Jaipur: Rajasthan Royals skipper Shane Warne won the toss and decided to field against Chennai Super Kings in a crucial Indian Premier League match at Sawai Mansingh stadium on Monday.
Royals made two changes for the match as Abhishek Raut and Amit Singh replaces Stuart Binny and Nayan Doshi in the final eleven.
For Super Kings, West Indian Dwayne Bravo replaced Sri Lankan spinner Suraj Randiv for the match.
Rajasthan are banking on their formidable winning record at home and look to exact revenge of their first leg loss against the defending champions Super Kings.
Both the sides are coming into the match after losing their previous matches and any slip up could prove costly for either team for a place in the play-offs.
Chennai are on 12 points from 10 matches, third in the IPL table and they have come into Monday's match after their four-game winning streak was snapped by Kolkata Knight Riders in their last match.
Rajasthan Royals, on the other hand, are on 11 points from 10 matches and a win will take them closer to a play-off berth. Besides, the Shane Warne-led side have a formidable record at home, having won 12 games out of 15 in the IPL. They have won four out of five games at home this year.
Chennai, on the other hand, have been poor travellers having won only one out of their five away games this season and they would look to breach the Rajasthan Royals stranglehold at Sawai Mansingh stadium.
With just three games each left after Monday's match, both the sides are expected to fight a fierce battle to take their sides closer to the play-offs.
The match is played on a new strip after the pitch controversy generated by the remarks from Sachin Tendulkar, the skipper of Mumbai Indians who were restricted to 94 for eight on April 29.
Though the Mumbai Indians insisted that there was no formal complaint, a new strip was ordered for the remaining two matches at Sawai Mansingh Stadium after a visit by the pitch inspector.