Chennai, May 18 -- Five time winners and home favourties Chennai Super Kings (CSK) skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad won the toss and decided to bat first against Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH) in a must win game at the M A Chidambaram staidum here on Monday night.

CSK, placed fifth (12 pts) with six wins and an equal number of losses, made one change from the XI that lost to LSG in the last game, bringing in key spinner Akeal Hosein in place of leftarm pacer Gurjapneet Singh.

SRH, which is in third spot at the points table, with seven wins (14 pts) from 12 games, retained the same team that lost to Gujarat Titans in the last contest.

This is the last home match for CSK. Apart from winning tonight, it needs to win against GT at Ahmedabad on May 21 to ...