Deccan Chargers has had some mixed fortunes in the DLF IPL 2009 so far: they won their first four matches then their winning march was halted by the Delhi Daredevils and they lost three in a row. Then they picked themselves up and won their last tie against Mumbai which could have brought back their winning momentum.

"We didn't play a really good game of cricket, but we still managed to fight and show character and come through with a win. So that is what is important. It gives us the momentum again to keep going forward," skipper Adam Gilchrist was quoted as having said in the cricket news.

There may be something of an embarrassment of riches for the Chargers today as international cricket star Andrew Symonds will be returning to the Deccan Chargers fold so it will be a question of who to pick and more importantly whom to leave out.

Kings XI Punjab have also seen the return of some prodigals, however have been disappointed that others did not make it. Sreesanth is back in the side albeit not without attendant cricket controversy; however James Hopes has been ruled out due to injury. What is very good news for Punjab though is that Brett Lee will be coming back to the side and his current form is said to be good, which is a positive sign for Punjab.

Since the departure of Ravi Bopara, the Punjab team’s batting seems somewhat depleted. In their outing against the Rajasthan Royals the top four batsmen managed to make only 22 runs between them and only Yuvraj Singh reached anywhere near a decent personal score. In their last match, which they lost against the Chennai Super Kings, however the performance was much better with Simon Katich, Yuvraj as well as DPMD Jayawardene reaching good scores. They managed to score at nearly 10 an over, however fell short of the huge Chennai total of 185 in 18 overs. What was encouraging was that they lost by only 11 runs.

Kings XI have to win today’s match if they are to remain in the contention for the semi final spot, and if they pull up their socks and play to potential they can make it there.

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