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1st match: Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians at Cape Town - Apr 18, 2009
Match scheduled to begin at 12:30 local time (10:30 GMT)



Chennai Super Kings

Strength

Batting. The middle-order in particular is really strong with Raina, Dhoni, S Badrinath, Flintoff and Albie Morkel. And discount Matthew Hayden, who hit a frenetic 35-ball 65 in the warm-up game, at your peril. He is fit and will have a point to prove after his tame exit from the international arena.

Weakness

Who will open with Hayden? Parthiv Patel averaged 27.45 with a strike rate of 101.68 but was not used in all games. Will they use M Vijay and is he suited for this format? And one has to wait and watch if Manpreet Gony can repeat his dream season.
PREDICTION FOR 2009

Should make it to the semi-finals

IPL 2008 - The key figures:

Final position: Runners-up

Top scorer: Raina with 421 at 38.27

Top wicket-taker: Albie Morkel: 17 wickets at 23.47 and an economy rate of 8.31 and Manpreet Gony: 17 wickets at a higher average but an economy rate of 7.38

Best result: Nine-wicket win over Punjab

Worst result: 9-wicket loss to Mumbai

Highest team score: 240 for 5 v Punjab

Lowest team score: 109 v Rajasthan

Mumbai Indians

Strength

The batting. Tendulkar and Jayasuriya can, on their day, match the younger Delhi opening combo (Sehwag and Gambhir) and they have Duminy, Dhawan, and Bravo to follow.

Weakness

The fast bowling. Pollock has left a huge hole. Even Zaheer can leak runs in this format and Malinga has just returned from a long injury lay-off while Dilhara Fernando has rarely been consistent. A strong batting line-up can hurt them.

PREDICTION FOR 2009

A place in the semis but perhaps lacking the extra bit needed to lift the trophy.

IPL 2008 - The key figures:

Final position: Fifth place Top scorer: Sanath Jayasuriya with 514 runs at 42.83
Top wicket-taker: Ashish Nehra with 12 wickets at 29.00 and an economy rate of 7.76
Best result: Nine-wicket wins over Chennai and Bangalore
Worst result: Ten-wicket loss to Hyderabad
Highest team score: 202 for 7 v Chennai
Lowest team score: 116 v Punjab (there were two lower scores but both were successful chases)