Elated Chennai meet deflated Pune
ESPNcricinfo previews the IPL game between Pune Warriors and Chennai Super Kings in Pune
Match facts
Saturday, April 14, PuneStart time 2000 (1430 GMT)
Big Picture
Players to watch
Even though it was Albie Morkel who found his range in their last game, for Super Kings it has been Faf du Plessis who has cleared the boundary the most times so far in this IPL. He is slowly easing into the role that Michael Hussey played so well. Apart from his batting, du Plessis is a useful legspinner. He currently has 49 Twenty20 scalps and his 50th could be coming in Pune.2011 head-to-head
Last year, both times the teams played each other, Super Kings swept away Pune's challenge easily. They won the first game in Chennai by 25 runs and followed it up with an eight-wicket victory two days later in Navi Mumbai.Stats and trivia
- Dwayne Bravo is the most economical bowler (6.55 rpo) for Super Kings in the tournament so far. However, he is only 21st on the overall list.
- Sourav Ganguly has scored 89 runs off 92 balls in his six innings for Warriors.
Quotes
"The first half [against Kings XI Punjab] was a bit slow, with ball doing a bit, but we didn't even play the full 20 overs. Had we batted through and got 130-135, with the kind of bowling we have and supported with the fielding, things could have gone in our favour"Ashish Nehra points fingers at the batting failure in Mohali
Albie Morkel on Super Kings strong batting line-up, after their last-ball win against Royal Challengers Bangalore
Devashish Fuloria is a sub-editor with ESPNcricinfo