14 April,2012 10:27 AM IST | | A Correspondent
Defending champions Chennai Super Kings look to carry forward momentum from their last win over Royal Challengers Bangalore in Game 16 of Indian Premier League V here at the Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium today.
It also means that Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who first donned India colours under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly, will go head-to-head against his former India skipper. While Dhoni's Super Kings are fresh off a spectacular run-chase against Bangalore, Ganguly pulled up his side for a lacklustre showing in their previous outing against Kings XI Punjab.u00a0
"We should have shown a bit more common sense and get to 140, it should have been a good total. We had 115 runs on board and we needed to be a lot more smarter I am disappointed because we have a good bowling attack, every time we get to 160, it would be hard for opposition," Ganguly said after his team's loss to Punjab.
Ganguly's concerns are valid as Pune's top-order comprising of Jesse Ryder, Robin Uthappa, Manish Pandey and Angelo Mathews is yet to fire. However, Pune's bowling attack comprising of Ashok Dinda, Ashish Nehra and leg-spinner Rahul Sharma has done a fair job.u00a0In stark contrast, the Super Kings have in-form batsmen Faf du Plessis, who cracked 71 off just 46 balls against RCB, skipper Dhoni, Albie Morkel and Dwayne Bravo in their ranks. u00a0
Ganguly's wishlist
>> Dismiss Faf du Plessis early
>>u00a0u00a0He gets some runs at the top
>>u00a0u00a0Angelo Mathews finds form
>>u00a0u00a0Nehra does well in death overs
>>u00a0u00a0Rahul Sharma bags wickets
Dhoni's wishlist
>>u00a0u00a0Not allow Dinda early wickets
>>u00a0u00a0Dismiss Robin Uthappa cheaply
>>u00a0u00a0Albie Morkel produces a cameo
>>u00a0u00a0Faf du Plessis continues to fire
>>u00a0u00a0Ashwin bowls economicallyu00a0