IPL 2023: Chennai Super Kings v Sunrisers Hyderabad Betting Tips

Chennai Super Kings will do battle with Sunrisers Hyderabad on Friday at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. CSK and SRH are 3rd and 9th on the table respectively and are separated by just two points. Lwanele Poswayo has prepared his best bets for this IPL 2023 encounter.

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CSK have made a strong start to IPL 2023, winning three of their last four matches. In Chepauk, CSK have won one and lost one so far. Across the history of the IPL, they have an excellent record at home winning more than 70% of their fixtures.

Chennai’s Devon Conway has been in fantastic form in recent games. The New Zealand left-hander is targeting his third successive IPL half-century. Despite that, I’m backing his fellow opener Ruturaj Gaikwad, who has a fantastic record against SRH. Gaikwad averages 58.75 with a strike-rate of 154.60, with only Nitish Rana and Sanju Samson scoring more runs than Ruturaj Gaikwad’s 235 against the Sunrisers in the last two seasons.

In the bowling department, Tushar Deshpande is CSK’s leading wicket-taker and recorded his best figures of the season (3/45) in the last game. He is yet to go wicketless in the tournament and has dismissed nine batters across his last four appearances.

The Sunrisers come into this game as the underdogs having never won a game against CSK at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. This venue is known for assisting the spinners and SRH’s batters have struggled with spin in the tournament so far. They also don’t have the quality of spinners that RR had when they beat CSK at this venue earlier this season.

South Africa’s Marco Jansen could be a key player for the visitors in this game after taking two wickets in his last 3 matches. Another Sunrisers’ bowler to watch is leg-spinner Mayank Markande, who has taken six wickets in the tournament so far. The opening two matches of the 2023 IPL at Chepauk saw spinners, Moeen Ali and Ravichandran Ashwin, pick up the Player of the Match Award. He’s at 4.75 to be SRH’s top bowler.

This is a tough game for the Sunrisers as I don’t think they have the skills to beat CSK at Chepauk. CSK have also won 19 of their last 23 games at this venue, so back them to win at 1.71.

Key Stats

CSK lead the head-to-head 13-5, including 8-2 when chasing and 7-2 when winning the toss.

Ruturaj Gaikwad averages 58.75 with a strike-rate of 154.60 against Sunrisers Hyderabad.

In the last two IPL seasons, only Nitish Rana and Sanju Samson have more runs than Ruturaj Gaikwad’s 235 against the Sunrisers.

Tushar Despande went wicketless in four consecutive IPL games but has now taken at least one wicket in each of his last six IPL appearances.

Aiden Markram needs 44 runs in this game to bring up 3000 T20 career runs.

Sunrisers Hyderabad have won 1/8 matches at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.

Best Bets

Prediction: Chennai Super Kings to win at 1.71

Alternative Bet: CSK to win and hit the most sixes at 2.25.

Suggested Bet: Ruturaj Gaikwad to score 50+ runs at 3.00