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Cape Town: Seventh-placed Royal Challengers and wooden-spooners Team Hyderabad have, of course, begun IPL Season Two on a positive note with both winning their openers here over the weekend.
DC defeated Kolkata Knight Riders convincingly while the RCB got the better of defending champions Team Jaipur. So, when the two confront each other at the Newlands, they'll do so with confidence and conviction in their abilities.
Team Hyderabad skipper Adam Gilchrist is already saying that "things will be very different" and KP, who is getting more vocal about how is side is keen to stick to winning ways, is equally confident. Both skippers stress that it is the winning habit that matters.
"The important thing is to be there, hang around and keep performing. You can't afford to let the momentum go because in Twenty20 it's quite a bit of a psychological thing that you play even before you go onto the field," said Gilchrist.
Ask Pietersen for his reaction on what his counterpart has to say and the England cricketer can't agree more. "It's about the confidence. As teams, each side has some world class players, so it's about who clicks and when," he said.
Weather: Chilly weather with a light breeze but no rain chance.
Match facts
Wednesday April 22, 2009
Start time 04.30pm, 14.30GMT, 08:00pm IST
| Royal Challengers | Deccan Chargers | |
| Last Year Ranking | 7 | 8 |
| Captain | Kevin Pietersen (England) | Adam Gilchrist (Australia) |
| Coach | Ray Jennings | Derren Lehmann |
| Records | M-2, W-1, L-1 | M-1, W-1 |
| Team Form | Batting looks shaky after heavy defeat to Chennai | Brilliant, Both batting and bowling look great shape. |
| Drawing Board | Get back Ryder, drop Taylor and Kallis inlcude Van Der Merwe. | Win the toss and field like tigers. Chasing appears to be the forte of this bunch. |
| X-Factor | Dale Steyn's raw pace | Fidel Edwards raw pace. |
| Key Players | Dravid, Pietersen and Ryder | Gilchrist, Rohit Sharma, Gibbs |
