Rajasthan to Bat, Cooper Returns

Chennai: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid won the toss and decided to bat against Chennai Super Kings in IPL 5 match at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on Sunday.

Dravid says they need a lot of runs on the board to test the strong Chennai batting. They have gone in with three changes, with Kevon Cooper being back in place of Johan Botha. Stuart Binny and Sreevats Goswami also get a game instead of Pankaj Singh and Dishant Yagnik.

Chennai will go with the same 11.

The Super Kings have won three of their six games, while the Royals have made it four wins in same number of games. So closely are these two - and the other - sides placed in the table that for now, every result can change the positions dramatically.

Teams:

Chennai Super Kings: Faf du Plessis, S Badrinath, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (captain & wk), Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Wriddhiman Saha, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shadab Jakati, Doug Bollinger

Rajasthan Royals: Rahul Dravid (captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Ashok Menaria, Owais Shah, Brad Hodge, Kevon Cooper, Stuart Binny, Shreevats Goswami (wk), Brad Hogg, Amit Singh, Siddharth Trivedi

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Gujarat Titans vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - 45th Match Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad - 46th Match 47th Match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Capitals - April 29, 14:00 GMT 48th Match - Lucknow Super Giants v Mumbai Indians - April 30, 14:00 GMT 5th T20I - Pakistan v New Zealand at Lahore Pakistan won by 9 runs 44th Match - Lucknow Super Giants v Rajasthan Royals at Lucknow Rajasthan Royals won by 7 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)

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