Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK): CSK bowlers
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is currently the Title holder of the IPL trophy and so far they have played only one match in the competition.
Now CSK take on Kings XI Punjab and could easily win their second match of the competition. CSK have got some good bowlers in their line up and these bowlers are capable of giving a tough time to Kings XI Punjab batsmen.
Tim Southee would most definitely be the main strength of the CSK line up and could create a lot of issues for the Kings XI Punjab batsmen. Tim Southee bowled exceptionally well in the first match and gave 30 runs off his 4 overs.
Southee is one bowler, who has been bowling with a lot of consistency and has been taking important wickets for his national side.
Southee would be the core weapon of CSK and his initial spell would count a lot in controlling the runs flow in the opening overs. Southee maintains a good off stump line and does not give much room to the batsmen to free their arms.
His line could easily tempt batsmen such as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Gilchrist-c918 to play some risky pull shots in his innings. Gilchrist has a tendency of going after the bowlers in the early overs and could easily end up edging Southee’s deliveries to the keeper.
Southee also maintains a good line on middle and leg stump and would not allow the Kings XI http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833 batsmen to find much room to hit many boundaries on the leg side.
If Southee could bowl 2 or three economical overs in the early phases than it would definitely put Kings XI batsmen in a defensive frame of mind.
J Morkel is another bowler of substance within the CSK line up and has the tendency of bowling some economical over’s in the initial period. Though, Morkel was not that impressive against the Kolkata http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Knight-c71599 Riders, he would now be playing against a weaker
batting side and could pick some crucial wickets in the opening overs.
Morkel maintains a good line on middle and off stump and does not give many boundary balls to the batsmen. This means Kings XI batsmen would have to move around in the crease and they could end up committing some mistakes.
Batsmen try their best to hit a maximum number of pull shots in Twenty20 cricket, so Morkel’s short balls could be hard to pull and batsmen could end up mistiming their shots.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Ashwin-c2228 is another bowler of substance within CSK’s line up and has the tendency of picking wickets at regular intervals. He had a tremendous season last year and took 13 wickets in 12 Matches with an economy rate of 6.10.
He bowled well against Kings XI Punjab and gave 26 runs in his 4 over spell. Ashwin gives good flight to the ball and could easily tempt the Kings XI Punjab middle order batsmen to come out of their crease and play some risky shots.
Overall, CSK have got some good options in their line up and they could easily dismiss Kings XI Punjab batsmen for a low score.
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