T&T look for first win, CSK to stay in contention
ESPNcricinfo previews the CLT20 match between Chennai Super Kings and Trinidad & Tobago
Match facts
Chennai Super Kings v Trinidad & Tobago, October 2, ChennaiStart time 2000 (1430 GMT)
Big Picture
Chennai Super Kings got the win they needed to stay alive in the Champions League Twenty20 against Cape Cobras on Wednesday. Now, they must win against Trinidad & Tobago to sustain their chance of making the semi-finals. T&T have lost one match off the last ball and one in a Super Over; both were matches which they could and should have won. Like the Super Kings, they now need to win two out of two, but they will also have to bank on other results going their way. The forecast in Chennai is for thunder showers during the day and a cloudy night. A wash-out will knock T&T out and leave the Super Kings precariously placed.Watch out for …
Suresh Raina has never missed a match for the Super Kings. He has scored over 2000 runs for the team in 70 games, and has invariably delivered - with bat and ball - in tough situations. So far in this tournament though, he hasn't found his rhythm, with scores of 18 off 17 balls and 20 of 23. Will he manage to pull off a typical, boundary-studded innings in this crunch match?Team news
Both sides have fielded the same XI in all their games in the tournament, and are unlikely to experiment.Stats and trivia
- Four of the six bowlers T&T have used in the tournament - Badree, Sunil Narine, Kevon Cooper and Rampaul - have economy rates below 6.00
- Only 15 of the Super Kings' 43 wins (IPL and CLT20 combined) have come while chasing
Quotes
"I try to use some skidders, some wrong 'uns, try to get some turn off the legbreak as well … the main thing is to keep your eyes on the batsmen as long as possible, see what they are doing and try to out-think them."Samuel Badree, on his formula for success in Twenty20s
Dwayne Bravo credits his captain MS Dhoni for pointing him in the right direction against the Cobras
Nikita Bastian is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo