Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians is always a big contest in the IPL. The two most successful teams in the history of the tournament, with five titles each, will kick off their IPL 2025 campaign against each other at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on Sunday.
CSK has a plethora of all-rounders in their squad with players like Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rachin Ravindra, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, and Sam Curran. The Men in Yellow are known to make the most of their resources and they would once again look to start the campaign on a high after they could not qualify for the playoffs in the previous season.
Speaking of the last edition, Mumbai Indians finished the tournament as cellar-dwellers, a term that we hardly associate with a team like Mumbai. Hardik Pandya, who has definitely won the hearts of the Mumbai crowd, will definitely receive backing from the fans after he was booed in IPL 2024. Pandya, however, will miss the opening game against CSK due to a slow over-rate offense and in his place Suryakumar Yadav will lead the team.
Head to Head: Matches: 37, Won by CSK: 20, Won by MI: 17.
Mumbai Indians squad for IPL 2025:
Batters: Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma, Bevon Jacobs.
Wicketkeepers: Robin Minz, Ryan Rickelton, Krishnan Shrijith.
All-rounders: Hardik Pandya, Naman Dhir, Will Jacks, Mitchell Santner, Raj Angad Bawa, Vignesh Puthur.
Fast bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Deepak Chahar, Ashwani Kumar, Reece Topley, Satyanarayana Raju, Arjun Tendulkar, Lizaad Williams.
Spinners: Karn Sharma, Allah Ghazanfar.
Mumbai Indians Probable XI for IPL 2025:
Rohit Sharma, Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Naman Dhir, Ryan Rickelton, Mitchell Santner, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Deepak Chahar.
CSK squad for IPL 2025:
Batters: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rahul Tripathi, Vansh Bedi, Andre Siddharth, Shaikh Rasheed.
Wicketkeepers: MS Dhoni, Devon Conway.
All-rounders: Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Rachin Ravindra, R. Ashwin, Deepak Hooda, Jamie Overton, Vijay Shankar, Sam Curran. Ramakrishna Ghosh.
Pacers: Matheesha Pathirana, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis, Gurjapneet Singh, Anshul Kamboj, Kamlesh Nagarkoti.
Spinners: Noor Ahmad, Shreyas Gopal.
CSK Predicted Playing XI:
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Matheesha Pathirana, Khaleel Ahmed, Noor Ahmad.
