Chennai v Bangalore - Royal Challengers Bangalore put Chennai Super Kings into bat
The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have won the toss and elected to field against the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the 69th match of the Indian Premier League, at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
Both teams have already qualified for the play-offs and will be eying a strong show in today’s game.
The good news for the RCB team was that their regular skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Daniel-Luca-Vettori-c52306, returned to the side for the remaining games of the cash rich tournament. He was struggling with a knee injury and was unable to take part in the last couple of matches.
The veteran Kiwi all-rounder returned to his country for a check-up, but was cleared to play. He stated at the toss, “I saw a surgeon back in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 and had a cortizone injection. It feels all right. Zaheer is back today and that's important to us.
The track has always runs in it; it will be a high-scoring game. If we can keep a team under 180, it will be a good job.”
On the other hand, the CSK skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-Willey-c81951 get better as it progresses.
Bangalore is always good for batsmen. We just have to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adrian-Roger-Kirshaw-Pierson-c42135 to the basics.”
The World Cup winning Indian skipper further added that he was not worried about the opposition and will be expecting the same from his team members.
Although both captains expected plenty of runs in the match, the pitch didn’t look like an ideal one for the batsmen. There was some grass and dampness on the wicket, which will give assistance to the seamers, especially in the first half an hour of play.
However, things will become easier once the game progresses.
Chennai’s opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MEK-Hussey-c1942, was fully aware of the conditions and didn’t make any predictions on the total. He expected the ball to do some tricks early on though and stated that the batsmen will be required to be careful.
Tags: