Two of the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) 2024 most successful and well-liked teams Mumbai and Chennai square off in this Super Sunday second match. At the Wankhede, there’s an air of excitement and anticipation surrounding the match between the Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings—a titanic struggle between a blue tsunami and a yellow tornado.
Mumbai Indians batting lineup
Under the direction of their new captain, Hardik Pandya, the Mumbai Indians (MI) recovered remarkably from their early setbacks and are currently enjoying back-to-back home victories. At this pivotal point in the competition, MI’s hitters have finally found their groove. With a strike rate of over 140, their top six hitters might terrify the league’s best bowling units. Suryakumar Yadav, who has recovered from an injury and crushed the RCB bowling in the last game with a 52-run innings in just 19 balls, is another significant influence. Mumbai’s competitive lineup is therefore appearing as strong as it can right now.
CSK’s bowling needs to be strengthened, as they were outscored in both of their away defeats in Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam. Chennai’s bowlers have been surprisingly poor at getting early wickets this season. With their best bowler, Matheesha Pathirana, possibly out of the picture, the rest of the bowlers will have to perform well against Mumbai’s batsmen, or else their innings could end quickly. However, seasoned players Mustafizur Rahman and Deepak Chahar might step up to close the deficit and dazzle MI in front of their home supporters.
These two clubs have faced off in 36 head-to-head matchups; MI has a slim advantage over Chennai with 20 wins, while CSK has triumphed over MI in 16 of those encounters.
Squads
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), MS Dhoni, Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Mustafizur Rahman, Avanish Rao Aravelly. Players injured/withdrawn: Devon Conway, Matheesha Pathirana
Mumbai Indians: Hardik Pandya (c), Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, N. Tilak Varma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Luke Wood, Romario Shepherd, Gerald Coetzee, Shreyas Gopal, Nuwan Thushara, Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammad Nabi, Shivalik Sharma. Players injured/withdrawn: Jason Behrendorff, Dilshan Madushanka.
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