Sachin Tendulkar, the Mumbai Indians captain, decided he wanted to play despite the stitches to his hand while Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Chennai Super Kings captain, was rather cool about the nerves at the toss.

Dhoni called heads, won the toss and decided to bat first at the D.Y. Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai in the middle of an electrifying atmosphere.
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