Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field first against Chennai Super Kings in the second semi-finals of the Champions LEague T20 being played today at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
CSK skipper Dhoni said even he would also have chased had he won the toss, “We will look to assess the situation for the first six overs and put on a par-plus score,” he says.
Punjab team is unchanged. Faf du Plessis returned to the Chennai squad after missing the last game due to injury, left-arm spinner Pawan Negi replaced Mithun Manhas.
When latest reports came in, the Chennai score was 20 for no loss in 3 overs.
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In the first semi-finals which was played today afternoon, the Kolkatta Knight Riders won the match against the Hobart Hurricanes after a all-round display by Khallis.
KKR face the winners of this game in the finals of the CLT20 in Bangalore on Saturday.
Catch all the action live on Star Sports starting at 8:00 p.m India time.
For those who have no access to TV, the live streaming of the matchcan be watched online on StarSports.com here.
The squads are as below:
Chennai Super Kings playing XI: DR Smith, BB McCullum, SK Raina, F du Plessis, DJ Bravo, MS Dhoni, RA Jadeja, R Ashwin, P Negi, MM Sharma and A Nehra.
Kings XI Punjab XI: M Vohra, V Sehwag, WP Saha, GJ Maxwell, DA Miller, GJ Bailey*, NLTC Perera, AR Patel, Karanveer Singh, Anureet Singh and P Awana.
The highlights videos can be watched at the Star Sports website here.
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