The Indian Premier League (IPL 2023) started on a high end. As teams are performing with good efforts to make their side win. The fourth Indian Premier League 2023 will occur on Sunday, April 3 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, pitting Chennai Super Kings against Lucknow Super Giants.
To win the trophy this time, CSK will be led by legendary former Indian captain MS Dhoni, while KL Rahul will take the helm for LSG.
LSG defeated CSK by 6 wickets in their lone meeting between the two teams. Kyle Jamieson and Mukesh Choudary. The two prominent players for CSK, are out for the duration of the competition. Matheesha Pathirana and Mahesh Theekshana will join the team after April 8 due to national obligations.
Quinton de Kock, who will join LSG following the SA vs. NED ODI series, is absent from the team as their keeper and opener. Additionally, young left-armer Mohsin Khan will not be available for the entire IPL 2023 season.
The Star Sports Network in India will carry live coverage of the match between the Chennai Super Kings and the Lucknow Super Giants. The Jio Cinema app offers free live streaming of the game as well.
Let’s have a look at the key players’ battle
1 Quinton de Kock vs. Moeen Ali.
For good reason, Moeen Ali’s inclusion in the starting XI will be a major boost for CSK. In T20s, the English tweaker has eliminated Quinton de Kock four times, and in response. The southpaw has occasionally outperformed him.
In LSG’s opening game against Gujarat Titans, De Kock was cheaply ejected and he’ll try to atone for it. Expect some brutal guile to be on display if the two faces off.
2. Ravi Bishnoi vs. MS Dhoni.
And just as everyone began to write off MS Dhoni. He turned back the clock with a fifty in CSK’s season-opening match against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). To give Chennai a late-innings push, his 38-ball 50 was essential.
He will be confident in his chances against Ravi Bishnoi, a leg-spinner who struggled to get any wickets against the Titans in his IPL 2022 debut. As the game goes on, Dhoni will try to apply pressure by using those twos against Bishnoi and launching him into the stands. Only time will tell if the spinner can put MSD on the back foot.
3. Krunal Pandya versus Ambati Rayudu.
It will be interesting to watch this mid-overs match after Krunal Pandya twice managed to catch Ambati Rayudu in the IPL. In the first game. Rayudu got off to a good start but was eventually knocked out. While the older Pandya was frugal against Gujarat, giving up just 17 runs and taking a wicket.
Ravindra Jadeja has a worse record against Pandya; in the IPL, he was struck out twice. The tweaker will be eager to quickly send CSK’s top order back to the hut because he has a pitch that nips inside and keeps low and fools even the best batters.
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