Toss Report: CSK vs KXIP
Chennai: Chennai Super Kings’ stand-in captain Suresh Raina has won the toss and elected to field first against Kings XI Punjab.
Raina was enthused by the Chennai crowd support. He said, “It’s always good to play here.” On the quality of the pitch and his decision to bowl first, he said, “It looks really good. But the dew factor would take effect here later.”
Kumar Sangakkara, Kings XI Punjab captain, said that the new entrant in the team, South African Rusty Theron, would be in the playing XI. Sangakkara expressed dissatisfaction about the team not coming through with wins after putting themselves in winning positions. He said that he would also have decided to field first, had he won the toss. “Now we will look to put up a good total and get a good start. Bat for 20 overs and then defend it,” he said.
Playing XI
Chennai Super Kings
Suresh Raina (captain), Matthew Hayden, Murali Vijay, Parthiv Patel (wk), R Ashwin, Subramaniam Badrinath, Muttiah Muralidaran, M Gony, Justin Kemp, L Balaji, Albie Morkel
Kings XI Punjab
Kumar Sangakkara (captain and wk), Irfan Pathan, Mahela Jayawardene, Manvinder Bisla, Mohammed Kaif, Piyush Chawla, Romesh Powar, Ravi Bopara, Juan Theron, S Srivastava, Yuvraj Singh
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