Tomorrow's IPL Match: DC vs CSK; who’ll win Delhi vs Chennai match? Fantasy team, pitch report and more

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Tomorrow's IPL Match: Delhi Capitals (DC) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will clash on March 31 at the Dr. Y.S.Rajashekar Reddy ACA-VDCA International Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. The match will start at 7:30 PM.

This will be the third match in IPL 2024 for both teams. Delhi, with zero points from two matches, are at number 8 of the points table. CSK, on the other hand, have 4 points from two matches and are at number 1.

DC lost against Punjab Kings (PBKS) by 4 wickets in their first match of the tournament on March 23. They lost to Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 12 runs in their second match on March 28. CSK first defeated Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) by 6 wickets in their first match on March 22.

Then, they thrashed Gujarat Titans (GT) by 63 runs on March 26. Gujarat and Hyderabad have played only 29 IPL matches so far. DC have won 10 of those and Chennai 19.

Delhi’s highest total against CSK so far is 198, and Chennai’s highest score against DC is 223. Chennai have won 4 out of the last 5 matches between these two teams. The last time Delhi won against CSK was in a low-scoring match in IPL 2021.

Chennai set a target of 137 for DC and lost it by 3 wickets. Rishabh Pant (WK), David Warner (VC), Prithvi Shaw, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rachin Ravindra (C), Deepak Chahar, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Ishant Sharma. Visakhapatnam provides a typical IPL pitch, favouring batters to build up high scores.

However, there are not many 200+ scores at this venue. So far, 13 IPL matches have been played here, and 7 of those have been won by teams batting second. The highest score at this venue is 206/4 scored by Mumbai Indians against DC in 2016.