Game 39 brings us to the clash between the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG).
Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Head-to-Head Stats:
Total Matches: 4 LSG Wins: 2 CSK Wins: 1 No Result: 1
Noteworthy Stats:
- MS Dhoni achieves the milestone of 5000 runs as a wicket-keeper in the IPL.
- KL Rahul surpasses MS Dhoni in the number of fifties scored as a designated wicket-keeper:
- KL Rahul: 25 fifties
- MS Dhoni: 24 fifties
Pitch Analysis:
The pitch is anticipated to be sluggish, favoring spinners. The expected average score hovers around 158-160.
Historical Win Ratio (at this venue):
- Teams batting first have won 47% of matches.
- Teams batting second have won 32% of matches.
Probable Playing XI:
CSK:
- Ruturaj Gaikwad (c)
- Rachin Ravindra
- Ajinkya Rahane
- Daryl Mitchell
- Sameer Rizvi
- Ravindra Jadeja
- MS Dhoni (w)
- Shardul Thakur
- Mustafizur Rahman
- Tushar Deshpande
- Maheesh Theekshana
LSG:
- Quinton de Kock
- KL Rahul (w/c)
- Deepak Hooda
- Ayush Badoni
- Marcus Stoinis
- Nicholas Pooran
- Krunal Pandya
- Ravi Bishnoi
- Mohsin Khan
- Shamar Joseph
- Yash Thakur
Winning Prediction: CSK: 60% LSG: 40%
Fantasy XI:
Wicket-Keeper: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul (c), Nicholas Pooran Batsmen: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Rachin Ravindra (vc) All-rounders: Krunal Pandya, Marcus Stoinis, Ravindra Jadeja Bowlers: Mustafizur Rahman, Maheesh Theekshana
