NEW DELHI: Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni received the toss and opted to bat first in opposition to Gujarat Titans of their Indian Premier League (IPL) match on Sunday. For Gujarat, who’ve 18 factors from 13 matches with 9 wins, a victory is important as it could safe a top-two end heading into the playoffs.For CSK, already out of playoff rivalry, the match gives one other alternative to check their younger gamers and check out new combos.“We are going to bat first. It (pitch) appears to be like good and arduous, suppose it can stay the identical all through the 40 overs. It is fairly sizzling, appears to be like like monitor. It is (his physique) surviving. Yearly is a brand new problem. It wants a whole lot of upkeep. Did not bother me sufficient after I was taking part in worldwide cricket. Chennai may be very good after 3.30-4pm, that is totally different warmth, on the drier facet,” Dhoni stated on the toss.“We’re final within the desk, we are going to nonetheless stay final, if win or lose. Have to take pleasure in our cricket. We have now one change. Hooda is again for Ashwin. They’re facet, they play genuine cricket. Have to bowl tight strains, in any other case the batters will punish you,” he added.

Gujarat Titans skipper Shubman Gill additionally made one change to the taking part in XI, with Gerald Coetzee changing Kagiso Rabada.“Feels thrilling to have that (Take a look at captaincy) problem, it is going to be an thrilling collection in opposition to England for us. Within the final match we had been within the sport until the sixteenth or seventeenth over. We had been trying to bowl first right now anyway. Seems wicket to bat on, it will not change a lot. We have now one change, Gerald Coetzee is available in for Kagiso Rabada,” Gill stated.Enjoying XIs:Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Sherfane Rutherford, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Gerald Coetzee, R. Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj, Arshad Khan, Prasidh Krishna.Chennai Tremendous Kings: Ayush Mhatre, Devon Conway, Urvil Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Deepak Hooda, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Khaleel Ahmed.Impression Substitutes:Gujarat Titans: Sai Sudharsan, Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror, Washington Sundar, Ishant SharmaChennai Tremendous Kings: Matheesha Pathirana, Vijay Shankar, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Ravichandran Ashwin