KATHMANDU: Chennai Super Kings on Friday elected to bowl after winning the toss ahead of their match against Delhi Capitals at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

DC Captain Shreyas Iyer confirmed that spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is out for the next “two-three matches” after dislocating his shoulder in their dramatic opening game against Kings XI Punjab.

Leg-spinner Amit Mishra has replaced him.

Nepal’s leg spinner Sandeep Lamichhane has failed to make it to the playing XI today as well.

CSK : M Vijay, Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni (capt&wk), Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Josh Hazlewood, Deepak Chahar, Piyush Chawla

Capitals: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shimron Hetmyer, Shreyas Iyer (capt), Rishabh Pant (wk), Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Amit Mishra, Anrich Nortje, Avesh Khan