In the El Clasico of the Indian Premier League, Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bowl first against Chennai Super Kings at the Wankhede Stadium.
Talking about comibations, MI have gone in with the same playing XI, sticking with the combination that delivered a dominant win in their previous clash against Gujarat Titans. Rohit Sharma is still not available as he continues to recover.
For CSK, MS Dhoni is once again missing and is yet to return as he continues to recover from a calf injury, despite being seen keeping and training in the nets. Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma return into the XI. Whereas, Matthew Short misses out as CSK make a few change to their lineup.
Mumbai Indians: Quinton de Kock(w), Naman Dhir, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya(c), Tilak Varma, Sherfane Rutherford, Mitchell Santner, Jasprit Bumrah, Krish Bhagat, AM Ghazanfar, Ashwani Kumar
Impact subs: Will Jacks, Raj Bawa, Shardul Thakur, Danish Malewar, Mayank Markande
Chennai Super Kings: Sanju Samson(w), Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Sarfaraz Khan, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Kartik Sharma, Jamie Overton, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Mukesh Choudhary
Impact subs: Prashant Veer, Matthew Short, Matt Henry, Akeal Hosein, Urvil Patel
MI vs CSK: Captains take at the toss
Hardik Pandya said the surface might have some grass early on but expects it to play well overall, backing his side to chase confidently.
“This pitch looks green, but it did against the KKR game as well, and it played pretty well. It’s going to be a good track. Just want to see how much we have on the board and chase it.”
Ruturaj Gaikwad acknowledged that the team has been performing well in phases but needs to make the most of key moments in games.
“We are doing really well. It’s just that we are not able to cash in on a couple of moments. But I think we pulled it back really well during our bowling in the last game.”
