A gutsy innings by S Badrinath saved the sinking ship of Chennai Super Kings to a certain extent after they got off to a dreadful start as their opener Mathew Hayden went for a golden duck while Suresh Raina too could not control a rising delivery and gave a simple catch in the slips in their opening game against Central Stags at Kingsmead, Durban on Saturday.
Earlier, the toss went in favour of Mahendra Singh Dhoni who had no hesitation in batting first.
The Chennai team will bank on it's powerful batting lineup to win their first match of the Champions League against a Kiwi team that has a lot of bits-and-pieces players who can spring a few surprises for the Indian champions.
TEAMS:
Chennai Super Kings: M Vijay, M Hayden, S Raina, S Badrinath, J Morkel, MS Dhoni (c/wk), S Anirudha, D Bollinger, R Ashwin, M Muralitharan, L Balaji
Central Stags: J How (c), P Ingram, G Worker, M Sinclair, B Griggs(wk), B Diamanti, K Noema-Barnett, D Bracewell, A Milne, M McClenaghan, M Mason
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