Squads –
MI –
Rohit Sharma(c), Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Dhawal Kulkarni, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Quinton de Kock, Rahul Chahar, Suryakumar Yadav, Chris Lynn, Mohsin Khan, Saurabh Tiwary, Trent Boult, Adam Milne, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Piyush Chawla, James Neeshan, Yudhvir Charak, Marco Jansen, Arjun Tendulkar
CSK –
Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(C & WK), Narayan Jagadeesabn, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KM Asif, Karn Sharma, Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, Faf du Plessis, Shardul Thakur, Mitchell Santner, Dwayne Bravo, Lungi Ngidi, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Imran Tahir, Robin Uthappa, Moeen Ali, K Gowtham, Cheteshwar Pujara, M.Harisankar Reddy, K.Bhagath Varma, C Hari Nishaanth, R Sai Kishore, Jason Behrendorff
Team News –
MI –
– Mumbai Indians won their last game against RR pretty comfortably by 7 Wickets. Chasing a target of 171 they won The game with 9 balls to spare. Team can bring back Ishan Kishan this game to strengthen their Batting more.
– Quinton de Kock, Kieron Pollard, Trent Boult and Nathan Coulter Nile will be team’s foreign players.
– Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock will open the game. De Kock after a poor start in the tournament finally scored a match winning 70 last game.
– Surya Kumar Yadav will bat at 1 down. Surya has been excellent form last 2-3 years scoring consistently 400+ in every season. He is scoring runs in 20s-30s but unable to convert it into a big score.
– Hardik Pandya will bat next followed by Big Kieron Pollard. Hardik is not contributing with the bowl and also is having a shaky form in batting.
– Rahul Chahar, Krunal Pandya and Jayant Yadav (if plays) will lead the spin attack. Chahar has been excellent in this tournament being the highest Wicket taker for the team.
– Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult and Nathan Coulter Nile will lead the pace bowling. Pollard will assist them.
CSK –
– Chennai Super Kings the giants of IPL won their last 5 games after loosing against DC in the opening game. They will not go with too much changes in the team.
– Expected four foreign players will be Faf Du Plessis, Sam Curran, Moeen Ali and Lungi Ngidi.
– Ruturaj Gaikwad and Faf Du Plessis will open for CSK. Gaikwad and Faf have formed a brilliant opening partnership and are looking good together. Faf is 2nd Highest scorer this season and Ruturaj is also not to far from him.
– Moeen Ali will bat at 1 down. Moeen has been excellent from the very 1st game scoring runs with a SR of 150+ and also has been very effective with the ball.
– Suresh Raina will bat at 2 down. Raina has been excellent since his return scoring runs at a good pace.
– Ambati Rayudu will bat next at 3 down followed by MS Dhoni. Jadeja was promoted in both last games and played some good knocks.
– Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran will bat next followed by Shardul Thakur. Curran is an excellent hitter of the ball and can be promoted any day.
– CSK bat’s quite deep even Shardul Thakur and Deepak Chahar can hit the ball big.
– Ravindra Jadeja and Moeen Ali will be the spin options with the team. Suresh Raina can bowl a over of 2 if needed.
– Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Ngidi and Sam Curran will be the pace attack of CSK.
Probable XI –
MI –
Rohit Sharma, Quinton de Kock, Surya Kumar Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Nathan Coulter Nile, Ishan Kishan/Jayant Yadav, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Rahul Chahar
CSK –
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf Du Plessis, Moeen Ali, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (C & WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Lungi Ngidi, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar
Pitch Report –
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
The pitch is an absolute belter and very high scoring encounters are expected here.
H2H : 30
MI Won : 18
CSK Won : 12
Team Blueprint –
WK –
QdK( Open + wk, LHB, good h2h Average of 40 scoring 240 runs)
MS Dhoni( 3/4 down, RHB + wk, no intro needed, one of the best finisher ever, very experienced and has a excellent Average of 34 against MI)
Ishan Kishan ( 2 down + wk, LHB, 56(32b) against Eng last series, highest scorer for MI with 516 runs last season, was dropped last game, Must if plays)
BAT –
Rohit Sharma ( Open, RHB, no intro needed, excellent record scoring 700+ runs against CSK, Must have)
Surya Kumar Yadav ( 1 down, RHB, Red hot form, 480 runs in IPL2020 at a SR of 140, 275 runs in 9 games against CSK, Must have)
Suresh Raina( 2 down, LHB, top 3 highest run getter in IPL history, 800+ runs against MI in 32 games, Must have)
Faf Du Plessis( Open, RHB, excellent season last year with 449 runs 13 games, red hot form, 95*, 50, 56 last 3 games, Must have)
Ambati Rayudu( 3 down, RHB, was 2nd highest scorer of team last season with 359 runs, experienced player, Must try in GL)
Robin Uthappa( Open, RHB, very experienced, red hot form with 377 runs in Vijay Hazare recently, 90+ runs in practice game, can be a good pick if opens which is very unlikely)
Ruturaj Gaikwad( Open, RHB, very talented youngster, 4 games 214 runs last season with 2 50s, 192 runs in 6 games this season)
Chris Lynn ( Open, RHB, didn’t played a game last season, 458 runs this BBL at a SR of 145+, was brilliant with 49 runs in 1st game, will most likely not play)
Kieran Pollard ( Middle order, RHB + part time medium pace, 10000+ t20 runs, SR of 190 last season, must GL pick , 18(8b) last game)
ALL –
Hardik Pandya ( Middle order, RHB + Medium pacer, SR of 159 with 1300+ runs for MI in last 5 years, didn’t bowled still now , Must try)
Ravi Jadeja( Slow left arm + LHB, Excellent form, 3 Wickets + 64 runs last 2nd game against RCB, 249 runs + 15 Wickets against MI, Must have)
Moeen Ali( Off spin + LHB, 1 down, SR of 140 in t20s 36, 46/1w, 26/3w, 25, 15(8b) in last 5 games, Must have)
K Gowtham( Off spin + RHB, good hitter of the ball, SR of 164 in T20s with 568 runs and 41 Wickets, can be crusial pick if plays)
M Santner( slow left arm, among top 10 t20 bowler’s, less chances of playing)
Jimmy Neesham( Right Arm medium + LHB, very attacking hitter, 2001 runs + 132 Wickets in t20s, 45(33b) + 2w, 26(22b) in last T20 series)
Krunal Pandya ( Slow left arm + LHB, 58* against Eng in 1st ODI recently, bowling decently but wicketless, can be dropped)
BOWL –
J Bumrah( Right Arm fast, 27 Wickets at a SR of 13 last IPL, can’t miss him, best death bowler around, 1w last game)
Trent Boult ( Left arm fast, known for his deadly swing early on the innings, 3rd highest wicket taker last season with 25 Wickets, 1 wicket in last game, Must have)
Rahul Chahar( Leggie, brilliant last 2 seasons for MI with 15+ Wickets, 11w in last 6 games)
Lungi Ngidi( Right Arm Fast, can bowl upto 145ks, 2 Wickets last game)
DJ Bravo( Right Arm medium, one of the best death bowlers, 28 Wickets against CSK which is most by him, didn’t played last game )
Imran Tahir( Leg spin, veteran very experienced with 384 t20 Wickets, 2 Wickets last 2nd game, didn’t played last game)
Shardul Thakur( Right Arm medium fast, hit the deck bowler, 8 Wickets in recently concluded t20 series against Eng, wicketless last game + very expensive)
Deepak Chahar ( Right Arm medium fast, known for his swing, 8 Wickets in 6 games, 2 4 Wicket hauls , Must have)
Nathan Coulter Nile ( Right Arm medium fast, can bowl upto 140ks, quite experienced with 156 t20 Wickets, 11 Wickets in 6 BBL2020 games, very good option to have)
Adam Milne ( Right Arm fast, experienced, bowls an average pace of 145, 124 t20 Wickets, poor BBL recently with just 4 Wickets in 12 games, can get a game )
Piyush Chawla ( Leggie, 3rd highest wicket taker in IPL history with 156 scalps, poor season with CSK last year)
M Jansen( Left arm medium fast + good Striker of ball, excellent debut picking 2 Wickets for just 28 in 1st game, was dropped after 1st 2 games)
C/VC –
MI –
Rohit Sharma
Surya Kumar Yadav
Quinton de Kock
Jasprit Bumrah
CSK –
Faf Du Plessis
Suresh Raina
Ravindra Jadeja