Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will hope to arrest their slide when they face the Delhi Capitals in yet another home game on April 11, Saturday at the M.A Chidambaram Stadium or the Chepauk.
The Super Kings, who are languishing at the bottom of the points table, are chasing their first win of the season and are one of the only two winless sides along with the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).
While the Super Kings' batting unit has showcased a marked improvement from their collapse against the Rajasthan Royals in Guwahati, their bowling remains a big worry. The defeat against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the Chinnaswamy Stadium saw the Yellow Army concede 250 for the first time in IPL history after onslaughts from Tim David, Rajat Patidar and Devdutt Padikkal. They also let the Punjab Kings easily stroll to a total of 210 in Chennai. Nevertheless, the batting unit will be strengthened by Dewald Brevis' return.
While the Delhi Capitals will be hurting after a needless 1-run defeat to the Gujarat Titans at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, they will not be much worried about the Super Kings, especially on current form. While the Capitals have won only beaten the Super Kings on 12 occasions out of 31, Delhi will take confidence, having already won two games out of three.
Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals' probable XI
The five-time champions will most likely have the services of Brevis as a side strain forced the youngster to miss the first three matches. But it remains to be seen if the Yellow Army will drop Kartik Sharma, given he hasn't clicked with the bat.
CSK XI:Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Sanju Samson, Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brevis, Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dube, Prashant Veer, Jamie Overton, Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmad, Matt Henry.
The Capitals are highly unlikely to tweak their XI:
Delhi Capitals XI:Pathum Nissanka, KL Rahul, Sameer Rizvi, Nitish Rana, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Kuldeep Yadav, Lungi Ngidi, T Natarajan.
CSK vs DC, IPL 2026: Who will win at Chepauk on April 11, Saturday?
On current form, the Delhi Capitals start as overwhelming favourites and will back themselves to consign the Super Kings to another defeat at home. Hence, the prediction is for the Capitals to win.