kock, Manoj Tiwary, Shahbaz Nadeem, Jayant Yadav, Jaidev Unadkat, Gurinder Sandhu, CM Gautam, Travis Head, Srikar Bharat, Albie Morkel, Markus Stoinis, Zaheer Khan, KK Jiyas and Domnic Joseph.
Chennai Super Kings: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt and week), Ravichandran Ashwin, Samuel Badree, Ankush Bains, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Matt Henry, Michael Hussey, Ravindra Jadeja, Brendon McCullum, Mithun Manhas, Ronit More, Pawan Negi, Ashish Nehra, Ishwar Pandey, Irfan Pathan, Pratyush Singh, Suresh Raina, Mohit Sharma, Rahul Sharma, Dwayne Smith, Andrew Tye, Eklavya Dwivedi, Kyle Abbott, Baba Aparajith.
With eight wins and four defeats in 12 games, twice former champion CSK they are at the top of the table of preliminary positions
Rash, however, are penultimate after losing eight of 12 games.
In fact, the party has succumbed to four consecutive defeats with his last win coming way back on May 1 - that too against the bottom team Kings XI Punjab.
DD campaign has been a nightmare so far, but one factor that could help them the next morning is not got nothing to lose after being eliminated from playoff contention.
But, except for occasional minor slip, CSK have been clinically so far and it would be a huge task for men of Jean-Paul Duminy overshadow the favorites for the title.
Nothing seems to have worked for DD this season with several million rupees buy Yuvraj Singh being his greatest failure batting.
Mediocre show in the middle order has seriously harmed although Duminy and DD opener Quinton de Kock have also been disappointing.
On the bowling front, although pace spear tip veteran Zaheer Khan has achieved decent figures since returning from injury, the attack has lacked the necessary bite.
CSK, by contrast, is a team on a roll, but not without its own set of concerns to ponder. Some of the weaknesses exposed stood last night against Rajasthan Royals despite the team managed to be on the winning side.
One of their concerns, as admitted coach Stephen Fleming, is dependence on Brendon McCullum New Zealand swordsman get good starts.
The shape of the first game was very important in the games so far and for most was also delivered, but Dwayne Smith's bat has fallen silent after easier initial gold brooch and would not find an opportunity to find the way again tomorrow.
Ashish Nehra led the bowling attack CSK with remarkable consistency and has found good support spin duo of Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin, who shot in the game last night.
Such was the contrast in the way that CSK would be absolute favorites even though the position of DD-nothing-to lose it just might help trigger and create an upset.
Teams (from)
Delhi Daredevils: Jean-Paul Duminy (captain), Mayank Agarwal, Shreyas Iyer, Cedar Jadhav (wk), Yuvraj Singh, Angelo Mathews, Saurabh Tiwary, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Amit Mishra, Imran Tahir, Zaheer Khan, Quinton de Kock, Manoj Tiwary, Shahbaz Nadeem, Jayant Yadav, Jaidev Unadkat, Gurinder Sandhu, CM Gautam, Travis Head, Srikar Bharat, Albie Morkel, Markus Stoinis, Zaheer Khan, KK Jiyas and Domnic Joseph.
Chennai Super Kings: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt and week), Ravichandran Ashwin, Samuel Badree, Ankush Bains, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Matt Henry, Michael Hussey, Ravindra Jadeja, Brendon McCullum, Mithun Manhas, Ronit More, Pawan Negi, Ashish Nehra, Ishwar Pandey, Irfan Pathan, Pratyush Singh, Suresh Raina, Mohit Sharma, Rahul Sharma, Dwayne Smith, Andrew Tye, Eklavya Dwivedi, Kyle Abbott, Baba Aparajith.
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