CSK vs SRH Do-Or-Die Clash Tonight 🏏 Pitch Report, Predicted Playing XIs, and Key Stats!

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Chennai Super Kings take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in a must-win IPL 2025 clash at Chepauk. Both teams are struggling with just 4 points from 8 games, and another loss could end their playoff hopes. Will spin dominate again at the slow Chennai pitch? Who will stay alive in the race to 16 points? Watch full preview, pitch report, predicted playing XIs, and key stats!

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00:00Tonight in IPL 2025, it is a do-or-die battle in Chennai.

00:12Chennai Super Kings take on Sunrisers Hyderabad at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in match number 43.

00:19Both teams are struggling. CSK and SRH have just four points from eight matches each.

00:26One more loss and the road to 16 points could slip out of reach.

00:31Let's talk about the pitch. Spinners have ruled the middle-overs and batters have had to fight for

00:36every run. This is not a pitch for free-flowing strokes. Timing is tough and building partnerships

00:43is the only way to survive. A score around 160 to 170 could be very competitive tonight, especially

00:52if due doesn't interfere later on. Now, some quick stats from this venue since IPL 2024.

01:01Out of 13 T20 matches played, teams batting second have won eight times. The average first inning

01:08score is 172 for seven. The highest chase is 211 and the lowest defended score is 175. There have been

01:18four 200-plus totals so far and, on average, we see about 13 sixes in a match here.

01:26Now, let's look at the predicted Xs and an impact substitute, which can be opted in tonight's match.

01:32For Chennai Super Kings, Shaikh Rashid, Ratchin Ravindra, Ayush Mhatre, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dubey,

01:40Vijay Shankar, Jamie Overton, MS Dhoni as captain and wicketkeeper, Noor Ahmad, Khalil Ahmed,

01:48and Mathisha Pathirana. R Ashwin can be in the impact substitute list. For Sunrise as Hyderabad,

01:55Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klassen as wicketkeeper,

02:02Aniket Verma, Pat Cummins as captain, Harshal Patel, Jadev Unadkat, Zeeshan Ansari,

02:09and Ishan Malinga, Rahul Chaha can be opted as an impact substitute. Stay tuned for all the updates.

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