Williamson was forced to replace injured opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan, who makes way for Ricky Bhui, while pacer Billy Stanlake is back in the side for Chris Jordan.
Chennai's South African veteran leg-spinner Imran Tahir is not well and has been replaced by his compatriot batsman Faf du Plessis.
The teams:
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Ricky Bhui, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Kane Williamson (Captain), Yusuf Pathan, Manish Pandey, Shakib Al Hasan, Deepak Hooda, Billy Stanlake, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rashid Khan, Siddharth Kaul
Chennai Super Kings: Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain/wk), Sam Billings, Dwayne Bravo, R Jadeja, Karn Sharma, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur.
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