Super Kings bowl in dewy Chennai; both sides unchanged

Chennai Super Kings opt to bowl v Kolkata Knight Riders

Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni decided to field first against Kolkata Knight Riders in the clash of the table toppers in Chennai. "Dew," he said with a smirk when asked of his decision.

His opposite number and local boy Dinesh Karthik also admitted it won't be easy to defend a target in the second half at Chepauk.

Both sides, coming off wins in their previous outing, remained unchanged.

The focus will be on Andre Russell, the talismanic West Indian allrounder who has taken everyone's breath away with his big hitting.

Chennai Super Kings: 1 Faf du Plessis, 2 Shane Watson, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 Ambati Rayudu, 5 Kedar Jadhav, 6 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Scott Kuggeleijn, 9 Deepak Chahar, 10 Harbhajan Singh, 11 Imran Tahir

Kolkata Knight Riders: 1 Sunil Narine, 2 Chris Lynn, 3 Robin Uthappa, 4 Nitish Rana, 5 Shubman Gill, 6 Dinesh Karthik (capt & wk), 7 Andre Russell, 8 Piyush Chawla, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Harry Gurney, 11 Prasidh Krishna