Daijiworld Media Network

Chennai, Apr 4 : It is that time of the year again. There is glamour, entertainment, passion and glitz galore for the next 54 days. Yes, it is time for IPL-5. Welcome to the first match between the two time defending champions the Chennai Superkings and the Champions League T20 champions Mumbai from the MA Chidambaram stadium.

There is a fairly large crowd at the MA Chidambaram stadium.

Mumbai have won the toss and elected to field

Harbhajan: I'm always very loose. It is a different challenge and we are ready for it. We have got a young and exciting squad. Ambati Rayudu and Rohit Sharma are back. He did not play in the Champions league. Levi has joined us from South Africa. Chennai has always been a special ground for us. Last year we won the Champions league here. Chennai is always a good team to play. It is a fresh wicket and we would like to bowl first. Levi is playing.

MS Dhoni: It is a very interesting game. It is good to start the first game with home advantage. Some of the boys have been together for a longer time. We came from South Africa and had to shoot a lot of ads for the clients and such things. We would have liked to bowl first too but not too disappointed. I've never seen so much grass on this wicket. In the champions league we were a little worried that it was coming on a little slow. Faf and Ravindra Jadeja will be making their debut.

Teams:

Chennai (From): MS Dhoni(w/c), Michael Hussey, Murali Vijay, Suresh Raina, S Badrinath, Albie Morkel, Dwayne Bravo, George Bailey, Srikkanth Anirudha, Faf du Plessis, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ben Hilfenhaus, Ravindra Jadeja, Shadab Jakati, Joginder Sharma, Suraj Randiv, Nuwan Kulasekara, Vijaykumar Yo Mahesh, Abhinav Mukund, Wriddhiman Saha, Scott Styris, Sudeep Tyagi, K Vasudevadas, Ganapathi Vignesh

Mumbai (From): Sachin Tendulkar, Abu Nechim, Aiden Blizzard, Yuzvendra Chahal, James Franklin, Herschelle Gibbs, Harbhajan Singh(c), Davy Jacobs, Mitchell Johnson, Dinesh Karthik(w), Dhawal Kulkarni, Richard Levi, Clint McKay, Lasith Malinga, Sushant Marathe, Pragyan Ojha, Munaf Patel, Thissara Perera, Robin Peterson, Kieron Pollard, Ambati Rayudu, Jaydev Shah, Rohit Sharma, RP Singh, Tirumalsetti Suman, Pawan Suyal, Aditya Tare, Suryakumar Yadav, Amitoze Singh, Sujit Nayak, Rahul Shukla, Apoorv Wankhade