It will be a great challenge for Delhi to reach the final as only two teams have ever reached the IPL final after winning the Eliminator. Though it's not 'impossible' to win two games back-to-back, but the team in the opposition has great MS Dhoni, who hasn't been dismissed by DC in two games this season.
Coming to the toss, Chennai Super Kings won the toss and opted to bowl against Delhi Capitals at Visakhapatnam. For Chennai, Shardul Thakur comes in for Vijay in the playing XI.
"Some of the tosses are crucial but it depends on how the opposition bats. I don't mind that because all this increases the anticipation. Ultimately, you need to be aged to be experienced but again, there are pros and cons for everything.", said Dhoni.
DC skipper Iyer said he is not disappointed afer losing the toss as he would have opted to bat first.
"Looks a far better one that the previous game. We felt that during practice too. We would have batted first actually, so not a bad toss to lose. We're unchanged as we don't want to put pressure on any new player.", said Iyer.
Teams (Playing XI):
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Faf du Plessis, Shane Watson, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(w/c), Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Imran Tahir
Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Colin Munro, Axar Patel, Sherfane Rutherford, Keemo Paul, Amit Mishra, Trent Boult, Ishant Sharma