Published: May 22, 2018, 06:10 PM (IST)
Edited: May 22, 2018, 10:51 PM (IST)
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings full updates: Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s coverage of VIVO IPL 2018 Playoffs. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) finished at No.1 and No.2 position in the points table to set up a Qualifier 1 date at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Stay tuned to this place for live scores, updates and best tweets from the cyberspace.
SRH may have finished at the top spot but CSK start favourites for the match. Two of SRH’s five defeats have come against CSK. Also, CSK have the winning momentum with 2 wins of their last 3 games. On the other hand, Hyderabad, who had won 9 of their first 11 matches, lost three consecutive matches last match. Head to head, Chennai lead 6-2. SRH’s bowling against Chennai’s batting will prove to be decisive.
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Key players (SRH): Kane Williamson, Shikhar Dhawan, Rashid Khan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Key players (CSK): Ambati Rayudu, Shane Watson, MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja
Likely XIs:
SRH: Shikhar Dhawan, Shreevats Goswami (wk), Kane Williamson (c), Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Shakib Al Hasan, Carlos Brathwaite/Alex Hales, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul
CSK: Ambati Rayudu, Shane Watson, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Faf du Plessis/Sam Billings, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Harbhajan Singh/Karn Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Lungi Ngidi
The winner of the match will advance to IPL 2018 final, to be played in Mumbai on Sunday. The losing team will head to Qualifier 2 and play against the winner of the Eliminator between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Friday.
