IPL 2018 CSK vs KXIP: Chennai wins toss; Punjab to bat

Pune: Winning the toss, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) invited Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) to bat first in Indian Premier League (IPL 2018) at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium here on Sunday.

KXIP skipper R Ashwin has dropped Yuvraj Singh and Marcus Stoinis to include Karun Nair and David Miller in the playing XI.

CSK captain MS Dhoni has dropped Shane Watson to play Faf du Plessis in the squad.

As Mumbai Indians (MI) has lost their last match against Delhi Daredevils (DD), KXIP needs to defeat CSK by at least 53 runs to qualify for the playoffs.

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Here are the playing XIs:

Kings XI Punjab (KXIP): KL Rahul (wk), Chris Gayle, Aaron Finch, David Miller, Karun Nair, Manoj Tiwary, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin (c), Andrew Tye, Mohit Sharma, Ankit Rajpoot

Chennai Super Kings (CSK): Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (capt. and wk), Sam Billings, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Lungi Ngidi