When faced with Sunrisers ' heavy hitters, Bruised CSK look to recover.

Chennai Super Kings ( Fifth- P8, W4, L4 ) vs Sunrisers Hyderabad ( Third- P8, W5, L3 ) Chennai, 7.30pm ( 2pm GMT )

The Chennai Super Kings lost their third consecutive home game to the Lucknow Super Giants, and since then, they are immediately concerned about falling further down the table. Next up for them are Sunrisers Bangalore, who were flying great all the way up until they lost their previous encounter with Royal Challengers Bengaluru in a 207-run fight.

There has never been a better team for CSK than SRH to face if they want to reclaim their kind at home. They have beaten SRH 14 days in 20 fights, and had a 100 % win record against them at Chepauk.

However, story books have been thrown in the trash this year, particularly in terms of SRH. This year, betting documents have broken, and SRH has been at the vanguard of it. But facing them after seeing their full of 210 being chased down in the last match could be a tough proposition for CSK.

Bcci showed one way to counter SRH's dangerous starting duo. They both lost in the powerplay when they bowled second off, but they were able to suppress Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma. Does CSK consider introducing Moeen Ali to the assault at this point? Or did they expect that Deepak Chahar may dismiss Abhishek for the second time in as many wickets?

CSK may be aware of how they should play the ball well regardless of how they go about it.

Chennai Super Kings LLWWL ( last five matches, most recent first )
Sunrisers Hyderabad LWWWW

The two teams met in Hyderabad on April 5, when it also was n't evident that this Cricket would be a six- hitting fury. Dube hit 45 off 24, but SRH restricted CSK to 165 for 5. Aiden Markram anchored SRH to success with a 36-ball 50 before Abhishek opened the door with a 12-ball 37.

CSK are improbable to walk away from the team that lined up in their last suit, with Shardul Thakur and Ajinkya Rahane as the individual Impact People depending on whether they are batting or bowling first.

Probable XII: 1 Ruturaj Gaikwad ( capt ), 2 Ajinkya Rahane, 3 Daryl Mitchell, 4 Ravindra Jadeja, 5 Shivam Dube, 6 Moeen Ali, 7 MS Dhoni (wk ), 8 Deepak Chahar, 9 Tushar Deshpande, 10 Mustafizur Rahman, 11 Matheesha Pathirana, 12 Shardul Thakur

Despite a hiccup, SRH do n't have a reason to tinker with their team. Jaydev Unadkat came into the area in the last match and after finishing with a three- for, will probably keep his position.

1 Travis Head, 2 Abhishek Sharma, 3 Aiden Markram, 4 Heinrich Klaasen (wk ), 5 Abdul Samad, 6 Nitish Kumar Reddy, 7 Shahbaz Ahmed, 8 Pat Cummins ( capt ), 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Jaydev Unadkat, 11 Mayank Markande, 11 T Natarajan

Ajinkya Rahane has n't really found the same pattern in IPL 2024, despite debuting with a new, sixy image last year. His attack price is 127.78, and he averages 23. For mention, he struck at 172.49 last year. The next day these two clubs met, he made a 30-ball 35, and CSK hopes he may do better on Sunday. Despite decent profits, CSK have persisted with him, yet pushing him up to open in the last three games, but it's still failed to uncover his best.

Aiden Markram has been a fairly quiet SRH player this year with Head, Abhishek, and Heinrich Klaasen dominating the spotlight. When these two teams last met, he showed his fair, scoring an essential fifty in a low-scoring chase, which could well be his main contribution. The others have been given the burden of doing the heavy hitting; he just needs to make sure they do n't slide when they lose early wickets or on difficult tracks. However, SRH might need Markram to start producing much numbers as Glenn Phillips warms up the bench.

Chepauk has seen 200 crossed three days in four matches this time- two of those situations in the previous game it. Other than that, it's not been the most complimentary- flowing board and could be a problem for SRH's method. However, if the ball is anything like the last match, the pitchers may be licking their teeth.

Statistics that issue

Ajinkya Rahane has been dismissed six times in all 17 T20 wickets by Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Rahane cuts at 88.88 against him.

Jaydev Unadkat is two attacks away from becoming the 25th bowling to find 100 IPL innings.

MS Dhoni is only three matches apart from capturing the IPL's 150th strikes.