🏏IPL 2023: Match 6 - CSK vs LSG at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on 03/04/23 at 7:30 PM IST 🏏
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Upbeat LSG visit Dhoni and Co on home turf
Super Kings, however, will want their batters to step up
If your reflexes slow down with age, how is Chennai Super Kings' 'Dad's Army' planning to face Mark Wood's fiery pace on Monday? Jokes aside, Super Kings' youngest batter Ruturaj Gaikwad was in blazing form in their opening game and could hold the key again with his ability to put away even good balls to the boundary. Jokes not aside, their other batters need to step up, as coach Stephen Fleming said after the game, because Gaikwad had laid a long runway for them by powering them to 114 for 3 in 12 overs, but their middle over couldn't take off, managing just 64 more in eight overs.
Their most comforting factor, however, is that they return to their den after four long years. They have always picked their spinners based on conditions at Chepauk, batted well there, and won a whopping 40 of their 56 matches at home.
Many Lucknow Super Giants players will be unfamiliar with that ground, but so will some Super Kings players. What will boost Super Giants' confidence will be how their power hitters smashed 16 sixes (and just five fours) on a challenging pitch on Saturday night for what looked like an above-par 193 in Lucknow. They now have to make sure they adapt smartly on a more turning pitch - they collected 73 off eight overs of spin against Delhi Capitals - and prepare for the game quickly after flying from Lucknow to Chennai with only a day's gap.
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