Key match-ups, analysis, form, team news, weather forecast, tickets, TV and streaming information, odds, predictions and more ahead of the latest encounter in the 2023 IPL
Chennai Super Kings take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2023 Indian Premier League.
The match is scheduled to start at 7.30pm local time (3pm BST) on Friday, April 21.
The match will be played at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Chennai Super Kings go into Friday's fixture off the back of an eight-run win against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Devon Conway produced a fantastic 83 runs off 45 balls while Shivam Dube also got in on the action (52 off 27) as RCB were set 227 to win. All six CSK bowlers picked up wickets as they held off RCB. Should they win this fixture, they'll move level on points with table-topping Rajasthan Royals.
Sunrisers Hyderabad are only two points behind CSK, winning two of their five matches, but are currently second bottom because of their poor net run rate (-0.798).They lost their most recent fixture, suffering a 14-run defeat against Mumbai Indians.
Riley Meredith, Jason Behrendorff and Piyush Chawla impressed with the ball but their side's batting wasn't up to standard. Mayank Agarwal top-scored with a pedestrian 48 (41) while Heinrich Klaasen blitzed 36 runs off 16 balls, but Harry Brook, Rahul Tripathi, and Abhishek Sharma all fell without making an impact.
Devon Conway shone for CSK against RCB [Manjunath Kiran/AFP via Getty Images]
Deepak Chahar is struggling with a niggle, which is a concern for CSK.
Sunrisers Hyderabad have fresh injury or availability concerns.
CSK were lucky to win their last game against RCB. Their fielders dropped four chances and their fast bowlers were wayward. Bowling is something of an achilles heel for CSK. For example, while Tushar Deshpande has picked up wickets, his economy rate is over 11.
Against Sunrisers, CSK's young pacers need to step up and try to outfox a strong batting lineup. The orange army boosts quality players in the form of Aiden Markram, Brook, Agarwal, and Tripathi. All four can take the game away from the opposition.
Matches played: 19
Chennai Super Kings wins: 14
Sunrisers Hyderabad wins: 5
Clear and sunny skies are expected in Chennai on Friday, with temperatures reaching 36 degrees Celsius.
Sunrisers will be hoping for another big performance from Harry Brook [Dibyangshu Sarkar/Getty Images]
Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni (c), Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Chowdhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Deepak Chahar, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Ajinkya Rahane, Ben Stokes, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sidhu, Kyle Jamieson (injured, replaced by Sisanda Magala), Ajay Mandal, Bhagath Verma
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kartik Tyagi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen, Adil Rashid, Mayank Markande, Vivrant Sharma, Samarth Vyas, Sanvir Singh, Upendra Yadav, Mayank Dagar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Anmolpreet Singh, Akeal Hosein
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ambati Rayudu, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni (c), Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (c), Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klaasen, Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik
The bookies have Chennai Super Kings as favourites to win the match with odds of 4/6. Sunrisers Hyderabad are available at 6/5.
In recent years, Chennai Super Kings have come out on top in this fixture. CSK to win.
In the UK, Sky Sports have exclusive rights to this year's tournament, with matches available on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket.
Fans in India can watch all the action on Star Sports.
Elsewhere in the world, viewers in Australia can watch the IPL on Fox Sports while in New Zealand, Sky Sport will provide coverage.
Willow TV and Flow Sports will broadcast the tournament in the United States and the Caribbean, respectively.
Fans in MENA can catch the action on beIN Sports while in South Africa, SuperSport have the rights.
If you are watching from the Middle East, you'll be able to view the game on Times Internet.
People from Bangladesh can watch the game on Gazi TV.
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