<p>Both the teams will put up no-hold-barred efforts to win tomorrow's contest at the floodlit Kingsmead ground here and take another stride to become the first Indian Premier League team to win the show-piece tournament.<br /><br />Riding on a disciplined performance by the bowlers, the Chennai team yesterday snatched a 10-run win over Warriors, and Dhoni would surely expect an encore when IPL champions take the ground.<br /><br />Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who scalped three wickets for just 24 runs against Warriors, and left-arm paceman Doug Bollinger would look for some early breakthroughs tomorrow while in the middle overs Suresh Raina's contribution with the ball is expected to be crucial.<br /><br />Chennai spin department would be spearheaded by legendary Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan, while left-arm tweaker Shadab Jakati would have to extend support.<br /><br />Opener Mike Hussey and Murali Vijay would have to play their role to give the team a strong opening, with captain Dhoni and S Badrinath coming down the order.<br /><br />On the other hand, in-form Rahul Dravid will be the mainstay of the Bangalore batting order.<br /><br />Dravid, who cracked a fine unbeaten 71 against Mumbai Indians, would try to do it again in the final-four match. And even though the team will miss South African star Jacques Kallis but Manish Pandey, who played a fine knock against Lions, is expected to help Bangalore enter the summit-stage.<br /><br />New Zealander import Ross Taylor, who has played a couple of breezy innings in the tournament so far, and Virat Kohli, would have to live upto the expectation if their team to are to chase down a stiff target.<br /><br />In the bowling department, captain Anil Kumble, who has led from the front so far in the tournament, would once again spearhead the bowling attack with two Kumars - Praveen and Vinay expected to give him a good support. Meanwhile, Dale Steyn, who is yet to hit his best form, may just be able to cause some problems in Chennai's batting line-up.<br /><br />All in all, both Bangalore and Chennai have their sets of strengths and weaknesses and any one of these two teams, on its given day, can make a difference.</p>
<p>Both the teams will put up no-hold-barred efforts to win tomorrow's contest at the floodlit Kingsmead ground here and take another stride to become the first Indian Premier League team to win the show-piece tournament.<br /><br />Riding on a disciplined performance by the bowlers, the Chennai team yesterday snatched a 10-run win over Warriors, and Dhoni would surely expect an encore when IPL champions take the ground.<br /><br />Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who scalped three wickets for just 24 runs against Warriors, and left-arm paceman Doug Bollinger would look for some early breakthroughs tomorrow while in the middle overs Suresh Raina's contribution with the ball is expected to be crucial.<br /><br />Chennai spin department would be spearheaded by legendary Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan, while left-arm tweaker Shadab Jakati would have to extend support.<br /><br />Opener Mike Hussey and Murali Vijay would have to play their role to give the team a strong opening, with captain Dhoni and S Badrinath coming down the order.<br /><br />On the other hand, in-form Rahul Dravid will be the mainstay of the Bangalore batting order.<br /><br />Dravid, who cracked a fine unbeaten 71 against Mumbai Indians, would try to do it again in the final-four match. And even though the team will miss South African star Jacques Kallis but Manish Pandey, who played a fine knock against Lions, is expected to help Bangalore enter the summit-stage.<br /><br />New Zealander import Ross Taylor, who has played a couple of breezy innings in the tournament so far, and Virat Kohli, would have to live upto the expectation if their team to are to chase down a stiff target.<br /><br />In the bowling department, captain Anil Kumble, who has led from the front so far in the tournament, would once again spearhead the bowling attack with two Kumars - Praveen and Vinay expected to give him a good support. Meanwhile, Dale Steyn, who is yet to hit his best form, may just be able to cause some problems in Chennai's batting line-up.<br /><br />All in all, both Bangalore and Chennai have their sets of strengths and weaknesses and any one of these two teams, on its given day, can make a difference.</p>