Lucknow Super Giants had it easy at home against the Chennai Super Kings when the two teams met previously last week, winning by eight wickets in pursuit of a tricky 177-run target.

But it's the Super Kings who will play at home now, and Lucknow are wary of a strike back from the former at their den in Chennai on Tuesday. "They (Super Kings) plan well, and they've got a coach and the experience of MS (Mahendra Singh Dhoni) and all the international players. It's definitely a team against which you need to be on the money from ball one.

"You can't afford to give them that momentum as it's very hard to pull the game back then. So, we'll have to be confident, especially after beating them in the last game.

"From a mental point of view, we'll have to stand up in all the departments: with bat, ball and on the field," Lucknow bowling coach Morne Morkel emphasised.