High-spirited Chennai Super Kings under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni will aim for the top spot in the point table when they will face Delhi Daredevils on Friday at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in Delhi.

Chennai, which is at the second spot as of now, have already qualified for the play-offs. So, in the upcoming match, the Dhoni-led side may brush up some areas of concern ahead of the play-offs stage begins.

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The batting department seems sorted out as the opening combination of Ambati Rayudu and Shane Watson has played sensibly. The lower-order, which included West Indian Dwayne Bravo, Dhoni and Suresh Raina, has also contributed handsomely.

The pace attack will once again rely on Lungi Ngidi, David Willey and Shardul Thakur.

Delhi, on the other hand, will once again hope to entertain the fans with fireworks from Rishabh Pant, skipper Shreyas Iyer, Prithvi Shaw and Jason Roy.

With nothing to lose, Delhi is expected to test their bench. In such a scenario, the likes of Manjot Kalra, Gurkeerat Mann Singh, Sayan Ghosh may get a look-in.

Delhi’s bowling on a flat Kotla wicket was massacred by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the previous match and they will be hoping for a better effort from the likes of Trent Boult and Co.

Ahead of the clash, here is everything you need to know:

Date: Friday, 18 May 2018.

Venue: Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in Delhi.

Telecast: Star Network.

Time: 8 pm IST.

Live streaming: Hotstar.

Teams:

Delhi Daredevils (From): Prithvi Shaw, Jason Roy, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Harshal Patel, Amit Mishra, Sandeep Lamichhane, Junior Dala, Trent Boult, Glenn Maxwell, Colin Munro, Gautam Gambhir, Mohammed Shami, Rahul Tewatia, Avesh Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Liam Plunkett, Daniel Christian, Jayant Yadav, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Manjot Kalra, Naman Ojha, Sayan Ghosh

Chennai Super Kings (From): Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Sam Billings, MS Dhoni(w/c), Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, David Willey, Harbhajan Singh, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Faf du Plessis, KM Asif, Kanishk Seth, Lungi Ngidi, Dhruv Shorey, Murali Vijay, Kshitiz Sharma, Monu Kumar, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Imran Tahir, Karn Sharma, N Jagadeesan

-With IANS inputs.