Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings, Match 46, IPL 2022: Fantasy Preview

Sunrisers Hyderabad will take on Chennai Super Kings in Match 46 of the Indian Premier League 2022 at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on Sunday (May 1). The Men in Yellow have struggled to get going in the Indian Premier League 2022 and Ravindra Jadeja has now handed over the captaincy to MS Dhoni. Chennai are now at a stage where they will have to win all their remaining six encounters to even stand a chance to qualify for the playoffs. Meanwhile, Hyderabad lost their first two games of the season but then went on a five-match winning streak before losing to Gujarat Titans in their last game.  

Ground details and team combination

The Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium has hosted eight games so far and the batters here have scored runs at an average of 24.4, which is the lowest amongst all four venues. Meanwhile, a wicket has fallen every 17.8 deliveries. The fast bowlers have way better numbers than spinners at this venue. They have picked up a wicket every 17.8 deliveries, while spinners here have a strike rate of 24.1. There’s not a single attacking spinner in both teams but it would be ideal to have someone like Maheesh Theekshana in your team.

Team suggestion

The team we've picked has a good mix of world-class batters and bowlers. But remember, while you could go for the above team, you also have the option of choosing your team from Cricket.com’s Fantasy Research Centre. You can use this tool to build your team with the help of algorithms. 

Captain

You talk about Sunrisers Hyderabad, you have to talk about Umran Malik. It’s almost impossible to take your eyes off the screen once Malik comes into the attack. The 22-year-old has been on fire in the ongoing tournament, having picked up 15 wickets in eight innings at a strike rate of 12 and an ever-improving economy of 7.96. He had an economy of 10.4 in the first four games but has operated at 5.8 in the last four encounters and has picked up 12 wickets.

Our Criclytics Player Projection predicts Malik to pick up 2-3 wickets in this match.

X-factors

Ambati Rayudu looked rusty in the first four matches of the season as his strike rate was just 97, which was sub-par to the standards he set in IPL 2021. However, in the last three innings, Rayudu has not only scored 30+ in all those matches, but also scored at a healthy strike rate of 156. On top of that, the right-hander has a stunning record against SRH - 540 runs in 17 innings at an average of 45 and a strike rate of 130.

Our Criclytics Player Projection predicts Rayudu to score 42-64 runs in this match.

Aiden Markram is having a great time in this year’s IPL as his consistency has been amazing. He has been dismissed under 40 just once in six innings and has been unbeaten on four of his six innings (three of them are 40+ scores). Apart from his game against LSG, he has been phenomenal at both scoring runs and also at a healthy SR. He is coming into this game against CSK after having scores of 68*, 41* and 56 in his recent three outings. Overall, the South African has slammed 246 runs in six innings at an average of 123 and a strike rate of 148.2.

Our Criclytics Player Projection predicts Markram to score 30-44 runs in this match.

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Probable XIs 

Sunrisers Hyderabad - Abhishek Sharma, Kane Williamson (c), Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Shashank Singh, Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik, T Natarajan.

Chennai Super Kings - Ruturaj Gaikwad, Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Mitchell Santner, Dwayne Bravo, Dwaine Pretorius, Mukesh Choudhary, Maheesh Theekshana.