Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 will have its first ‘El Clasico’ as Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will face Mumbai Indians (MI) on 23 March at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. (Schedule | Teams | Points Table)
The greatest rivalry in IPL will see an MI team without skipper Hardik Pandya travel to Chepauk to kick-start their 18th season campaign in the perfect manner. Hardik will miss the game due to a one-match ban that he got last year. Suryakumar Yadav will be the stand-in captain.
More crucially, Mumbai will miss the services of their star bowler Jasprit Bumrah, who is still recovering from a back injury.
Meanwhile, CSK라이브 바카라 Ruturaj Gaikwad will look to keep his team라이브 바카라 three-match win streak against Mumbai alive with a win on Sunday. Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, and Noor Ahmed will be heavily relied upon on the spin-friendly Chepauk pitch.
CSK Vs MI – Full Squads
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Matheesha Pathirana, Noor Ahmad, Ravichandran Ashwin, Devon Conway, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Sam Curran, Shaik Rashid, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Choudhary, Deepak Hooda, Gurjanpreet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Jamie Overton, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishnan Ghosh, Shreyas Gopal, Vansh Bedi, Andre Siddarth
Mumbai Indians: Hardik Pandya (c), Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Verma, Trent Boult, Naman Dhir, Robin Minz, Karn Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Deepak Chahar, Will Jacks, Ashwani Kumar, Mitchell Santner, Reece Topley, Shrijith Krishnan, Raj Angad Bawa, Venkat Satyanarayana Raju, Bevon Jacobs, Arjun Tendulkar, Vignesh Puthhur, Corbin Bosch, Mujeeb-Ur-Rahman
Chennai Super Kings Vs Mumbai Indians Key Battles
Below is a list of the three key player battles that will decide which way the El Clasico result shifts.
Suryakumar Yadav Vs Ravichandran Ashwin
Ravichandran Ashwin was picked up by CSK for INR 9.75 crore, intended as the lead spinner for the Chepauk track. He has been one of the finest spinners in the league라이브 바카라 history, despite diminishing returns in the last couple of seasons.
Meanwhile, Suryakumar Yadav will be tasked with holding the middle-order innings for Mumbai in Hardik Pandya라이브 바카라 absence. SKY scored 345 runs in 2024, and has been effective against Ashwin라이브 바카라 bag of trickery. He has scored 115 runs from 79 balls with a strike rate of 145, without ever being dismissed. A middle-over matchup between two giants of T20 game.
Rohit Sharma Vs Sam Curran
Rohit Sharma has been one of the batting juggernauts for Mumbai for several seasons, and scored 417 runs last season despite his team라이브 바카라 poor showing. However, left-arm pacers have been a thorn in his side, and 26-year-old Sam Curran has also found joy against the former MI skipper.
Curran dismissed Rohit in IPL 2024 in just six deliveries, but the batter has hit three boundaries and two sixes in 14 balls against his nemesis. Who comes out on top on Sunday will be crucial for the match result.
Shivam Dube Vs Trent Boult
Trent Boult remains one of the few bonafide pace options in MI라이브 바카라 bowling attack, and his cracking bouncers will be crucial in breaking down Shivam Dube during the CSK라이브 바카라 middle overs. The power hitter scored almost 400 runs last season, and his contributions are vital for the hosts.
Meanwhile, Boult, despite never being known for his miserly bowling, has a knack of taking crucial wickets. He took 25 wickets in a sublime spell in IPL 2023, but he is yet to take Dube라이브 바카라 scalp in two encounters. Dube has hit the bowler for 11 runs in six balls, and the focus will be on whoever has the last laugh on Sunday.
