It can’t get greater than this. Rohit Sharma and star-studded Mumbai Indians (MI) tackle Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in match quantity 12 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
MI, enjoying solely their second recreation of the season. will hope to get a win beside their identify as CSK have already received one after dropping the season opener.
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What: MI vs CSK, IPL 2023 Match
When: April 8, Saturday
Where: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Start Time: 7:30 PM IST
MI Team News
Rested nicely for per week after their crushing loss in opposition to RCB in the season-opener, Mumbai Indians will definitely be below extra strain in entrance of their passionate house followers right here on the Wankhede Stadium.
More so, given how ruthlessly they had been blown away by Royal Challengers Bangalore in a one-sided recreation with Virat Kohli taking the MI assault to cleaners.
But to their benefit, inexperience of Rajvardhan Hangargekar and Tushar Deshpande, each warned by their skipper Dhoni for bowling wides and no-balls, will work in house staff’s favour as younger duo may discover the batting-friendly Wankhede observe very difficult.
How nicely spinners Moeen Ali and Mitchell Santner bowl can even resolve CSK’s destiny in opposition to the five-time champions. There shall be nevertheless be a case for Sisanda Magala, who is understood to nail huge yorkers for South Africa may change Santner in the enjoying XI.
The focus shall be a bit additional on Mi skipper Sharma, who hasn’t precisely set the IPL stage on fireplace for a number of seasons. The Indian skipper has had his share of blazing begins however a giant knock has eluded him for fairly a while now.
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In a small floor with quick aspect boundaries, how nicely Jofra Archer bowls will maintain key for MI because the likes of Arshad Khan, Cameron Green might be lambs for slaughter for in-form Ruturaj Gaikwad or Devon Conway.
Sharma has fronted questions over Bumrah’s absence constantly however Mumbai Indians have additionally seemed to plug in the holes by roping in Australian fast Riley Meredith in place of the injured Jhye Richardson, and Sandeep Warrier changing the Indian star offers them another choice.
The recent observe on the Wankhede could be anticipated to have some preliminary help for quick bowlers and as house staff, Mumbai Indians will surely need to take advantage of it, particularly provided that CSK themselves have struggled in this division in their final two video games.
MI can even be concerned about how their different batting star Suryakumar Yadav entrance up in opposition to an inexperienced assault.
Young Tilak Verma waged a lone battle to avoid wasting the blushes in opposition to RCB for MI with the bat and Punjab lad Nehal Wadhera was additionally spectacular on debut. But the staff will look to place up a collective batting effort ranging from the top-order.
CSK Team News
In Chennai line-up, Gaikwad’s imperious kind with the bat and his pairing with the indomitable Convway is greatest assault weapon for the ‘Yellow Brigade’.
With two fifties in as many video games, Gaikwad has lit up the IPL stage in one of the best ways doable and his aspect would solely want that the right-hander is ready to carry the momentum from one recreation to the following.
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Conway missed out on a half-century in opposition to Lucknow Super Giants however he placed on a century stand with Gaikwad to announce his return to kind.
Shivam Dube and Moeen Ali are important cogs for CSK in the middle-order, for whom the venerable Ambati Rayudu and Dhoni have additionally fired at necessary junctions, making them appear to be a greater batting line-up in comparability to MI.
In bowling division, Deepak Chahar has seemed subdued on comeback following an extended harm lay-off however the India and CSK seamer will hope to take advantage of situations if some underlying moisture is there on provide.
For what it’s price, Mumbai Indians also can draw confidence from the truth that they’ve 20 wins in 34 conferences in opposition to Chennai Super Kings in a head-to-head battle in 13 out of the 15 editions the place the 2 groups locked horns.
Full Squads
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tim David, Dewald Brevis, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, Tristan Stubbs, Vishnu Vinod, Cameron Green, Arjun Tendulkar, Ramandeep Singh, Shams Mulani, Riley Meredith Nehal Wadhera, Hrithik Shokeen, Arshad Khan, Duan Jansen, Piyush Chawla, Kumar Kartikeya, Raghav Goyal, Jofra Archer, Jason Behrendorff, Akash Madhwal.
Chennai Super Kings: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, Ben Stokes, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajinkya Rahane, Sisanda Magala, Shivam Dube, Dwaine Pretorius, Ajay Mandal, Nishant Sindhu, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Mitchell Santner, Subhranshu Senapati, Simarjeet Singh, Matheesha Pathirana, Mahesh Theekshana, Bhagath Verma, Prashant Solanki, Shaikh Rasheed, Tushar Deshpande.
With PTI inputs
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