Dhoni hit the fastest half-ton in the tournament history -- of 16 balls -- and remained not out after scoring 63 of 19 balls while Raina made a gritty 84. The skipper appeared ruthless in his approach as he hit total eight sixes during his swashbuckling knock, five of which came of an over from Thisara Perera.
Invited to bat, Chennai Super Kings got off to dismal start as they lose Murali Vijay without a run on the board in the very first over.
Though a steady second wicket stand recovered the hosts from the early blow, Steyn struck again to end Mike Hussey's challenge, leaving Chennai two down for 45 in 6.2 overs.
However, Raina had other plans as he slammed a brilliant half-ton to take his side past hundred.
Both the teams are unchanged from their previous matches. Brimming with confidence after a perfect start to their campaign, star-studded Chennai Super Kings will start as favourites.
Two-time IPL champions, CSK boast of a star-studded line up with the likes of India skipper Dhoni, Murali Vijay, Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, Michael Hussey and Dwayne Bravo around whom the CSK batting will revolve.
Hussey, Raina and Bravo set up CSK's run chase the other day with some scintillating strokeplay and the trio would be eyeing a repeat performance against the Sunrisers.
Having failed in the previous match, Dhoni is due for a big knock in front of his home crowd.
Chennai Super Kings: Michael Hussey, Murali Vijay, Suresh Raina, Subramaniam Badrinath, Dwayne Bravo, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Albie Morkel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jason Holder, Mohit Sharma
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Parthiv Patel, Shikhar Dhawan, JP Duminy, Hanuma Vihari, Thisara Perera, Darren Sammy, Ashish Reddy, Karan Sharma, Amit Mishra, Dale Steyn, Ishant Sharma
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