The second game of the third day of the tournament will see the Deccan Chargers take on the Somerset Sabres in a game that will see two mates from Western Australia lead their sides out. Adam Gilchrist will lead the Deccan Chargers, whereas Justin Langer, his friend from even the Aussie playing days will be the captain of the Somerset side.

The good thing for the Somerset side is that they will have the services of Marcus Trescothick, who has earlier suffered from stress-related illnesses in the past. In fact, he had taken an early retirement from the international game in order to overcome the issues, but never again played again at the international level.

However, this is not to say that there are no other players that the Somerset Sabres side can rely on. In fact, the captain Langer himself is one of the best and the most mentally tough players one would have seen in the game of cricket. This, in fact, will the chance for Langer to prove a point after he had decided not to play for the Rajasthan Roayls in the IPL-I. Now, back in India, he will want to do well as a captain and as a batsman in the top-order.

Arul Suppiah is a bowler that Langer has really backed and he will be the one to look out for from the Sabres side.

For the Hyderabad Deccan Chargers, they have an embarrassment of riches. In Adam Gilchrist, they have a batsman par excellence, and it would be interesting to see how the Somerset guys bowl at him. He loves to cut and pull, and is not a bad driver of the ball as well. Will Somerset want to use a spinner first up against Gilly is an option that they can definitely explore for starters.

Andrew Symonds is bound to make it to the playing eleven as well, what with his ability to bat, bowl and field like there is no tomorrow. His value to the team was accentuated in the second edition of the IPL when he had flown from Australia and smashed the opposition away in most of the games that he had played in.

Bowling will lie in the hands of the Rudra Pratap Singh and Pragyan Ojhan, both of whom are struggling with their international places. Hence, it could become doubly important for them to play to their best potential.

To me, it does look like that the Deccan Chargers will go into the game as favourites.

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