The two most successful teams in the IPL – four-time champions Chennai Super Kings will take on five-time champions Mumbai Indians – at the Chepauk Stadium, Chennai on Saturday in a day game. Both of these teams have shared an epic rivalry since the inception of the tournament as they have given us some of the best humdingers in the IPL.
Saturday could be another chapter in their riveting rivalry story and both teams will be looking to come up with their best. We look at the current form, head-to-head, players to look out for, and squads of both teams in our match preview
Current form for CSK: NR L L W W
Chennai has slightly veered off the track in the last couple of matches and they will look to bounce back against Mumbai Indians. In fact, MS Dhoni is well aware that every win from here on will strengthen their chances of qualifying for the playoff stages.
Current form for MI: W W L L W
Mumbai Indians have successfully chased down totals in their last two matches as their batting unit has put their hand up. However, Rohit Sharma will still want his bowlers to do a better job for the team, especially at this stage of the tournament.
Head to Head: Matches: 37, Won by MI: 21, Won by CSK: 16.
Mumbai Indians have the wood on Chennai Super Kings in the H2H battle.
Players to look out for: Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, Ben Stokes, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, and Deepak Chahar will be the key players for CSK.
Tim David, Rohit Sharma, Jofra Archer, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Cameron Green, and Jason Behrendorff will be the key players for MI.
MI Squad for IPL 2023:
Wicketkeepers: Ishan Kishan, Tristan Stubbs (SA), Vishnu Vinod.
Batters: Rohit Sharma, Tim David (AUS), Ramandeep Singh, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Dewald Brevis (SA).
All-rounders: Nehal Wadhera, Shams Mulani, Duan Jansen (SA), Cameron Green (AUS).
Bowlers: Jofra Archer (ENG), Arshad Khan, Jason Behrendorff (AUS), Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Hrithik Shokeen, Arjun Tendulkar, Raghav Goyal, Piyush Chawla.
CSK IPL 2023 Squad:
Wicketkeepers: MS Dhoni, Devon Conway (NZ).
Batters: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, Ajinkya Rahane.
All-rounders: Moeen Ali (ENG), Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwaine Pretorius (SA), Mitchell Santner (NZ), Ben Stokes (ENG), Ajay Mandal, Bhagath Varma, Nishant Sindhu.
Bowlers: Sisanda Magala, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana (SL), Simarjeet Singh, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana (SL).
