The diverted Chennai takes on Bangalore in the second double-header game on Saturday in the Indian T20 League 2020.
Match Timings: Oct 10, 7:30 PM
Team Preview
The 10-wickets victory over Punjab couldn’t give Chennai a winning momentum as yellow army chocked in Abu Dhabi to suffer yet another defeat against Kolkata. After a compelling bowling display in the second half of the Kolkata innings, Chennai was on a happy side and the duo Watson and Rayudu almost took Chennai towards the winning total but the middle-order trauma went on high as they collapsed when they required just 78 from 60 balls. Chennai cannot survive on their top-order. The middle-order should also make efforts to win matches for Dhoni. Jadhav might be dropped on Saturday but nobody can question their skipper who backed their team despite losing three back-to-back games. Will Tahir make a way or Ruturaj comes in for Jadhav? Chennai is yet to find their best possible XI.
Meanwhile, Bangalore has a different story as they produce an outstanding show one day or fell like a paper on another day. With three wins out of five, they can find themselves in the top four but they have to fix their issues which were exposed against Delhi. The death-overs issue is yet to be solved and if they get the success on it, they can easily save those pressure 20-30 runs in the end. Chris Morris might get the game after recovering from the injury and Moeen Ali will be dropped. Morris might solve the death-overs issue along with Udana. Despite the defeat in the previous game, they are a tough opponent to beat for Chennai.
Pitch Report
Dubai International Cricket Stadium is a pure balanced track for batting and bowling both. If provides plenty of help to spin and the pace can also draw attention with the new ball. The ongoing trend is assuring the captain to bat first and this would be an idea call on this surface.
Possible XI
Chennai
Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Kedar Jadhav/Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Sam Curran, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Karn Sharma/Piyush Chawla
Bangalore
Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers (wk), Moeen Ali/Chris Morris, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Isuru Udana, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal
Key Players
Chennai
Faf du Plessis
This season – M; 6, Runs: 299, Avg: 74.75
Shane Watson
Previous outings –83 (53), 50 (40)
Bangalore
Devdutt Padikkal
This season – M:5, Runs: 178, Avg: 35.60
Yuzvendra Chahal
This season – M:5, Wickets: 8, Avg: 18
