Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings are set to lock horns in the season opener at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Gujarat where all the drama will unfold. Let's have a look at some of the key battles in this encounter.
Ruturaj Gaikwad has been solid for CSK at the top from the time he made his debut, he has cemented his place as an opener in the team and has been quite effective as well. He will have a huge challenge against him in the season opener in Gujarat, where he will come up against Mohammad Shami who is been brilliant for India in the last few months. It will be a terrific contest to watch between these two talented players.
Mukesh Choudhary was brilliant last season in the powerplay, he swings the ball both ways and induces an edge. The CSK seamer has made a solid impact with the new ball and He will fancy this matchup against Gill tomorrow. However, Shubman Gill has been in tremendous form in the recent past and will be up for the challenge.
Kane Williamson struggled to get any substantial scores last season and he will be keen to get back amongst the runs this season with a different franchise. He will have to get past Ravindra Jadeja who has shown some brilliant form in the recent past and has an uncanny ability to trouble the right-handed batters and has a great record of getting dismissals against them in the T20 format.
Ali was especially severe on the opponent’s spinners last season but he will be going up against the world’s best spinner, Rashid Khan. It will be a difficult task to take him for runs, the Afghan spinner has the ability to deceive the batters which his variation. There will be large boundaries at this venue which will again favour the leggie. Moeen Ali will need to get his best game out tomorrow if he has to negate the threat of Rashid Khan.
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