CSK win toss, elect to bat in IPL final

While defending champions Chennai fielded an unchanged team, Kolkata made two changes to their playing XI.

The Knight Riders left out Brendon Mccullum and brought in Manindra Bisla, while Australian speedstar Brett Lee was included in place of Lakshmipathy Balaji, who is still recovering from his hamstring injury.

Teams:

Chennai Super Kings: M Vijay, MEK Hussey, SK Raina, MS Dhoni (C & WC), DJ Bravo, RA Jadeja, JA Morkel, R Ashwin, BW Hilfenhaus, SB Jakati, S Badrinath.

Kolkata Knight Riders: G Gambhir (C), MS Bisla (WC), JH Kallis, LR Shukla, Shakib Al Hasan, YK Pathan, DB Das, R Bhatia, Iqbal Abdulla, SP Narine, B Lee.