Mumbai, May 18: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will eye the top spot on the points table when they face bottom-placed Delhi Daredevils (DD) in a dead rubber Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018 match on Friday. Chennai, who sits at the second spot in the IPL Points Table, has already qualified for the playoffs. In the forthcoming match, the MS Dhoni-led side would like to brush up some areas of concern ahead of the play-offs stage.

The batting department of Chennai Super Kings seemed sorted out as their opening combination of Ambati Rayudu and Shane Watson played sensibly. The lower-order, which included West Indian Dwayne Bravo, Dhoni and Suresh Raina have also contributed handsomely and would like to continue the same. The pace attack will once again rely on Lungi Ngidi, David Willey and Shardul Thakur.

Delhi Daredevils, on the other hand, will once again hope to entertain the fans with fireworks from Rishabh Pant, skipper Shreyas Iyer, Prithvi Shaw and Jason Roy. With nothing to lose, Delhi is expected to test their bench. In such a scenario, the likes of Manjot Kalra, Gurkeerat Mann Singh, Sayan Ghosh may get a look-in.

Delhi's bowling on a flat Kotla wicket was massacred by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the previous match and they will be hoping for a better effort from the likes of Trent Boult and Co. Read LIVE Telecast & Online Streaming Details of DD vs CSK Match here.

Teams:

Delhi Daredevils: Shreyas Iyer (c), Rishabh Pant, Glenn Maxwell, Gautam Gambhir, Jason Roy, Colin Munro, Mohammed Shami, Amit Mishra, Prithvi Shaw, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Daniel Christian, Jayant Yadav, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Trent Boult, Manjot Kalra, Abhishek Sharma, Sandeep Lamichhane, Naman Ojha, Sayan Ghosh, Liam Plunkett, and Junior Dala.

Chennai Super Kings: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c), Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Faf Du Plessis, Harbhajan Singh, Dwayne Bravo, Shane Watson, Ambati Rayadu, Deepak Chahar, K M Asif, Kanish Seth, Lungi Ngidi, Dhruv Shorey, Murali Vijay, Sam Billings, Mark Wood, Kshtiz Sharma, Monu Kumar, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Imran Tahir, Karn Sharma, Shardul Thakur, N Jagadeesan, and David Willy.

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