VVS Laxman
May 5 2009, Sreelata Yellamrazu

The Hyderabad Deccan Chargers are finding the road at the top slippery while the Chennai Super Kings appeared to have found their feet at Buffalo Park in East London in South Africa in the IPL 2.
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