The Deccan Chargers started with a bang this DLF IPL Season 2009, in stark contrast to their abysmal form last year. By contrast last year’s runner up team, the Chennai Super Kings suffered shock defeat after defeat as they began their campaign in this year’s T20 IPL matches. Now both seem to be undergoing a change of form that may be excellent cricket news for Chennai but not for Hyderabad.

To be sure this is the second time that the two teams will meet in this season’s IPL, and the result on 27 April was in favour of the Deccan chargers. Gilchrist played a blistering knock against Chennai on that occasion and the flying start (67 runs on the board before 6 overs were done) took the game away from Chennai.  Thereafter however Deccan lost to Delhi and to the Rajasthan Royals as well, which is perceived a much weaker outfit than it was last year.

Chennai may have won their last two matches, but they will be aware that they have tended to rely heavily on the likes of Matthew Hayden and Suresh Raina and others such as MS Dhoni, Jacob Oram and Albie Morkel have not managed to do a lot yet. Help for Chennai has come from unexpected quarters in the form of Shadab Jakati and Sudeep Tyagi who made match winning contributions when Chennai played and defeated the Delhi Daredevils.

For the Deccan Chargers as well, a new replacement has worked well: T Suman replaced an out of form and out of sorts VVS Laxman and acquitted himself well. Gilchrist will weigh his international cricket player option carefully; he has Scott Styris, Ryan Harris, Chaminda Vaas and Nuwan Zoysa.

As for the Chennai super kings, they probably feel they are on to a good thing and may retain their line up from last time including M Vijay who replaced Parthiv Patel in their last T20 match.

Today’s will be the T20 match to watch which will be worth more than just points for the teams; a win will mean a morale booster for further games in the competition.

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