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Double header (2 matches a day) will be played today in the 18th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The first match of the day will face Chennai Super Kings (CSK) with Delhi Capitals (DC). The match will be played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai from 3:30 pm. MS Dhoni can captain today, CSK’s Rituraj is Gaikwad Inzard.

This season, Delhi Capitals have played two matches so far and they have won. Chennai Super Kings have played three matches so far, out of which they won only one and had to face defeat in two matches.

At the same time, in the second match of the day, Punjab Kings will face Rajasthan Royals.

Preview of first match …

Match details, 17th match CSK vs DC date: 5 April Stadium: MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepock), Chennai Time: Toss- 3:00 PM, Match Start- 3:30 pm

Chennai ahead against Delhi Chennai’s pan is heavy in the head to head. So far 30 matches have been played between Chennai and Delhi in IPL, out of which CSK has won 19 matches, while Delhi has won on 11 occasions. In IPL 2024, a match was played between Delhi and Chennai, where DC won by 20 runs. Batting first in that match, Delhi scored 191 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Chennai’s team was able to score only 171 runs.

Gaekwad CSK’s top scorer CSK captain Rituraj is the top scorer of the Gaikwad team. He has scored a total of 116 runs in 3 matches. At the same time, in his last match played against Rajasthan Royals, he scored a half -century innings of 63 runs in 44 balls. It included 7 fours and 1 six. After him, Rachin Ravindra has scored a total of 106 runs in 3 matches for the team. He scored an unbeaten half -century in 45 balls against Mumbai Indians in the first match of the tournament.

At the same time, bowler Noor Ahmed is the highest wicket -taking player for the team. He has taken 9 wickets in 3 matches. He took 4 wickets for 18 runs against MI. After him, Khalil Ahmed has also taken 6 wickets in 3 matches. He took 3 wickets for 29 runs against Mumbai.

DC bowler Mitchell Starc form The team of Delhi Capitals has been invincible this season so far. The team has won both their initial matches. At the same time, Delhi bowler Mitchell Starc is the highest wicket -taking bowler for the team. He took 8 wickets in 2 matches. He took 5 wickets in his last match in 3.4 overs. After him, Kuldeep Yadav has taken 5 wickets in 2 matches.

On the other hand, the batsmen have scored the highest 79 runs for Faf du Plessis team. He scored a half -century of 50 runs in 27 balls in his last match against Hyderabad. In that match, he hit 3 fours and 3 sixes.

Pitch report Spinners benefit on the pitch of MA Chidambaram Stadium. Batting here is a bit difficult. So far 87 IPL matches have been played here. Teams who won 50 matches first and chase 37 matches won. The highest team score here is 246/5, which was made by the home team Chennai Super Kings against Rajasthan Royals in 2010.

Weather report Today the season of Chennai will be very hot. There will be strong sunlight throughout the day and there will be clouds in between. There is a 23% apprehension of rain. The temperature is expected to be 26 to 34 degrees.

Possible playing-12 Chennai Super Kings of both teams: Rituraj Gaikwad (captain), Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Karan, MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmed, Mathish Pathirana, Khalil Ahmed, Shivam Dubey.

Delhi Capitals: Akshar Patel (Captain), Jack Fraser-Magger, KL Rahul, Faf du Plessis, Abhishek Porel (wicketkeeper), Triston Stabs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Ashutosh Sharma and Mukesh Kumar.