David Warner-led DC head into the match on the back of their fifth win of this season, while CSK led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni are fresh from their fifth loss of the campaign. DC has won 5 in 13, whereas CSK has won 7 of 13.
The two sides have already met ealier this season at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, where MS Dhoni’s CSK registered a 27-run victory over the Delhi Capitals thanks to Deepak Chahar and Matheesha Pathirana’s performance with the ball.
They will now clash for the second time this season at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi, which will host it’s seventh and final match of the season with CSK’s position on the points table set to be decided on the outcome of the result.
DC has so far lost to Gujarat Titans, Mumbai Indians, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings, but have beaten Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers at their home venue.
Ahead of DC vs CSK 2023 meeting at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, we take a look at the pitch report and weather forecast for the day as some parts of the country have received summer showers.
New Delhi weather forecast on Saturday, May 20
A sunny and clear day with a maximum temperature of 40o C during the playing hours. There is no prediction of rain. So, weather is unlikely to play spoilsport in match between Delhi Capitals and Chennai Super Kings.
Arun Jaitley Stadium Pitch Report
Arun Jaitley Stadium is a venue that has produced a mixture of a few high-scoring contests and some low-scoring thrillers. The average score batting first in IPL here is 162.
The first match in IPL 2023 saw the hosts struggled to get to 162 riding on Axar Patel’s cameo of 36, but the visiting GT side rode on B Sai Sudarshan unbeaten fifty to reach the target with 6 wickets in hand and 11 balls to spare.
In the second match, Axar once again starred for DC with a 25-ball 54, but that knock went in vain as the target of 173 was chased down with 6 wickets in hand by Mumbai Indians in a last-ball thriller after a Rohit Sharma fifty.
In the third match that was delayed by rain, DC bundled out KKR for a paltry 127, but were made to work by the Kolkata spinners to reach the target despite a fast start provided by Warner, who scored a fifty. In the end, DC won by 4 wickets.
In the fourth match, Sunrisers Hyderabad rode on a couple of fifties to set a challenging target of 198 and restricted the hosts to 188 after fighting knocks from Mitchell Marsh and Phil Salt went in vain in the 9-run loss.
In the fifth match, DC rode on Salt’s 45-ball 87 to hand a thumping 7-wicket loss to playoff aspirants RCB as the hosts chased down a target of 182 with 20 balls to spare.
In the sixth and most recent match, PBKS rode on Prabhsimran Singh’s maiden IPL hundred to set a target of 168 before Harpreet Brar’s four-wicket haul restricted the hosts to 136/8 despite a fast start provided by Warner and Salt.
Four matches this season has seen the chasing side win the contest. The venue history also suggests the team batting second has a huge advantage. So, the captain that wins the toss will have no hesitation to follow that pattern.
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