Rajasthan Royals
The Royals have retained Ajinkya Rahane, Shane Watson, Stuart Binny, Sanju Samson and James Faulkner, the five who played an important role in their success in the previous edition of the cash rich league. Unmukt Chand, the new entry, will open the innings with Ajinkya Rahane. Apart from Watson and Faulkner, the team could play Steven Smith and Tim Southee. However, Brad Hodge is another contender for the playing XI. Abhishek Nayar and Rajat Bhatia are the two capable all-rounders in the team while the spinning duties will remain in the hands of Pravin Tambe. They don't have big Indian stars in their squad.

Sunrisers Hyderabad
The team from Hyderabad had a great auction process. They have retained some of their stars while also managed to bag some famous faces in this format of the game. David Warner and Aaron Finch should play in the opening game and they will form an effective top three with Captain Shikhar Dhawan. Darren Sammy and Dale Steyn should be the other two foreign stars in the playing XI. Ishant Sharma will bowl alongside Steyn while there won't be any changes in the spin department as Amit Mishra and Karan Sharma had an impressive outing in the sixth season of the cash rich league. The presence of Irfan Pathan in the squad also gives Sunrisers Hyderabad a much required balance.

Verdict
I will go with Sunrisers Hyderabad because of their strong bowling unit.

Teams
Rajasthan Royals: Shane Watson (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Brad Hodge, Sanju Samson, Stuart Binny, Ankush Bains, James Faulkner, Pravin Tambe, Kevon Cooper, Unmukt Chand, Steven Smith, Ben Cutting, Deepak Hooda, Iqbal Abdullah, Karun Nair, Vikramjeet Malik, Abhishek Nayar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Kane Richardson, Dishant Yagnik (wk), Tim Southee, Rahul Tewatia, Ankit Sharma, Amit Mishra.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Shikhar Dhawan (c), David Warner, Aaron Finch, Irfan Pathan, Srikkanth Anirudha, Darren Sammy, Naman Ojha (wk), Parvez Rasool, Dale Steyn, Amit Mishra, Karn Sharma, Ishant Sharma, Ricky Bhui, Amit Paunikar, Moises Henriques, Ashish Reddy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jason Holder, Chama Milind, Manpreet Juneja, KL Rahul, Brendan Taylor, Prasanth Parmeswaran, Venugopal Rao, KL Rahul.
Note-The Royals have retained Ajinkya Rahane, Shane Watson, Stuart Binny, Sanju Samson and James Faulkner, the five who played an important role in their success in the previous edition of the cash rich league. Unmukt Chand, the new entry, will open the innings with Ajinkya Rahane.
The Royals have retained Ajinkya Rahane, Shane Watson, Stuart Binny, Sanju Samson and James Faulkner, the five who played an important role in their success in the previous edition of the cash rich league.

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IPL 2014 Preview: Chennai Super Kings vs. Kings XI Punjab

Chennai Super Kings
This outfit has dominated Indian Premier League since its inception. However, this year it won’t be that easy as they are under the scanner of the Supreme Court for the alleged involvement of some of its officials in the spot fixing saga. Apart from this, CSK has changed a lot in terms of players. There is no Michael Hussey, Murali Vijay, Albie Morkel and few more in the team while the likes of Brendon McCullum, Samuel Badree and some others have come in as the new entries. The presence of MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin, whom they retained, is enough to boost the confidence of the other players. Samuel Badree could prove their trump card as he is in superb form at the moment. The fast bowling is looking quite weak with no great pace bowler. Ben Hilfenhaus, Mohit Sharma and Ishwar Pandey are good but are not lethal.

Kings XI Punjab This franchise from Punjab has altogether built a new squad for the seventh edition of the Indian Premier League. They have managed to snap up Virender Sehwag, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Marsh and many others in the auction process but where is good Indian talent. The whole world knows that a team is allowed to field four foreign stars and the remaining seven has to come from India. Even there is no big Indian name in the bowling department. I know players like Sehwag, Bailey and the other foreign players could win matches single handedly but a team need quality Indian players as well which are not there in the Kings XI Punjab squad.Verdict My money is on Chennai Super Kings because they are more balanced than their opponents.

Teams Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni (c), Suresh Raina, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Brendon McCullum, Dwayne Smith, Ashish Nehra, Mohit Sharma, Samuel Badree, Ben Hilfenhaus, Matt Henry, B Aparajith, Mithun Manhas, Ishwar Pandey, Pawan Negi, Vijay Shankar, Ronit More, John Hastings. Kings XI Punjab: George Bailey (c), David Miller, Manan Vohra, Virender Sehwag, Mitchell Johnson, Cheteshwar Pujara, Shaun Marsh, Wriddhaman Saha, Thisara Perera, Glenn Maxwell, Rishi Dhawan, Anureet Singh, Sandeep Sharma, Akshar Patel, Beuran Hendricks, Karanveer Singh, Murali Kartik, Shivam Sharma, Shardul Thakur, L Balaji, Parvinder Awana, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Mandeep Singh. Note- Samuel Badree could prove their trump card as he is in superb form at the moment. The fast bowling is looking quite weak with no great pace bowler. Ben Hilfenhaus, Mohit Sharma and Ishwar Pandey are good but are not lethal.

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