Fantasy

Venue :  MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Average first innings score in last three years:160

54% of the games have been won by team batting first

Pacers have picked 53.55% of the wickets to fall here. Spinners have picked 46.45% of the wickets.

*all data since 2020 unless mentioned otherwise

Suggested teams

While you could go for the above team, you can also choose your team from Cricket.com’s Fantasy Research Centre. You can use this tool to build your team with the help of algorithms. Then, based on your preferences, the platform will guide you through creating the ideal fantasy XI.

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Horses for courses

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

> Devon Conway averages 87 this IPL season in three home games as compared to 29.6 in five away games. Given this game is in Chepauk, the home venue of Chennai, he is a good captaincy candidate for this game. 

> Chepauk will help spinners. Sikandar Raza is one of the few all-rounders in the Punjab squad who can do both - bowl handy off-spin and tackle the opposition spinners with the bat in hand. Therefore, he is a good candidate to make it to you XI if you are aiming at big bucks. 

> Rahul Chahar as only two wickets in eight matches. However, he has mostly bowled on flatter tracks which have seen big scores. Chepauk will offer different conditions to the leg-spinners, and thus offer Chahar with a chance at redemption and improve your fantasy fortunes. 

> On a similar note, the likes of Maheesh Theekshana and Matheesha Pathirana could also be handy picks. Both have bowled decently without much success. 

Probable XIs

Chennai Super Kings: Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c/wk), Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Akash Singh, Tushar Deshpande

Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan ( c ), Atharva Taide, Sikandar Raza, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sam Curran, Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Mohit Rathee