In the Indian Premier League, Chennai Super Kings have won the toss and elected to bat against Kolkata Knight Riders in the title clash at the M A Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. While defending champions Chennai fielded an unchanged team, Kolkata made two changes to their playing XI. The Knight Riders left out Brendon Mccullum and brought in Manindra Bisla, while Australian speedstar Brett Lee was included in place of Lakshmipathy Balaji, who is still recovering from his hamstring injury.