It will be an El Clasico of the Indian Premier League (IPL) when Mumbai Indians (MI) will be locking horns with the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the 33rd match of the 15th edition of the tournament at the Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai. MI is the only team in the tournament so far to not win a match so far this season.
In their last game against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), MI suffered a loss by 18 runs after failing to chase a target of 200 runs. CSK, on the other hand, won their first match of the season against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) owing to a dominating batting performance. However, their bowlers again failed to defend the total against Gujarat Titans in the previous match. GT managed to chase down the target of 170 runs in 19.5 overs and won the match by 3 wickets.
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Both MI and CSK would be hoping for a better performance from their bowling unit in this match. They have locked horns with each other in 34 IPL matches so far and Mumbai is having a 20 to 12 lead over Chennai. Even in their last 5 encounters, MI is having a 3-2 lead over CSK.
Mumbai Indians (MI)
A lot of are expected for Mumbai Indians. We might see Riley Meredith getting a nod ahead of Tymal Mills in this game. Also, there is a chance for Mayank Markande to make a return to MI’s XI after 4 years to replace Murugan Ashwin who has been good in bits and pieces. No changes in the batting unit are expected.
Probable XI: Ishan Kishan (wk), Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Kieron Pollard, Fabian Allan, Jaydev Unadkat, Murugan Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Tymal Mills
Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
Ravindra Jadeja has been quite successful in keeping Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav in check. He could bring himself on much earlier in the innings if the MI captain gets off to a good start.
Probable XI: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Robin Uthappa, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwaine Pretorius, Dwayne Bravo, Maheehsh Theekshana, Mukesh Choudhary
Fantasy XI suggestion 1:
Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Shivam Dube (vc), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Dewald Brevis, Ravindra Jadeja, Kieron Pollard, Fabian Allen, Dwayne Bravo, Jaydev Unadkat, Maheesh Theekshana
Fantasy XI suggestion 2:
Ishan Kishan, Robin Uthappa (c), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Dewald Brevis, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Jasprit Bumrah, Maheesh Theekshana (vc)
