IPL2022: MI vs CSK Match Preview- All you need to know

IPL2022: Mumbai Indians will take on defending champion chennai super kings

IPL2022: Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings – the El Classico of the Indian Premier League will be played on Thursday, April 21 at DY Patil Stadium.

The orange cap winner from last season had a best of 17 in the first five matches before a welcome return to runs with a 73 against Gujarat Titans CSK has failed to find an able replacement for Deepak Chahar. Chris Jordan’s repeated troubles in the death overs is adding to the concerns

Bumrah,the lead pacer of MI’s attack has gone wicketless in four of the six matches so far, and the rest of the bowler seems ineffective.

PITCH REPORT:

On the bigger ground at the DY Patil Stadium, the fielders will be tested, as well as the batters who might have a lot of running to do.

TACTICS:

CSK- Ravindra Jadeja has been quite successful in keeping Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav in check. He could bring himself on much earlier in the innings if the MI captain gets off to a good start.. Super Kings should play Dwaine Pretorius over Chris Jordan, who has been expensive in the middle overs (economy rate of 11) as well as at the death (economy of 13.04). Pretorius has fared better with the ball in each of those phases in the two games he’s played, having an economy of 6.80 and 10 respectively.

MI- Mumbai would hope their captain Rohit Sharma turns a corner, too, against their arch-rivals. He averages 26.7 as an opener in the IPL since 2000.Bumrah will hold back CSK’s aggression in the death overs. MS Dhoni and Shivam Dube have struggled to hit the MI pacer.

HEAD TO HEAD:

Mumbai Indians 19-13 chennai super kings

STATS:

1. It will be the 200th T20 for Bumrah and 200th IPL appearance for Robin Uthappa
2. Bravo has 31 wickets against Mumbai, the most by anyone and third-most by a bowler against a particular opposition in the IPL
3. Gaikwad averages 54.1 in the powerplay since IPL 2020, the most among openers

 POSSIBLE PLAYING XI:

MI : Ishan Kishan (wk), Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Kieron Pollard, Fabian Allan, Jaydev Unadkat, Murugan Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Tymal Mills

CSK: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Robin Uthappa, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwaine Pretorius, Dwayne Bravo, Maheehsh Theekshana, Mukesh Choudhary.