Chennai won the toss and decided to bat first, Pollard is captaining for Mumbai, Playing XI
Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians: The second half of IPL 2021 has started. In the first match of the second half, Chennai Super Kings won the toss and decided to bat first. Rohit Sharma is not playing for Mumbai Indians today. Kieran Pollard is captaining in his place. At the same time, star all-rounder Hardik Pandya is also not a part of Mumbai’s team today.
Mumbai has also included Saurabh Tiwary and New Zealand fast bowler Adam Milne in their team today. Despite the absence of Rohit and Hardik, the team looks very strong. At the same time, the team of Chennai is also looking very balanced. In such a situation, there is every possibility of the match being exciting.
The teams of Mumbai and Chennai have come face to face once in the first half of IPL 2021 played in India. Mumbai had won this match. In such a situation, Chennai would like to avenge the previous defeat.
CSK vs MI Head to Head (Head to Head stats for Chennai and Mumbai)
In the head to head between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians, Rohit Sharma’s team has the upper hand. In the history of IPL, both the teams have come face to face 31 times so far, out of which Mumbai has won 19 matches and Chennai has won only 12 matches.
Chennai’s Playing XI- Faf du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (captain and wicketkeeper), Dwayne Bravo, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar and Josh Heidelwood.
Mumbai’s Playing XI- Quinton de Kock (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Anmolpreet Singh, Krunal Pandya, Kieran Pollard (c), Saurabh Tiwary, Adam Milne, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult.
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