Chennai made three changes with David Hussey, Pawan Negi and John Hastings coming in place of Brendon McCullum, Samuel Badree and Ben Hilfenhaus. Hyderabad fielded an unchanged side.
The Teams:
Chennai Super Kings: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c &wk), Darren Smith, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, David Hussey, Mithun Manhas, Ravichandran Ashwin, John Hastings, Mohit Sharma, Pawan Negi.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Darren Sammy (c), Shikhar Dhawan, David Warner, Naman Ojha (wk), Aaron Finch, Y Venugopal Rao, Irfan Pathan, Karn Sharma, Parvez Rasool, Dale Steyn, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.