April 9: Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, 17th Match, DY Patil Stadium
Safe XI: Nicholas Pooran, Robin Uthappa (capt), Kane Williamson, Rahul Tripathi, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwaine Pretorius (vice-captain), Dwayne Bravo, T Natarajan, Chris Jordan, Moeen Ali
Captain: Robin Uthappa
The stylish Chennai Super Kings opener started the tournament with an impressive 27-ball 50 against Lucknow Super Giants. Since the start of 2021, Uthappa has been back at his vintage best, scoring 433 runs in 14 outings at a strike rate of 142.90.
Vice-captain: Dwaine Pretorius
The South African medium-pacer has been the star bowler for Super Kings in the last couple of games. Although he has pace limitations, he has been bowling well to the plan and has picked up a couple of wickets in each of his two outings so far. Since 2021, he has picked up 13 wickets in 16 outings at a decent economy rate of 8.81 in the death overs in T20s.
Hot Picks
Kane Williamson: The Sunrisers captain, who is yet to fire this season, has been a consistent scorer against Super Kings. In his ten outings against them, he has scored 338 runs at an average of 42.25 and a strike rate of 142.61
Moeen Ali: For Super Kings in India, the England allrounder has performed consistently well with the bat recording scores of 25 or more in six of the eight outings so far, which makes him a very safe player for WonderWins fantasy game. He has also picked up five wickets at an economy rate of 6.85 in these conditions.
Differential Picks
Chris Jordan: The England fast bowler has started his life for Super Kings on a brilliant note, picking up 2 for 23 against Punjab Kings. He is one of the top five wicket-takers in death overs in T20s since 2020, picking up a staggering 47 wickets in 79 innings.
T Natarajan: The left-arm seamer from Tamil Nadu has been a revelation in T20s in recent years. Since Decemeber 2020, he has not gone wicketless in a T20 game, picking up 19 wickets in 13 outings at an average of 23.36.
High Risk XI: Nicholas Pooran, Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu, Rahul Tripathi, Shivam Dube (capt), Dwaine Pretorius, Moeen Ali, Washington Sundar, Dwayne Bravo, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan (vice-capt)