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Venue : MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Average first innings score in last three years : 160
47% of the games have been won by team batting first
Pacers have picked 55.5% of the wickets to fall here. Spinners have picked 44.5% of the wickets.
*all data from last 3 years
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Top Run scorers at this venue
The above graphic tells you the top batters at the venue in the past three years. Click here to check the full list categorized on different parameters - runs, strike-rate, batting average etc.
Top wicket takers at this venue
The above graphic tells you the top bowlers at the venue in the past three years. Click here to check the full list categorized on different parameters - wickets taken, bowling average, bowling economy etc.
Grand League Punts
Even though Shubman Gill is the man in form, with back-to-back centuries in the IPL - against Hyderabad and Bangalore - beware of his record against the four-time champions, Chennai Super Kings. Against Chennai, Gill has an average of 25.9, across 11 innings in the IPL. Not just that, at the venue (Chepauk), the right-hander has scored 78 runs at an average of 19.5, which shows that he might be quite a risky pick even though he is in form at the moment
While all eyes are certainly on Devon Conway, who yet again showed his class against Delhi Capitals, there should be a focus on Ruturaj Gaikwad too. Why? In the two playoffs game that the right-hander has played, he has scored at an average of 51. Not just that, his three innings against Gujarat Titans have been 92, 53 and 73, showing how he loves the Titans, with the second-most runs against the franchise. Against no other franchise does he have a better average than Gujarat (72.7), showing how vital he will be for Chennai
Probable XIs
Chennai Super Kings XII: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Shivam Dube (IP), Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (c and wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana (IP)
Gujarat Titans XII: Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Vijay Shankar (IP), Hardik Pandya, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Dasun Shanaka, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Mohit Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Yash Dayal (IP)
