IPL 2024: SRH look for another clinical show at home against CSK
Both SRH and CSK are coming off losses in their respective previous outings, and as such both sides will look to get back to winning ways, and keep the momentum going.
Both SRH and CSK are coming off losses in their respective previous outings, and as such both sides will look to get back to winning ways, and keep the momentum going.
GT has so far 12 points from six wins and RR has 10 points from five wins.
Earlier this year, Jadeja, the franchise's first retention for INR 16 crores, was named CSK captain, with legendary wicketkeeper-batter MS Dhoni entrusting him with the leadership duties ahead of the tournament opener against Kolkata Knight Riders.
Pretorius, who will now be turning out in South Africa colours in the five-match T20I series against India beginning in New Delhi on June 9, said that he likes Dhoni's philosophy of, "anything is always possible".
Ruturaj Gaikwad top-scored for CSK with 53 runs while N Jagadeesan remained unbeaten on 39. Rashid Khan, Alzarri Joseph, and Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore bagged one wicket each while Mohammed Shami picked two for Gujarat Titans.
An excellent half-century from Devon Conway (87 off 49) powered Chennai Super Kings to 208-6 against Delhi Capitals in 20 overs, after being invited to bat first.
Conway smashed 87 runs off 49 balls, while Gaikwad scored 41 runs off 33 balls, and gave Chennai a strong hand in the first innings. Put to bat, Chennai had an amazing start to their innings as their opening batters Gaikwad and Conway smashed 57 runs in just 6 overs.
In a chase of 174, Chennai began well with 51/0 in power-play and Devon Conway getting 56. But the rest of the batters couldn't do much, falling to slower balls as Chennai were restricted to 160/8.
After Maheesh Theekshana and Moeen Ali took five wickets between themselves to keep Royal Challengers Bangalore to 173/8, Bangalore's bowling attack adopted the pace off approach successfully in restricting Chennai to 160/8 in their 20 overs.
On a pitch which had some assistance for spinners, Bangalore were off to a steady start as Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli hit eight boundaries between themselves to be at 51/0 in the first five overs.
