Qualifier 2: This player may have an unexpected entry in Rajasthan's playing eleven

• The second team in this season's IPL final will be 'finalist' on Friday
  
• There may be a sudden entry of a player in Rajasthan Royals
  
• The pitch at Chepauk is considered to be quite slow
  

The moment that crores of fans were eagerly waiting for has finally arrived. The second team in the final of this season of IPL will be the 'finalist' on Friday. The IPL 2024 Qualifier-2 match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals will be played at Chepauk in Chennai. Both the teams have prepared for this match. Both are full of confidence. Rajasthan defeated RCB to make it to Qualifier-2, while Sunrisers Hyderabad lost to Kolkata Knight Riders in Qualifier-1. Earlier, they had performed well and reached second place in the points table. Even though the Hyderabad team looks excited to win the battle of Chennai, their challenge will not be easy. There may be a sudden entry of a player in Rajasthan Royals. Which can prove to be the X factor in Chennai.

Slow pitch in Chennai

The Chepauk pitch is considered to be very slow. It will not be easy for Hyderabad batsmen to score runs here. Spinners will get a lot of help on this pitch. Rajasthan has many star spinners. Players like Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravichandran Ashwin are in great form, but Rajasthan can still shock Sunrisers Hyderabad by including a spinner in the playing eleven.

Keshav Maharaj can become the X factor

Star spinner Keshav Maharaj may enter the playing eleven of Rajasthan Royals. He can prove to be the X factor for Rajasthan on the Chepauk pitch. Rajasthan Royals team can make Keshav Maharaj the third spin option. If Rajasthan team bats first, then it can go with three foreign players. Depending on the conditions, foreign players like Rovman Powell and Keshav Maharaj can be used as influential players. Keshav can prove to be the third spin option against the stormy pair of Sunrisers' Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma. However, taking the risk of going with only two seam-bowling options would also be worth watching.

What is Chennai's record?

So far 82 IPL matches have been played at Chepauk Stadium. In which the team batting first has won 46 times while the team chasing the target has won 34 times. Two matches have been tied. Talking about this season, the team has won 5 out of 7 matches while chasing the target. Although the average score at Chepauk is around 170, here the Lucknow team has also chased the highest score of 213 runs. Both Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals have lost against CSK here. In such a situation, it will be interesting to see the surprise entry of Keshav Maharaj. Let us tell you that Keshav Maharaj has played only 2 matches this season. In which he has taken 2 wickets.