Indian cricket El Clásico is coming back with the World’s biggest cricketing league – ” Indian Premier League” with its 13th edition. India vs Pakistan in ICC events and Mumbai Indians Vs Chennai Super Kings in IPL both posses intense rivalry, suspense, and lots of drama!
IPL’s most successful team , MI and CSK both are used to playing first and last match of tournament . Last time they met at IPL 2019 finals , MI recorded their fourth time championship title.
MUMBAI INDIANS
4-time champions, Mumbai Indians under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma is very impressive in T20s. Quinton de Kock and Rohit Sharma’s powerful opening Pair with a well-balanced middle-order consisting of Chris Lynn and Suryakumar Yadav followed by destructive finishers Hardik Pandya and Kieron Pollard. There batting line up looks to settle and explosive at the same time.
Well well, they are not only good with their bat but have the best bowling attacks! Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Bolt, and Nathan Coulter Nile will add glory to the team. Lasith Malinga back out from IPL but this will not create any problem.
Mumbai haven’t won the first game since 2012 and they didn’t have a great experience in the UAE but anyways this time they are different now! The spin department lacks experience and we all know “spin will win ” on these pitches.
CHENNAI SUPER KINGS
On the other hand three-time champions, and the only team in the history of the IPL to qualify for the playoffs in each season it has played, 8 finals and 5 times runners up. They can play anywhere the venue doesn’t matter to them. The world’s one of the finest captain MS Dhoni leading this team and everyone is eagerly waiting to see their “Thala” as he takes retirement from an international career.
CSK ‘s two key players Suresh Raina and Harbhajan Singh back off from the tournament due to personal reasons and the team haven’t figured out their replacement. But we know MSD is a master of risk management. The strength of the team expressed in one word – ” Experience”. Opening duo Shane Watson and Faf du Plessis and then Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, and MS Dhoni in middle order followed by Ravindra Jadeja and Dwayne Bravo to flourish finishers role.
CSK is full of spin department and they bought leg spinner Piyush Chawla to make it strong. Deepak Chahar with Shardul Thakur steaming from the fast bowling unit.
HEAD TO HEAD
28 times faced each other with 17 wins of Mumbai and Chennai 11. In this Dhoni vs Rohit , Rohit Sharma is ahead in term of wining percentage.
VENUE – Sheikh Zayed Stadium , Abu Dhabi
Time – 7:30 PM IST