IPL 2024 CSK vs SRH, Match 46 Preview: Chennai aim to bounce back from consecutive losses vs Hyderabad at home

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will look to come out of the two-loss rut against high-flying SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 on April 28. While SRH too lost their last game against last-placed Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), they are still at the forefront of the redefined high-scoring season.

SRH currently are placed third on the 10-team points table with five wins and three losses in eight games while CSK find themselves in the lower half with four wins and four losses in eight games played so far.

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CSK are going in a pattern as of now, starting with two wins then losing two with the same cycle repeating for the next four games.Their last two losses came against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), one at home and one away as they look to get a grip on their season with playoffs approaching.

SRH, on the other hand, have redefined batting this season, especially in the powerplay with Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma leading the charge. The duo has been aptly supported by Heinrich Klaasen in the middle with Nitish Reddy and Abdul Samad doing damage lower down the order.

SRH have gone past 200 five times this season - four while batting first and one while chasing - and lost only while chasing that too by just four runs, scoring 204 in reply to Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) 208.

Playing at home certainly gives some advantage to CSK but SRH will be buoyed by LSG chasing down 210 in the last match at Chepauk. Similarly, CSK would be hoping to reprise RCB's act of using the spinners in the powerplay to pin down SRH openers.

With more than half the season done, the game becomes crucial for CSK more so than SRH as they look for rise above the mid-table logjam, especially with Delhi Capitals turning things around.