Saha In, Chennai Bat After Rain Delay

Kolkata: A persistent drizzle delayed the toss by an hour and 15 minutes at Eden Gardens but the skies have since cleared. There is been no reduction in the number of overs to be played.

MS Dhoni won the toss and chose to bat, saying that he doesn't expect any more rain today. Chennai have made one change to the starting XI and have brought in the local boy Wriddhiman Saha for S Anirudha.

Both teams are in second place on the points table and victory will go some way to helping them break clear of the chasing pack. Chennai have won their last four matches while Kolkata have lost their last game, but were victors in the previous three.

Kolkata: 1 Jacques Kallis, 2 Eoin Morgan, 3 Gautam Gambhir, 4 Manoj Tiwary, 5 Yusuf Pathan, 6 Mark Boucher, 7 Rajat Bhatia, 8 Jaidev Unadkat, 9 Brett lee, 10 L Balaji, 11 Iqbal Abdulla

Chennai: 1 Michael Hussey, 2 M Vijay, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 S Badrinath, 5 MS Dhoni, 6 Wriddhiman Saha, 7 Albie Morkel, 8 Shadab Jakati, 9 Suraj Randiv, 10 R Aswhin, 11 Doug Bollinger

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