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Ranchi: Brimming with confidence after a perfect start to their campaign, star-studded Chennai Super Kings will start as favourites against Sunrisers Hyderabad in a Group B match of the Champions League Twenty20 on Thursday.
Riding on its batting firepower, CSK successfully chased down a stiff target of 185 runs set by Titans with six wickets in hand to start their CLT20 campaign on a rousing note at JSCA International Stadium Complex.
And come Thursday, the Chennai outfit would be hoping to carry on the winning momentum.
But it won't be a cakewalk for local boy Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his men as in Sunrisers they face a side who too would be eager to carry on their good work.
Two-time IPL champions, CSK boast of a star-studded line up with the likes of India skipper Dhoni, Murali Vijay, Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, Michael Hussey and Dwayne Bravo around whom the CSK batting will revolve.
Hussey, Raina and Bravo set up CSK's run chase the other day with some scintillating strokeplay and the trio would be eyeing a repeat performance against the Sunrisers.
On the other hand, having also made a winning start to their campaign qualifiers Sunrisers too would be high on confidence.
Chasing a challenging 160 for eight, Sunrisers rode on Thisara Perera's unbeaten 57 to beat Trinidad and Tobago by six wickets in their first match of the main draw in Mohali on Tuesday.
Perera slammed four boundaries and as many sixes to score his runs off just 32 balls and seal a win for his side after the chase was set up by some useful contributions from the top-order.
Parthiv Patel, captain Shikhar Dhawan, J P Duminy, Darren Sammy and Hanuma Vihari all got out after getting starts and against CSK, they would be hoping to convert their starts into big scores.
With South African speedster Dale Steyn, Ishant Sharma and leg-spinner Amit Mishra up its rank, the Sunrisers possess a very incisive bowling attack.
Ishant, Perera and Sammy, who picked up two wickets apiece against Trinidad, would be looking to carry on their good work.
Teams from:
Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni (Capt. & wk), R Ashwin, S Badrinath, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Jason Holder, Michael Hussey, Imtiaz Ahmed, Ravindra Jadeja, Albie Morkel, Chris Morris, Suresh Raina, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Mohit Sharma, Murali Vijay.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Shikhar Dhawan (Capt.), Anand Rajan, Ashish Reddy, Jean-Paul Duminy, Amit Mishra, Parthiv Patel (wk), Thisara Perera, Biplab Samantray, Darren Sammy, Ishant Sharma, Karan Sharma, Dale Steyn, Hanuma Vihari, Cameron White.
Match facts
Thursday September 26, 2013 (day/night)
Start time 20:00 local (1430 GMT)
