Resurgent CSK hope to overpower a demoralised Pune team hurting from their loss to KXIP
Defending champions Chennai Super Kings look to carry forward momentum from their last win over Royal Challengers Bangalore in Game 16 of Indian Premier League V here at the Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium today.
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It also means that Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who first donned India colours under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly, will go head-to-head against his former India skipper. While Dhoni’s Super Kings are fresh off a spectacular run-chase against Bangalore, Ganguly pulled up his side for a lacklustre showing in their previous outing against Kings XI Punjab.u00a0
Ganguly
“We should have shown a bit more common sense and get to 140, it should have been a good total. We had 115 runs on board and we needed to be a lot more smarter I am disappointed because we have a good bowling attack, every time we get to 160, it would be hard for opposition,” Ganguly said after his team’s loss to Punjab.
Dhoni plays a shot against Delhi Daredevils last Tuesday. Pic/AFP
Ganguly’s concerns are valid as Pune’s top-order comprising of Jesse Ryder, Robin Uthappa, Manish Pandey and Angelo Mathews is yet to fire. However, Pune’s bowling attack comprising of Ashok Dinda, Ashish Nehra and leg-spinner Rahul Sharma has done a fair job.u00a0In stark contrast, the Super Kings have in-form batsmen Faf du Plessis, who cracked 71 off just 46 balls against RCB, skipper Dhoni, Albie Morkel and Dwayne Bravo in their ranks. u00a0
Ganguly’s wishlist
>> Dismiss Faf du Plessis early
>>u00a0u00a0He gets some runs at the top
>>u00a0u00a0Angelo Mathews finds form
>>u00a0u00a0Nehra does well in death overs
>>u00a0u00a0Rahul Sharma bags wickets
Dhoni’s wishlist
>>u00a0u00a0Not allow Dinda early wickets
>>u00a0u00a0Dismiss Robin Uthappa cheaply
>>u00a0u00a0Albie Morkel produces a cameo
>>u00a0u00a0Faf du Plessis continues to fire
>>u00a0u00a0Ashwin bowls economicallyu00a0
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