Chennai Super Kings (CSK) take on Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on Friday in an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 clash.
MS Dhoni's CSK are on the back of a win over southern rivals RCB and re bubbling with confidence ahead of Friday's clash.
SRH, on the other hand, suffered a defeat against MI in their last match and will be aiming to get back to winning ways.
Here is a comprehensive guide on the pitch report, live toss, predicted lineups, team news, impact substitute and other details ahead of the CSK and SRH clash.
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CSK vs SRH pitch report
CSK will host SRH at the MA Chidambaram Stadium (also known as the Chepauk) in Chennai.
It is the third oldest stadium in India after the Eden Gardens in Kolkata and the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi and has a capacity of 50,000.
The Chepauk surface traditionally favours the spinners, though in T20 cricket the batters get the advantage as well. The average first-innings score at the venue in 2023 is 196.
CSK have played twice at this venue this season against LSG and RR. While they beat LSG, they went down against RR.
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CSK vs SRH live toss
CSK skipper MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to bowl first.
Keeping in mind the dew factor the former Indian captain decided to field.
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CSK vs SRH team news
Dhoni confirmed that CSK have kept an unchanged lineup against SRK
Umran Malik has replaced T. Natarajan in the SRH lineup.
CSK vs SRH: Confirmed Lineups
CSK: Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajunkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c), Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana, Akash Singh.
Impact players: Ambati Rayudu, Dwaine Pretorius, Subhranshu Senapati, Sheikh Rashid and Rajvardhan Hangargekar
SRH: Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (c), Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klassen, Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik.
Impact players: Abdul Samad, Sanvir Singh, Glenn Phillips, Mayank Dagar and T Natarajan
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CSK vs SRH: Impact Player today?
CSK brought in Ambati Rayudu as an impact substitute replacing Akash Singh.
SRH replaced Rahult Tripathi with Mayank Dagar while fielding.
