Kings XI Punjab are fighting hard to get into the semi-finals and will be giving a tough fight for the Chennai Super Kings. A lot depend on this match for both the teams. Chennai Super Kings will be a little relaxed side beacuse of their good net run rate, but still they will want to win this match after a surprise defeat against the Kolkata Knight Riders.

For Chennai Super Kings, if they win this match they will seal their position in the semi-finals but if they lose they still are more like to be in the semi-finals beacuse of good net run rate.

For Kings XI Punjab, if they win they will finish ahead of Chennai Super Kings and will defenitely seal their postions for the semi-finals but if they lose they will have to hope for Kolkata Knight Riders to win over Rajasthan Royals and Bangalore loose their last match with huge margins.

If their is share point then Chennai are definately into semi-finals but for Kings XI Punjab they have to hope for the defeat of Rajasthan Royals and Bangalore Royal Challengers.

Kings XI Punjab are in a must win situaution and it would be great if Yuvraj Singh does the trick again. Yuvraj has taken 6-wickets in the tournament, all in Hatricks. Mathew Hayden wicket will be the key for the Kings XI Punjab and they really need some startegy if they want to win.

Teams
Chennai Super Kings: (probable) 1 M Vijay/Parthiv Patel, 2 Matthew Hayden, 3 MS Dhoni (capt./wk), 4 Suresh Raina, 5 Albie Morkel, 6 Jacob Oram/George Bailey, 7 S Badrinath, 8 Sudeep Tyagi, 9 Shadab Jakati, 10 L Balaji, 11 Muttiah Muralitharan.

Kings XI Punjab: (probable) 1 Sunny Sohal/Karan Goel, 2 Simon Katich, 3 Yuvraj Singh (capt.), 4 Luke Pomersbach/Mahela Jayawardene, 5 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 6 Irfan Pathan, 7 Wilkin Mota, 8 Piyush Chawla, 9 Sreesanth, 10 Ramesh Powar, 11 Brett Lee/Yusuf Abdulla.

Match Timings: 16.30 local, 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST

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