IPL 2022: CSK vs SRH Toss, Playing 11 Update, Pre-Match Comments: Williamson invites Dhoni to bat first

Toss
Update:
Sunriers
Hyderabad
skipper
Kane
Williamson
yet
again
won
a
toss
and
invited
CSK
skipper
MS
Dhoni,
yes
that’s
right,
to
bat
first.
MSD
is
back
as
Chennai
captain
after
Ravindra
Jadeja
relinquished
the
captaincy
duties
owing
to
poor
performances.

Pitch
Report:
Deep
Dasgupta
with
the
pitch
report,
said,
“We’re
back
at
the
MCA
stadium
in
Pune
and
we’re
playing
on
the
same
pitch
that
was
used
a
couple
of
nights
ago.
It
turned
out
to
be
a
slow
track,
it
was
difficult
for
the
batters
to
time
when
the
bowlers
were
on
the
slower
side.
It
was
gripping
and
the
pitch
was
spongy
–
but
today,
the
grass
has
been
shaved
off
and
the
soli
has
been
rolled,
so
there
will
not
be
spongy
bounce
and
there
might
be
less
grip,
it
isn’t
as
abrasive
either
and
so
should
come
to
the
bat
better.
Batting
first
might
not
be
a
bad
idea
on
this
track.”

After
winning
the
toss,
SRH
skipper
Williamson
said,
“We
are
going
to
bowl
first.
For
us
we
have
done
it
something
well,
we’ll
try
to
make
use
of
the
conditions
with
the
ball.
It
was
a
close
game,
today
is
another
opportuntiy
as
a
team.
We
are
playing
with
the
same
team.”

Back
as
CSK
captain,
MS
Dhon
said,
“You’ll
definitely
see
me
in
the
yellow
jersey,
whether
it
is
this
one,
or
some
other
one,
you
never
know.
You
need
to
realise
the
current
situation.
We
have
dropped
catches,
those
are
the
things
you
want
to
omit.
Those
are
the
areas
you
need
to
work
on.
We
have
a
couple
of
changes.
(Dwayne)
Bravo
and
(Shivam)
Dube
are
out.
Devon
Conway
and
Simarjeet
Singh
are
in.”

Playing
XIs:

CSK:
Ruturaj
Gaikwad,
Robin
Uthappa,
Devon
Conway,
Ambati
Rayudu,
Ravindra
Jadeja,
MS
Dhoni(w/c),
Mitchell
Santner,
Dwaine
Pretorius,
Simarjeet
Singh,
Mukesh
Choudhary,
Maheesh
Theekshana.

SRH:
Abhishek
Sharma,
Kane
Williamson(c),
Rahul
Tripathi,
Aiden
Markram,
Nicholas
Pooran(w),
Shashank
Singh,
Washington
Sundar,
Marco
Jansen,
Bhuvneshwar
Kumar,
Umran
Malik,
T
Natarajan.