Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bowl first

Rajasthan Royals

According to the fresh reports from the IPL 2001 season, Deccan Chargers is all set to play against Rajasthan Royals played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad.

Meanwhile, the captain of Rajasthan Royals, Shane Warne won the toss and elected to bowl first.

Whatever, it is going to be, but one thing is sure that its going to be real fight.

The wicket will slow a bit as we go on, and the pitch will offer spin

Toss: No toss confusion this time. A botoxed Shane Warne has won the toss and chosen to bowl.

Warne: "It looks a bit different from the normal wickets we get here. It might help the seamers. It will eventually be a good batting wicket. We have the under-19 kid Ashok Menaria and Rahul Dravid, absolute superstar"

Sanga: "Not disappointed with the toss. The pitch will remain the same throughout the game. The local Indian boys, the youngsters, will make the difference in this competition. It's a great mix."

Deccan Chargers team:-

S Dhawan, KC Sangakkara*†, JP Duminy, B Chipli, DT Christian, DB Ravi Teja, IR Jaggi, A Mishra, DW Steyn, I Sharma, PP Ojha.


Rajasthan Royals team:-

AS Raut, AG Paunikar†, AL Menaria, LRPL Taylor, R Dravid, Amit Singh, J Botha, JDP Oram, SK Warne*, SK Trivedi, SW Tait.

Umpires RE Koertzen (South Africa) and SK Tarapore
TV umpire SS Hazare
Match referee AJ Pycroft (Zimbabwe)
Reserve umpire SS Shamsuddin