IPL 2011: Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore: Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL match at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore match from MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Chennai have made one change, brought Mike Hussey in for Scott Styris. For RCB, Asad Pathan has replaced S Aravind.

Defending champions Chennai will like to shrug off their disappointing loss against the Kings XI Punjab as they take on Royal Challengers Bangalore in their third IPL match.

After winning a thriller against Kolkata Knight Riders in the opening encounter of IPL by two runs, CSK were in for a rude shock after having scored 188 when little known KXIP opener Paul Valthaty single-handedly guided his team to a six-wicket in Mohali on Wednesday.

Even their opponents RCB who started their campaign with convincing victory over Kochi Tuskers Kerala have somewhat lost the plot with back-to-back defeats against Mumbai Indians and Deccan Chargers respectively. Both teams will be desperate to get back on winning track in the match that will be played at the Chepauk.

While batting isn't concern for CSK as most of the top-order batsmen barring Suresh Raina have had one decent knock in the last two games, it's the bowling that will be a concern for the defending champions.

Ravichandran Ashwin, inarguably CSK's best bowler in the shortest format was punished during the initial overs. The CSK team had a gruelling three-hour session at the Chepauk on Friday.

Royal Challengers Bangalore, on the other hand, have some catching upto do in both departments of the game. Against Mumbai Indians, there batsmen failed to up the ante even in the slog overs while against Chargers, their bowlers were taken to the cleaners by Bharath Chipli. Skipper Daniel Vettori will have to think seriously about their batting combination.

Their decision to promote Zaheer Khan up the order backfired badly against the Chargers and one would expect that the RCB team management doesn't take any frivolous decision against a formidable side like CSK.

However it is Zaheer's bowling that has been a concern for the RCB during the first three matches as India's highest wicket-taker in the World Cup looks tired. Also the rhythm bowler that he is, Zaheer has been punished a bit by the likes Ambati Rayudu and Davy Jacobs.

RCB's biggest problem has been two of their star players in this format, Tillakaratne Dilshan and AB de Villiers haven't yet fired as they are expected to.

Teams:
Chennai Super Kings: M S Dhoni (c), M Vijay, S Anirudha, S Badrinath, S Raina, M Hussey, J Morkel, R Ashwin, S Jakati, T Southee, S Randiv

Royal Challengers Bangalore: D Vettori (c), M Agarwal, T Dilshan, V Kohli, AB de Villiers+, J van der Wath, S Tiwary, C Pujara, R Ninan, Z Khan, A Pathan.