Chennai Super Kings (CSK) MS Dhoni won the toss and opted to bat first at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai against Delhi Capitals (DC). Dhoni made one forced changed as Shivam Dube is yet to recover from finger injury he picked up while taking a catch in the previous encounter. Dube has been replaced by Ambati Rayudu. Ben Stokes is yet to make his comeback after getting injured despite CSK batting coach Mike Hussey saying that he is available for selection.
“We have played a few games on this wicket. There are chances of this wicket slowing down. We can't complain about this track. We try to keep it simple. We try to keep reiterating the same thing. Try to accomplish your plan. Try to execute your plans. We have one change. Rayudu comes in for Dube,” Dhoni said after winning the toss.
On the other hand, David Warner made just one change to the winning combination. Warner dropped Manish Pandey from playing XI to make way for all-rounder Lalit Yadav. However, Pandey may come in as impact player in the second innings.
“Looks a little bit dry (the pitch). The boys have come out with the right attidtude. We had to work on our powerplay batting. Try and excute on this wicket as much as you can. Lalit comes in for Manish Pandey,” Warner said at the coin toss.
DC opener Phil Salt who smashed a match-winning 87 revealed what he did after a few failures in his maiden IPL season.
“I didn't start in the team for the first few games, so to come into the side and to put a couple of performances together, I am really happy with that. To win us the game, even happier. You have to get your head around the different conditions and different sorts of wickets, the surfaces you might play on. I made a couple of small technical adjustments but nothing too wholesale,” Salt said before the game.
CSK XI: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w/c), Deepak Chahar, Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana
DC XI: David Warner(c), Philip Salt(w), Mitchell Marsh, Rilee Rossouw, Axar Patel, Aman Hakim Khan, Lalit Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Ishant Sharma
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