IPL 2019: Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians, preview and head to head

Chennai Super Kings has won 8 games of total 11 played so far and occupies the top spot on the points table with 16 points. Mumbai Indians, on the other hand, have won 6 matches of the 10 played and are placed on the 3rd spot with 12 points.

In the 44th match of IPL, the defending champions will fight against Mumbai Indians on April 26 at MA Chidambaram Stadium.  Chennai Super Kings has won 8 games of total 11 played so far and occupies the top spot on the points table with 16 points. Mumbai Indians, on the other hand, have won 6 matches of the 10 played and are placed on the 3rd spot with 12 points.

 

After losing two back to back matches, Chennai won its last match against Sunrisers Hyderabad by six wickets at the home ground.  While chasing the total of 175, Shane Watson was the leading run scorer with the score of 96 runs off 53 balls and Suresh Raina 38 runs off 24 balls. Chennai got the match with one ball remaining. Deepak Chahar was the most economical bowler who took 1 wicket and gave away 30 runs in 4 overs. Chennai will fight to remain on the top position.

 

Mumbai Indians has lost its last match against Rajasthan Royals by 5 wickets at Sawai Mansingh Stadium. With the scores of Quinton de Kock (65), and Surya Kumar Yadav (34) Mumbai posted the total of 161 for Rajasthan. Rajasthan got the match with 5 balls remaining. Rahul Chahar emerged as the best bowler who took  3 wickets giving away 29 runs in 4 overs.

Head to head

Matches - 25

Mumbai won-14

Chennai won-11

Probable XI: 

Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni (C & WK), Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Imran Tahir, Harbhajan Singh, Deepak Chahar.

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (C), Quinton de Kock (WK), Suryakumar Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Jason Behrendorff,  Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah,  Lasith Malinga.

 

Squads:


Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni (captain & WK), Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Murali Vijay, Kedar Jadhav, Sam Billings (WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Shorey, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Rituraj Gaikwad, Dwayne Bravo, Karn Sharma, Imran Tahir, Harbhajan Singh, Mitchell Santner, Shardul Thakur, Mohit Sharma, K M Asif, Deepak Chahar, N Jagadeesan (WK), Scott Kuggeleijn.

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (C), Quinton de Kock (WK), Suryakumar Yadav, Yuvraj Singh, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Mitchell McClenaghan, Jason Behrendorff, Mayank Markande, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Anmolpreet Singh, Siddhesh Lad, Ankul Roy, Evin Lewis, Pankaj Jaiswal, Ben Cutting, Ishan Kishan (WK), Aditya Tare (WK), Rasikh Salam, Barinder Sran, Jayant Yadav, Beuran Hendricks.

 

Source: NYOOOZ DESK - IPL 2019