In the clash of titans, Chennai Super Kings will lock horns against Mumbai Indians at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on Saturday in a day game. When these two teams met earlier in the season, Chennai Super Kings won by seven wickets.
CSK had lost last two matches on the trot before their previous match against Lucknow Super Giants ended in no result after rain played killjoy. Thus, the MS Dhoni-led team will be looking to get back to winning ways after veering off the track.
On the other hand, Mumbai Indians have won their last two matches by six wickets each and they will be looking to carry the winning impetus to peak at this crucial time of the tournament.
MI’s batting unit has done a great job for the team and the duo of Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav batted at their absolute best in the previous match against Punjab Kings.
While both of these two teams have a potent batting line-up, which has also delivered the goods, both sides’ bowling unit has failed to bowl in the right areas. Thus, the bowlers will be looking to deliver a better performance.
Match Prediction: Chennai Super Kings will enter the contest as favorites against Mumbai Indians as they will be playing in their own conditions and their spinners will hold the key.
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).
