CSK vs DC: Team prediction, head-to-head record, weather and pitch reports

All eyes will be on MS Dhoni as Chennai Super Kings (CSK) take on Delhi Capitals (DC) in an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 clash at the Chepauk on Saturday, 5 April. The focus will not mainly be on his batting spot. CSK Stephen Fleming has already confirmed that Dhoni will continue with late entry points . The focus will be on whether he will be back as CSK captain or not.

On Friday, CSK batting coach Michael Hussey revealed that captain Ruturaj Gaikwad has an elbow injury after being hit in the area in the game against Rajasthan Royals at Guhawati. He added that Gaikwad is making good progress.

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“Yeah, we’re hoping he [Gaikwad] is going to try and have a bat today for training. And, yeah, it [elbow] is still a little bit sore, but it’s improving every day. So, we’re very hopeful that he’ll be fine for tomorrow,” Michael Hussey said as quoted by ESPNcricinfo.

Hussey hinted that Dhoni could captain CSK if needed . “I don’t think we’ve actually thought about that [captaincy] too much. Well, I haven’t thought about it too much. I’m sure Stephen Fleming [CSK head coach] and Rutu have thought about that. But we’ve got some young guy coming through. He’s behind the stumps. Maybe he can do a good job. I’m not sure. He’s got a bit of experience in the role, so maybe he could do it. But I’m not exactly sure, to be honest,” he added.

CSK vs DC head-to-head-record and form guide

Matches played: 30

CSK won: 19

DC won: 11

Last match: DC won by 20 Runs (March 2024 at Vizag)

CSK vs DC form guide (Most recent result first)

Chennai Super Kings: LLW

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CSK vs DC: Dream11 Team Prediction

CSK Predicted playing XI: Rachin Ravindra, Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Shivam Dube, Deepak Hooda/Vijay Shankar, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wk), R Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Matheesha Pathirana, Khaleel Ahmed

Impact Sub: Jamie Overton

DC Predicted playing XI: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel, KL Rahul (wk), Axar Patel (c), Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar

Impact Sub: Ashutosh Sharma

CSK vs DC: Chennai weather and pitch prediction

Chennai is set to experience a hot day during the daytime match which starts at 3.30 PM IST. The temperature is expected to be around 30 degrees Celsius while the humidity levels can be above 60 percent. Overall in the day, there’s a 25% chance of rain so we may see some disruption.

The first match at Chepauk witnessed both teams scoring around 150 but RCB took that total to 196 in the second match. So far the tracks haven’t come across as slow turners.

CSK vs DC Squads

Delhi Capitals squad: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel, KL Rahul (wk), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel (c), Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Ashutosh Sharma, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Donovan Ferreira, Tripurana Vijay, Darshan Nalkande, Dushmantha Chameera, T Natarajan, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Manvanth Kumar L, Madhav Tiwari.

Chennai Super Kings squad: Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Shivam Dube, Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wk), Jamie Overton, Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Matheesha Pathirana, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Choudhary, Devon Conway, Shaik Rasheed, Sam Curran, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shreyas Gopal, Anshul Kamboj, Nathan Ellis, Gurjapneet Singh, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Andre Siddarth C, Vansh Bedi, Deepak Hooda.