Chennai, Apr 28 (UNI) Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH) won the toss and decided to
bowl first in the IPL match against home favourites and five-time winners Chennai
Super Kings (CSK) at the packed Chepauk Stadium here on Sunday night.
While SRH dropped leggie Markande and added one more batsmen in the only change
in the playing XI after losing the last match, CSK retained the same team, that lost to
LSG at home on April 23.
With eight points in eight matches (4 wins and 4 losses) CSK, placed sixth in the points
table after winning the first three home matches, is in a must win situation to stay afloat
for a place in the play-offs, while SRH is in third place with ten points.
This is the fifth home match for CSK.
Teams :
CSK :
Ajinkya Rahane, Ruturaj Gaikwad (capt), Daryl Mitchell, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube,
Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wk), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Mustafizur
Rahman, Matheesha Pathirana.
Substitutes : Shardul Thakur, Sameer Rizvi, Shaik Rasheed, Mitch Santner, Rachin
Ravindra.
SRH :
Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Nitish Kumar
Reddy, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins (capt), Bhuvneshwar Kumar,
Jaydev Unadkat, T.Natarajan.
Substitutes : Umran Malik, Mayank Markande, Washington Sundar, Anmolpreet Singh,
Glenn Phillips.
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