Its MS Dhoni vs Yuvraj Singh today as the Chennai Super Kings with some new players under its belt face the all new Delhi Daredevils at the Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
This is the first match for these two teams in this edition.
Delhi has won the toss and decided to field first. The playing XI as below:
Delhi Daredevils: Yuvraj, Morkel, Agarwal, Gautam, Iyer, Duminy, Jadhav, Coulter-Nile, Mishra, Joseph, Tahir.
Super Kings: , Bravo, Jadeja, Dhoni, McCullum, Smith, Raina, du Plessis, Ashwin, Sharma, Pandey, Nehra.
Its going to be interesting to see how Yuvraj faces Dhoni after his father criticized Dhoni openly last week..
Chennai is the favorite today as they play at their home Stadium.
Players news according to Chennai Super Kings’ coach Stephen Fleming is, “Irfan Pathan is not fit and he will not be considered.
“Also, Andrew Tye is carrying a slight injury. These two players will have to be watched from day to day and my understanding is that they will not be available for selection for the first game.”
While the Delhi Daredevils after topping the points table in 2012, have won just five matches in 30 matches last two years.
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