IPL: Chennai opt to bowl against Hyderabad

Pune May 13 (IANS) Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to field against table-toppers Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in an Indian Premier League (IPL) tie at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium here on Sunday.

While Chennai dropped leg-spinner Karn Sharma in favour of medium pacer Deepak Chahar Hyderabad have included young batsman Deepak Hooda in place of Yusuf Pathan.

Teams:

Chennai Super Kings: Shane Watson Amabati Rayudu Suresh Raina Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain/wk) Sam Billings Dwayne Bravo Ravindra Jadeja David Willey Deepak Chahar Harbhajan Singh Shardul Thakur.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Alex Hales Shikhar Dhawan Kane Williamson (captain) Manish Pandey Shakib Al Hasan Deepak Hooda Sreevats Goswami (wk) Rashid Khan Bhuvneshwar Kumar Siddharth Kaul Sandeep Sharma.

--IANS
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