Chennai Super Kings Captain MS Dhoni won the toss and elected to field first against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 44th match of the IPL 2021. The match is being played at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah.
Head 2 head count between SRH & CSK stands at 4-11, with Chennai dominating Hyderabad in this southern derbies in the past.

The last time when these two teams met at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, Chennai Super Kings won by 7 wickets, chasing 172 in 18.3 overs. Playing XI of both teams are:

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) - Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Josh Hazlewood

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) - Jason Roy, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Kane Williamson(c), Priyam Garg, Abhishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma