Five-time champions Chennai Super Kings go need Akeal Hosein and Sanju Samson to dey their best as dem try to continue climb up the table against Lucknow Super Giants.
With five wins and five losses for 10 matches, CSK dey sixth place, and di team pulse still dey beat for playoffs spot.
LSG, wey dey bottom with three wins and seven losses, go dey aim to play party spoilers as Ruturaj Gaikwad side eye playoff spot, with concerns around MS Dhoni fitness.
Samson winning impact: While Samson no don fire consistently for di tournament, e don be match-winner for im side anytime im bat score at least 20 runs. E don win Player of the Match awards for three of those matches.
Noor Ahmed go devour LSG explosive hitters? Na question wey dey fly around.
Shami don be sensational for powerplay dis year, as joint-fourth-highest wicket-taker with seven wickets.
CSK squad include Sanju Samson, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Urvil Patel, Kartik Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Jamie Overton, Akeal Hosein, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Choudhary, Gurjapneet Singh, MS Dhoni, Matt Henry, Sarfaraz Khan, Matthew Short, Shreyas Gopal, Shivam Dube, Rahul Chahar, Spencer Johnson, Akash Madhwal, Aman Khan, Zakary Foulkes, Prashant Veer.
LSG squad include Mitchell Marsh, Arshin Kulkarni, Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram, Rishabh Pant, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Himmat Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Mohammed Shami, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, George Linde, Josh Inglis, Anrich Nortje, Manimaran Siddharth, Matthew Breetzke, Mohsin Khan, Arjun Tendulkar, Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Akash Maharaj Singh, Mukul Choudhary, Naman Tiwari.
CSK skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad elect to bowl first against LSG for dia IPL match on Sunday. CSK, wey dey sixth spot after 10 games, retain di same team from last match. Virtually out of playoff race, bottom-placed LSG make two changes, bringing in Josh Inglis and Avesh Khan.
Teams for di match: CSK: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Sanju Samson (wk), Urvil Patel, Kartik Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Akeal Hosein, Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmad, Mukesh Choudhary. LSG: Rishabh Pant (c/wk), Mitchell Marsh, Josh Inglis, Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Himmat Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mohammed Shami, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Prince Yadav.
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