CSK vs MI Dream11 Team | IPL Match Preview | Fantasy Team, Team News

CSK vs MI Dream11 Team | Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Match Preview | Fantasy Team & Team News

Two heavyweights will go to war when Chennai Super Kings take on Mumbai Indians in IPL on Friday. Historically, CSK and MI are the two most successful teams in the Indian Premier League with 3 titles for each of the two. Even in this campaign, they have been among the strongest teams and contenders to win the title.

Chennai Super Kings are back with a win

Chennai were sailing at the top when they received a double whammy in two consecutive losses against Surisers Hyderbad and Royal Challengers Bangalore. However, the team led by MS Dhoni responded in style by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad in the return fixture on Tuesday. As a result, CSK are back at the top and they can build again.

However, a match against quality opposition like Mumbai Indians won’t be easy. Mumbai Indians have been inconsistent, but they have shown what they are about in many matches.

Mumbai Indians will be keen to recover

Mumbai Indians went into the match against Rajasthan Royals as favourites, but they were defeated by a resurgent home side. The result meant Mumbai Indians had slipped in their pursuit of the top spot and they lie in the 3rd place now. However, they have the golden opportunity of pegging back the table toppers in the next match.

It will be a difficult task to defeat Chennai Super Kings in their home, but if there are teams that can do it – Mumbai Indians are certainly one of them.

Match Details: Competition – Indian Premier League | Venue – MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | Date & Time – 26th April, 08:00 PM IST

Last 5 Matches – Won by Chennai Super Kings – 1 | Won by Mumbai Indians – 4

CSK vs MI Dream11 Team News

• Veteran spinner Harbhajan Singh returned in the last match for CSK and is likely to keep his place again.
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni will not feature in this contest. Suresh Raina will don the skipper’s hat.
• Mayank Markande is expected to stay in the Mumbai Indians team despite being costly in the last match.

Chennai Super Kings Squad

Harbhajan Singh, Shane Watson,  MS Dhoni (c), Suresh Raina, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Murali Vijay, Karn Sharma, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Imran Tahir, Faf du Plessis, Deepak Chahar, Sam Billings, Mohit Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Dhruv Shorey, Scott Kuggeleijn, Monu Kumar, Mitchell Santner, Chaitanya Bishnoi, N Jagadeesan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KM Asif

Mumbai Indians Squad

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

TOSS: CSK will bowl first after winning the toss

Chennai

IN: Dhruv Shorey, Murali Vijay, Mitchell Santner

OUT: MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Faf du Plessis

Mumbai

IN: Evin Lewis, Anukul Roy

OUT: Mayank Markande, Ben Cutting

Expected Playing Teams

CSK – Shane Watson, Mitchell Santner, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Kedar Jadhav, Murali Vijay, Dhruv Shorey, Dwayne Bravo, Deepak Chahar, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir

MI – Quinton de Kock (wk), Rohit Sharma (c), Suryakumar Yadav,  Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah, Evin Lewis, Rahul Chahar, Anukul Roy

CSK vs MI Dream11 Fantasy Team

Fantasy picks from CSK

Shane Watson | S Raina | Imran Tahir

• Shane Watson looked down and out, but he exploded on the scene in the last match. He should build the momentum from here.
• Du Plessis has not looked at his best in the recent matches, but he is very capable of blowing the opponent bowlers away
• Imran Tahir has 16 wickets so far in the tournament.

Fantasy picks from MI

Quinton de Kock | Bumrah | Rohit Sharma

• De Kock has been in brilliant form for Mumbai Indians and he has 378 runs in the tournament so far.
• Bumrah is the leading wicket-taker for his team and is relied upon to get those crucial breakthroughs.
• Rohit Sharma is not having the best IPL season of his career, not by any stretch. But he remains a threat because of his sheer quality.

Fantasy Team

Wicket-Keeper -Q d Kock

Batsmen -Rohit Sharma, S Yadav, S Watson, F d Plessis

All Rounders – H Pandya, M Santner, Dwayne Bravo

Bowlers – J Bumrah, I Tahir, D Chahar

Captain – R Sharma, S Watson

Vice Captain –H Pandya