Sunrisers Hyderabad will take on Chennai Super Kings in their eighth match of IPL 2020 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai tonight.
Sunrisers Hyderabad with three wins from seven matches are sitting in fifth place and they're coming with a disappointing loss against Rajasthan Royals in the last match and will look to return to winning ways. As usual, the pair of David Warner and Jonny Bairstow will have to give a good start and the likes of Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Priyam Garg, and Vijay Shankar have to finish the innings on a good note.
In bowling, Sandeep Sharma has to step up and needs to take wickets up front. Khaleel Ahmad, T Natrajan, and Rashid Khan are bowling well and they have to continue their good job.
On the other hand, Chennai Super Kings with only two wins from seven matches is sitting at seventh place and it's a must-win game for them. Their bowlers have been doing well for the last two-three matches but it's the batting that has let them down.
Watson and du Plessis have to give a quick start and middle-order batsmen Rayudu, N Jagadeeshan, and MS Dhoni need to work on their strike rotation and if one of them goes for attack then they can score quick runs in middle overs, and in the end, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, and Dwayne Bravo can finish the innings well.
All the major stats and facts ahead of the 29th match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings in Dubai :
Head to Head in IPL -
Matches - 13
Sunrisers Hyderabad won - 4
Chennai Super Kings won - 9
7 - Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Chennai Super Kings by 7 runs at the same venue (Dubai) in the first meeting of this season.
30 - MS Dhoni needs 30 more runs to become the second batsman after Suresh Raina (4527) to score 4000 runs for Chennai Super Kings in IPL.
45.5 - Ambati Rayudu's batting average against Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL. He has scored 455 runs at this average in 14 innings with 1 hundred and 3 fifties.
100 - Sandeep Sharma needs 3 more wickets to achieve the milestone of 100 IPL wickets.
524 - Shane Watson has scored 524 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL - the most by any batsman.
2000 - Faf du Plessis needs 54 more runs to become the third batsman to score 2000 runs for Chennai Super Kings in IPL.
5000 - David Warner needs 19 more runs to become the fourth batsman to score 5000 runs in IPL.
