In the 2020 edition of the Indian Premier League so far, there have been a total of 13 scores of more than 66 and Dubai has seen 8 of them. Despite being an unusually big stadium, where the longest boundary falls within the range of 86 meters, batting has been difficult but Sunrisers, as a unit, can pose a challenge. Chennai is historically a side that relies on holding back and might not open up so soon, having scored just three half-centuries in the last three games.

The story is not so different for Hyderabad as well, whose batsmen have been able to pile up only three 50+ scores so far, with Jonny Bairstow hitting two of them. In the tournament, so far, Dubai has provided 179 runs per innings, but only a couple of them have crossed the barrier provided by the market. It is a punt worth taking to earn a decent amount through this.

Once the top three foreign recruits are dismissed, Sunrisers Hyderabad will be left scratching the barrel with Manish Pandey being their biggest hope. That, however, entitles the fact that they are more prone to strangulation, which is backed by numbers as well. In the last three games, they have hit only 33 fours while powered by a pinch-hitter Sam Curran down the order, CSK have bettered them by four more boundaries.

Even though David Warner missed out on the 2018 IPL, the year in which Chennai Super Kings made an IPL comeback, he slammed two half-centuries versus the Men in Yellow last year, scoring 107 runs at an SR of 152.9. It was despite Chennai being at the top of their game with the spinners firing in unison, so there is no reason to believe that he can’t score over 27 runs in Friday’s encounter. In three games this season, he has an average of 29.00 with a score over 45, which gives him an early advantage in the process.