 Vineet Ramakrishnan/Zeenews Sports Bureau
New Delhi: It is a double header in IPL 5 today as defending champions Chennai, low on confidence take on the surprise package Kings XI Punjab led by the inspirational David Hussey at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.
Punjab and Chennai would be meeting each other for the first time this season. Chennai’s last match was washed out due to rain against RCB and Kings XI Punjab tasted defeat at the hand of Mumbai Indians in a thrilling encounter.
Chennai are comfortably placed at the third spot in the points tally as Punjab, after a sluggish start are languishing at the 8th position after 8 games.
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Players to watch out
CSK: Faf du Plessis, Ravinder Jadeja, Suresh Raina
KXIP: David Hussey, Shaun Marsh, Parvinder Awana
The second fixture of the day would feature Gautam Gambhir’s Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
Both the teams previous matches were washed out due to rain and prior to that both had a bit of a winning streak that they would like to continue here.
When the last time these two teams, met KKR triumphed emphatically defeating RCB by 42 runs.
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Players to watch out
KKR Gautam Gambhir, Sunil Narine, Yusuf Pathan
RCB Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli, KP Appanna
First Published: Saturday, April 28, 2012, 09:26
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