Chennai Super Kings vs. Deccan Chargers – IPL 4: Player Comparison
Chennai Super Kings are scheduled to take on the phenomenal Deccan Chargers today in the 39th match of the ongoing fourth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in Chennai.
The two teams are so far doing great in the tournament and this clash will show which of the two is the better side. Chennai and Deccan have some of the world’s most exceptional players in their squad and it will be a treat for cricket fans to watch these
top players going at each other.
Player Comparison:
The Chennai Super Kings are led by India’s batsman/wicketkeeper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahendra-Singh-Dhoni-c73820, who has been leading the team in a superb manner. With Dhoni behind the stumps, every bowler seems more relaxed knowing that one of the best wicketkeepers is keeping wicket
during their spells. Dhoni’s calm and cool leadership has injected a will to win and survive in the members of his team. He is equally important as a batsman because he can come in handy when he gets his eye in the middle.
Just like Chennai, The Deccan Chargers also have a world class wicketkeeper in their ranks. The former skipper of the Sri Lankan national team, Kumar Sangakkara, is the current captain of the Chargers. Just like Dhoni, Kumar is also known as a calm and cool
skipper who always backs his players even when there is no way for his team to climb back into a match. Both Dhoni and Kumar faced each other in the final of the ICC World Cup 2011, where Dhoni XI came out victorious. Sangakkara must still be haunted by the
World Cup defeat and might be aiming to get even with Dhoni by beating his side in today’s game. Sangakkara mostly comes to bat at number three and has the ability to take the game away from the opposition with awesome batting.
Michael Hussey and Suresh Raina are the two batsmen who can resist any bowling onslaught on a given day. With these two batting in the same team, it is going to be one tough job for the opposition to rip the Chennai batting line-up.
For the Deccan Chargers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shikhar-Dhawan-c90019 are the top batsmen in the middle order and if they get going, they have the ability to make the life of their opponents quite difficult. Duminy is especially known for frustrating bowlers, which
helps him score easily off them.
In the bowling department, both sides have some amazing cricketers. From Chennai, Tim Southee is surely the alpha pacer who is actually spearheading the bowling brigade. The confidence shown in Southee by Dhoni has helped him develop his game in the IPL
and seems to be getting better and better in every outing. Scott Styris can also bowl a couple of decent overs and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Murali-Vijay-c78035 has been great on the spinning tracks. So far, Chennai have shown that they have bowlers who can restrict any side to a meagre total.
On the other hand Deccan Chargers have a dangerous bowling arsenal as well. During the early days of the tournament this season, they lacked the extra bite in their pace attack but with a sensational performance from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ishant-Sharma-c64566 in the last match where
he literally destroyed the opposition on his own by taking a career best five wickets, has made their opponents think twice before writing off their pace battery.
With Sharma, Amit Mishra is a force to reckon with. Both bowlers have the talent to annihilate the finest batting line-ups in the world.
With both side having such tremendously talented players at their disposal, the clash has the hallmarks to be one the best matches of the season.
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