It will be a matchup between two of the finalists of the last edition of Vivo IPL in 2018. Sunrisers Hyderabad will be a confident unit when they meet the Chennai Super Kings in the 41st match of the tournament in just a few minutes.
Sunrisers Hyderabad managed to win their first leg of the tournament courtesy brilliant all-round show by the runners-up from the previous edition. They have come back to winning momentum after registering two back to back victories against CSK and the struggling Kolkata Knight Riders.
Meanwhile Chennai Super Kings will be a worried unit after losing back to back matches. However they are still at the top of the points table with 7 victories from 10 matches. They will surely look to get their campaign back on track.
The over dependancy on MS Dhoni has cost them in the last two matches. Despite a sensational knock from the blade of MSD in the previous match against Royal Challengers Bangalore, the yellow brigade lost the clash by just a solitary run.
Toss:
Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni won the toss and opted to field at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Here is what the captains said:
MS Dhoni:
We will bowl first. It is good to be back at home. We will be here for the next 10 days. When you are not travelling it brings down the fatigue. We have made one change, Harbhajan comes in place of Shardul Thakur. our top-order needs to be consistent. All the batters have been batting well but they need to take care of their shot selection.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar:
We would have bowled first too. We will miss Williamson but Warner and Bairstow have been brilliant for us. Not really worried about the middle-order, they have not got much chance in the middle. But we all know they are talented.
Teams:
Chennai Super Kings:
Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni(w/c), Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir
Sunrisers Hyderabad:
David Warner, Jonny Bairstow(w), Manish Pandey, Vijay Shankar, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Deepak Hooda, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar(c), Sandeep Sharma, K Khaleel Ahmed