Kolkata Knight Riders have won nine straight games. Can they extend their run to 10 against Chennai Super Kings tonight? Catch live cricket scores and live updates here: (LIVE SCORECARD)
Dhoni and Gambhir have contrasting but successful styles of leadership.
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The Champions League Twenty20 could not have asked for a better start with two former Indian Premier League champions Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings ready to do battle at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad.
Both sides have won the IPL twice and it will be a clash of titans in the tournament opener. The Knight Riders will miss the services of Shakib-al-Hasan, Morne Morkel and Chris Lynn but home-spun talent has often been dangerous in the shortest format of the game.
Pat Cummins will be expected to lead KKRF's attack in Morkel's absence.
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KKR boast of the likes of Manvinder Bisla, skipper Gautam Gambhir, Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Piyush Chawla and Umesh Yadav alongwith Vinay Kumar. These men can be dangerous on their day.
Faf du Plessis has been in brilliant ODI form. Can he translate that form vs KKR?
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CSK of course appear far more balanced . Led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the most successful IPL side are studded with jewels like Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis and birthday boy Ravichandran Ashwin, who turns 28 today.
It will be a clash between contrasting personalities. Gambhir does not want niceties from his team and he would much rather they become ugly winners than gracious losers. Dhoni, on the other hand, is a far more composed skipper, who believes in keeping emotions under check. He has already urged his side to get into CLT20 mode and he will hope that they shed their tag of slow starters in tournaments.
KKR have won nine successive games, the most by an IPL side. Can they extend their stretch? Meanwhile Ashwin is just two short of pocketing 150 wickets in T20 cricket.
Uthappa's form was crucial to KKR's glorious run in IPL 2014. Will he star again in the CLT20?
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IPL 2014 face-off
Chennai Super Kings won their first tie against Kolkata Knight Riders by 34 runs after Ravindra Jadeja snared 4/12 in his four overs to restrict Gambhir's men to 114/9 in their chase. However, KKR won the second match by eight wickets, thanks to Robin Uthappa's 67 at the Eden Gardens .
Face-to-face, CSK have won nine games and KKR have been victorious in five.
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