IPL 2022, Match 17, CSK vs SRH, Stats Preview: Players records and approaching milestones

Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad will be facing each other in the 17th match of IPL 2022, to be played at the Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy in Mumbai. CSK were the champions last season, while SRH had the extreme opposite result, finishing at the bottom in the points table. However, both the teams are in the same boat this season at the moment, as they are searching for their first win. Chennai will be playing their first match at this venue this year, while SRH lost against LSG by 12 runs at this ground.

CSK have lost two of their games batting first and the other one while chasing. SRH, on the other hand, have lost both their games while chasing. Both teams have an net run rate under -1, which suggests that their batting and bowling both have not been good.

The Orange Cap winner of the last season, Ruturaj Gaikwad has three single-digit scores so far, while Ambati Rayudu has also been unable to play any useful knock. MS Dhoni, who seemed to have got his mojo back in the first two games, played a disappointing knock of 23(28) against PBKS. Shivam Dube, now a specialist batter, has played two impressive and significant knocks in last two matches. Being the side with the worst bowling average, their bowling unit needs to answer many questions.

After a huge defeat to RR in the first match, Sunrisers Hyderabad followed it with a much better show against LSG, only to lose again. The absence of David Warner was clearly evident as SRH looked a different side, with the openers Abhishek Sharma and Kane Williamson falling early in both the games.

An improved middle-order with useful knocks from Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran and Washington Sundar has been the only positive for SRH this season. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been controlling runs, and T Natarajan could pick wickets, but the other SRH bowlers haven’t contributed much. New skipper Ravindra Jadeja would like to win the first match for CSK against another winless side SRH.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers ahead of Match 17 between Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League 2022:

0 – Matches won by both CSK and SRH in this IPL season so far.

3 – CSK have begun this season with three losses in a row. They have never lost their first two games in a row in any previous IPL season.

13 – Sunrisers Hyderabad have lost 13 of their last 16 IPL matches.

59.63 – The top-two players with the highest batting average against SRH in the IPL (min: 300 runs), will both be playing tomorrow. MS Dhoni averages 59.63 and Ambati Rayudu averages 46.64 against them.

3 – Nicholas Pooran needs three more sixes to reach 300 sixes in T20 cricket.

1 – Moeen Ali needs one more wicket to reach 150 wickets in T20 cricket.

42.25 – Batting average of Kane Williamson against CSK in the IPL. Only Brad Hodge, Andre Russell and KL Rahul average higher against them (min: 10 inns). Williamson also has a strike-rate of 142.62 against CSK in the IPL, which is his highest against any team.

29 – Ambati Rayudu (3971) needs 29 runs to complete 4000 runs in the IPL.

1 – Rahul Tripathi (49) needs one big hit to reach 50 sixes in the league.

6 – Moeen Ali (44) requires six sixes to reach 50 maximums in the IPL.

4 – Nicholas Pooran (46) needs to clear the ropes four more times to complete 50 maximums in the tournament.

35 – Ravindra Jadeja (2965) is 35 runs away from reaching 3000 runs in T20 cricket.

71 – Ravindra Jadeja (2429) is 71 runs away from completing 2500 runs in the league.

9 – Tripathi (141) needs nine fours to get to 150 fours in the IPL.

4 – Abdul Samad (46) needs four maximums to complete 50 sixes in T20 matches.

97 – Kane Williamson (1903) needs 97 runs to get to 2000 runs in the tournament.

71 – Tripathi (1429) needs 71 runs to complete 1500 runs in the cash-rich league.

5 – Samad (45) requires five more fours to reach 50 fours in T20 games.

2 – Shreyas Gopal (48) is two wickets away from reaching 50 wickets in the tournament.

1 – Devon Conway (49) needs one grab to reach 50 catches in the T20 matches.