Delhi Capitals have won the toss opted to field
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Teams:
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(w/c), Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Dwayne Bravo, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar
Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Chris Woakes, Ravichandran Ashwin, Tom Curran, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan
MS Dhoni - We were also looking to bowl, it's slightly difficult to defend on this ground. Dew could be a factor, but it's cloudy today, so it might not be a factor. The combination looks good, some of the overseas players turned up late, some are in quarantine, but we are ready to go - Faf du Plessis, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran and Dwayne Bravo are our four overseas players.
Rishabh Pant: We will bowl first. The wicket looks a bit soft. I will be a mix of youth and experience, have done a bit of captaincy in 2017, but my first IPL game. Four overseas players - Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Chris Woakes and Tom Curran. We aren't playing in Delhi, so think it's working fine.
Chennai Super Kings
With three back-to-back fifties towards the end of CSK's worst IPL campaign should give Ruturaj Gaikwad to start off as the team's opener. But the opportunity this time will come with the pressures of giving the team quick starts, one of the biggest pet peeves for the three-time champions in 2020.
Robin Uthappa featured in the middle-order towards the end of his KKR stint as well as for RR, but the best bits of his IPL highlights reel - including a 660-run orange-cap winning season - have come when he has opened the batting. He too could be CSK's go-to man to give them a PowerPlay nudge. Imran Tahir should also see more gametime compared to last season.
A less-than-ideal start for 2020 finalists means they enter the fixture with quite a depleted squad. If losing Shreyas Iyer for the season wasn't enough, they are likely to be without their South African pace duo of Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje, who combined to pick 52 wickets last season. Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav will have to handle fast-bowling duties with the likes of Marcus Stoinis and Chris Woakes chipping in.
Axar Patel too is unavailable after testing positive for Covid-19 earlier this week, so DC have a decision to make as far as the second spinner is concerned - they could pick Praveen Dubey or fall back on the experience of Amit Mishra.
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