CSK is the only team to have made it to the play-offs every single season of IPL. The team backs their batting strength consisting of huge names viz Mike Hussey, Suresh Raina, Brendon McCullum, Faf DuPlessis and MS Dhoni.The team has given their fans something to cheer about every single season an the expectations are high these season too.
With the likes of Hussey and Smith and McCullum and Faf, CSK top order looks better than the most of the other teams. And with Raina, Jadeja and MS Dhoni the batting looks very much dangerous.With Dwayne Bravo and Irfan having the ability to bat CSK would look to post high totals and win the most of their matches with their batting.
The fielding department looks strong with Brendon, Faf, Raina, Jaddu, Hussey and Dhoni.The matter of concern for the team is their bowling.The team does have foreign players like Badree, Kyle Abbott and Henry but allowed only 4 foreign players to play, their bowling is surely a weak link.The bowling responsibility will be highly on R Ashwin, Mohit, Ashish Nehra and Pathan.
LIKELY XI
1 Brendon McCullum ,
2 Michael Hussey,
3 Faf du Plessis,
4 Suresh Raina ,
5 Dwayne Bravo,
6 MS Dhoni (capt & wk),
7 Ravindra Jadeja,
8 Irfan Pathan,
9 R Ashwin,
10 Ashish Nehra,
11 Mohit Sharma
LIKELY XI
1 Brendon McCullum ,
2 Michael Hussey,
3 Faf du Plessis,
4 Suresh Raina ,
5 Dwayne Bravo,
6 MS Dhoni (capt & wk),
7 Ravindra Jadeja,
8 Irfan Pathan,
9 R Ashwin,
10 Ashish Nehra,
11 Mohit Sharma
