31st match: Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI Punjab at Chennai - May 10, 2008

Match scheduled to begin at 20:00 local time (14:30 GMT).

Chennai and Punjab clashed for the first time in the second match of the Indian Premier League and a century from Michael Hussey ensured that the match was a no-contest. Since then Punjab have hit a formidable run of form, and are on a five-match winning streak, while Chennai took a beating after their top performers left. Punjab’s strength lies in their contingent of effective Indian bowlers - Irfan Pathan, Sreesanth, VRV Singh and Piyush Chawla - which allows them to pack their top order with quality international batsmen to complement Yuvraj Singh.

Chennai suffered three consecutive defeats before they were able to fine-tune their combination after the departures of Matthew Hayden, Hussey and Jacob Oram and beat the Delhi Daredevils. They restructured their batting order: dropping Parthiv Patel, who had scored 96 in seven innings, and opening with S Vidyut. They also promoted their best batsmen - Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Albie Morkel - to No. 3 and No. 5 respectively with Suresh Raina at No 4. The changes gave Chennai’s batting solidity at the top and the tinkering was vindicated as they chased down 188.

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