Hyderabad vs Chennai: The Southern Rivals
Even as Mumbai have dominated the Indian T20 League, Chennai and Hyderabad have kept challenging their supremacy. However, after Chennai’s nightmare season in 2020, it’s now Hyderabad’s turn to suffer. Having made the play-offs every season since winning the trophy in 2016, they prop up the table with just 1 win from 7 games.
Inspired by the batting of David Warner and the guileful bowling of Rashid Khan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hyderabad have finished outside the play-off places just twice in their eight seasons in the league. However, Chennai, second in the table with 5 wins, have a great opportunity to push one of their rivals through the exit door.
Josh Hazlewood’s bowling strengthens Chennai’s bowling options, though they need more runs from the veteran Indian duo of MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina to maintain the momentum from the first leg.
Hyderabad Team vs Chennai Team: Head-to-Head Record
Suffering 4 losses in their first 4 games* set the tone for Hyderabad’s struggles against Chennai. In 2018, they lost to them 4 times, including in the Indian T20 League final.
Matches: 15
*This streak included Chennai winning their only Champions League T20 meeting in 2013.
Hyderabad Team vs Chennai Team: Head-to-Head History
Though both teams have been a fixture in the play-offs, they’ve met only twice at that stage, with Chennai winning both matches in 2018, the year they returned after a two-year ban.
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- Year
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
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- Hyderabad Won
- 0
- 1
- 1
- 0
- 1
- 1
- 0
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- Chennai Won
- 2
- 1
- 1
- 4
- 1
- 1
- 1
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- Total
- 2
- 2
- 2
- 4
- 2
- 2
- 1
Hyderabad vs Chennai: Indian T20 League 2021 Schedule
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- Sr. No
- Match
- Date
- Time
- Location/Stadium
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- 23
- Chennai vs Hyderabad
- Wednesday, 28th April
- 7:30 PM
- Delhi
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- 44
- Hyderabad vs Chennai
- Thursday, 30th September
- 7:30 PM
- Sharjah
Team Hyderabad and Chennai Full Squad for Indian T20 League 2021
- Team Hyderabad Squad
- Team Chennai Squad
The return to fitness of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and T Natarajan will certainly boost Hyderabad’s bowling, though the talisman is now undoubtedly Rashid Khan. They remain heavily reliant on David Warner, Jonny Bairstow and Kane Williamson for runs, and will need more quick-fire innings from Indian batsmen like Manish Pandey and Kedar Jadhav to save their season:
Imran Tahir is hurting and has a point to prove after South Africa’s selectors denied him a last chance at World Cup glory. But with Ravindra Jadeja and Moeen Ali sharing the spin load so far, it remains to be seen if Tahir will get his chances. Faf du Plessis, who scored 320 runs in the first leg, is another player ignored by his national selectors:
Hyderabad vs Chennai: Top Performers & Statistics
- Top Performers with Bat
- Top Performers with Ball
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Hyderabad vs Chennai Most Runs (2013-2021)
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- Suresh Raina (Chennai)
- 432 runs
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- David Warner (Hyderabad)
- 405 runs
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- MS Dhoni (Chennai)
- 399 runs
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- Shane Watson (Chennai)
- 353 runs
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- Shikhar Dhawan (Hyderabad)
- 353 runs
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Hyderabad vs Chennai: Highest Scores (2013-2021)
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- Shane Watson (Chennai)
- 117* runs (2018)
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- Brendon McCullum (Chennai)
- 100* runs (2015)
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- Ambati Rayudu (Chennai)
- 100* runs (2018)
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- Suresh Raina (Chennai)
- 99* runs (2013)
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- Shane Watson (Chennai)
- 96 runs (2019)
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Hyderabad vs Chennai Most Wickets (2013-2021)
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- Dwayne Bravo (Chennai)
- 17 wickets
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- Deepak Chahar (Chennai)
- 9 wickets
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- Rashid Khan (Hyderabad)
- 9 wickets
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- Mohit Sharma (Chennai)
- 8 wickets
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- Karan Sharma (Hyderabad)
- 8 wickets
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Hyderabad vs Chennai: Best Bowling Figures (2013-2021)
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- Deepak Chahar (Chennai)
- 3/15 (2018)
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- Dwayne Bravo (Chennai)
- 3/25 (2015)
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- Amit Mishra (Hyderabad)
- 3/26 (2013)
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- Rashid Khan (Hyderabad)
- 3/36 (2021)
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- Thisara Perera (Hyderabad)
- 3/45 (2013)
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Teams Participating in the Indian T20 League 2021
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FAQs: Hyderabad vs Chennai
Once, in 2016. They lost to Chennai in the 2018 final.
Three times (2010, 2011 and 2018). On the last occasion, they beat Hyderabad in the final.
Hyderabad bought just 3 players in the auction, with Kedar Jadhav being the most expensive one at his base price of ₹2 crore. Out of the 6 players that Chennai bought, Krishnappa Gowtham was the most expensive at ₹9.25 crore. He has yet to play a game.
It was in 2018 that MS Dhoni had his last great Indian T20 League season, smashing 455 runs at a strike-rate over 150. He followed that up with 416 runs at a more modest pace in 2019, but struggled badly last year. But Hyderabad, against whom he averages 79.8 with a strike rate of 158.33, are his favorite opposition.
Josh Hazlewood, now 30, has played just three Indian T20 League games in his career. The man with 326 international wickets is a handy addition to have for the business end of the season.
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