IPL 2023 PREVIEW: MI vs CSK

Welcome to match No. 12 featuring The Mumbai Indians & Chennai Super Kings
IPL's El-Classico is back. The rivalry between two teams is unparalleled. The past matches between them had plenty of drama, action and thrills. No other teams faced each other and played finals as much off them. Mumbai Indians have won five IPL titles (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020), whereas Chennai Super Kings have won four titles (2010, 2011, 2018, 2021). The Two most Successful IPL Teams will lock horns against each other at Wankhede Stadium. This should be an electrifying game because of the huge names in both teams!

Head to Head

MI - 20, CSK - 14

Last 5 matches
MI - 3, CSK - 2

At Wankhede
MI - 7, CSK - 3

Last 5 matches at Wankhede

MI - W L W L W
CSK - W L L L L

At one Side Mumbai Indians ~ Who had lost their opening fixture despite making a good total to defend, Pretty Average bowling costed whole match. Mumbai Indians back at their own den after couple of years, Which will boost their energy. Rohit Sharma needs to step up. He is very good leader for MI but at same time Inconsistent with the bat, Opening partnership is the key to success and win matches, Which lacks in Mumbai team, both Rohit/Ishan Combined Opening partnership Runrate was 7.92, Which was worst Comparing with other teams. Mumbai's middle order was fully set with green followed by Surya, Tilak, David. Surya who was consistent with bat, can go defensive, can rotate strike well. Tilak Varma who was just pure class literally carrying whole teams batting line up. the only batter to make an impact as rest of team struggled in previous match. The only Weakness that Mumbai Indians has their lack of spin bowling options. Still they not able to find a match winner Spinner like other teams whole management needs to work on this. Still feel looking at Wankhede conditions they will go with same XI, Jason Behrendroff or Duan Jansen, the only change may MI do.
(Let's delve into some stats, Since Previous Season, Mumbai Indians only Team with 11+ Eco.rate in Deathovers)

MI XI : Rohit, Ishan, Green, Surya, Tilak, Tim David, N Wadhera, Shokeen, Arshad, Jofra, Chawla
(Impact : Behrendroff, Duan Jansen)

At Other Side Chennai Super Kings ~ Who Looks the best side in this tournament with all bases covered, only concern for them their death bowling which team needs to work on that. Ruturaj and Conway the most consistent current opening pair who had 3 Century partnerships just in 9 Innings. It's going to be serious headache for opponent team to stop them once both settled. Ben stokes who still not fired with bat may fire today because his highest Score, Highest Average, Highest SR all against Mumbai Indians. The spin trio of Moeen, Jadeja, Santner who just dominated at Chepauk in previous match. It's going to be Interesting to see whether this Trio continue to dominate at Wankhede too or not!
(Let's delve into some stats, Since Previous Season, Ruturaj/Conway pair had 53.66 Average which was highest among all current opening pairs)

CSK XI : Ruturaj, Conway, Dube, Moeen, Stokes, Rayudu, Jadeja, Dhoni, Santner, Deepak, Hangargekar
(Impact: T Deshpande, Simarjeet Singh)

Rohit v Deepak - 51runs, 2 outs (121 SR)
Surya v Deepak - 56 runs, 1 out (127 SR)
Rohit v Jadeja - 83 runs, 3 outs (104 SR)
Surya v Jadeja - 43 runs, 3 outs (78 SR)
Rohit v Moeen - 21 runs, 2 outs (162 SR)
Surya v Moeen - 44 runs, 1 out (220 SR)
Rohit v Santner - 133 runs, 3 out (127 SR)
Ishan v Santner - 5 run, 1 out (46 SR)
Surya v Santner - 52 runs, 2 out (93 SR)
Ishan v Stokes - 19 runs, 1 out (127 SR)
Surya v Stokes - 40 runs, 0 out (129 SR)

Rayudu v Jofra - 4 runs, 2 outs (31 SR)
Dhoni v Jofra - 44 runs, 0 out (119 SR)
Moeen v Jofra - 22 runs, 0 out (200 SR)
Moeen v Behrendroff - 16 runs, 0 out (320 SR)
Dhoni v Chawla - 85 runs, 2 outs (135 SR)
Stokes v Chawla - 6 runs, 2 outs (75 SR)
Jadeja v Chawla - 70 runs, 3 outs (121 SR)
Rayudu v Chawla - 76 runs, 6 outs (155 SR)

During MI v CSK matches

Most runs

710 - Suresh Raina
679 - Rohit Sharma
653 - MS Dhoni
583 - Kieron Pollard

Highest Score

114* - Sanath Jayasuriya
88* - Ruturaj Gaikwad
87* - Kieron Pollard
87 - Rohit Sharma

Most 6s

44 - Kieron Pollard
32 - Suresh Raina
29 - MS Dhoni
22 - Rohit Sharma

Most Wickets

31 - Lasith Malinga
30 - Dwayne Bravo
24 - Harbhajan Singh

Best Bowling Fig

5/18 - Harbhajan Singh
4/14 - Mohit Sharma
4/18 - Trent Boult

Most M.O.M Awards

4 - Kieron Pollard
3 - Rohit Sharma
3 - Suresh Raina
2 - Sachin Tendulkar
2 - Hardik Pandya
2 - Matthew Hayden
2 - Dwayne Smith

Key players to watch :

Ruturaj Gaikwad:

He Currently holds Orange Cap and had great consistency with the bat since last 2 seasons, also had the ability to adapt in different conditions. He had the Average of 47.38 and Strike rate of 148.63 in Last 8 Innings in IPL

Tilak Varma :

Star boy of Mumbai Indians. One of the most promising young talent, Who Has the Average of 43.73, SR of 137.82. He had played only 2 Innings against CSK (51*, 34*)

Moeen Ali :

One of the Finest Allrounder who was the hero of CSK's Previous Win, If he fails with bat, He will deliver with ball. In Last 6 matches, He has picked 12 wickets for CSK

Suryakumar Yadav:

The No.1 T20I batter in the world, who has been in the form of his life. He has the Average of 51 and SR of 141.67 against Chennai at Wankhede

Fantasy XI