After MS Dhoni set the tone for yet another CSK win last time out against the Royals with an impressive 75 off 46 balls, Chennai look to make it four from four on Wednesday against a Mumbai side who were soundly beaten by Kings XI last time out. Often regarded as the biggest rivalry in the IPL, who will come out on top? MI vs CSK – IPL 2019 Where to Watch Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Date: 03 April 2019 Match Begins: 15:30 BST / 20:00 IST TV Channel / Live Stream: The match will be live on BT Sport 3 in the UK. Live streaming will also be possible via the BT Sport app on your mobile or tablet device. Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings – The Form Guide It’s two wins and one defeat so far this season for Mumbai. After beating the Royal Challengers by six runs last week, they couldn’t follow it up on Saturday against KXIP. An impressive 71 not out from KL Rahul as well as a 43 from Mayank Agarwal and a 40 from Chris Gayle was enough to see Kings XI breeze by the Indians who could only post 176. CSK disposed of the Royals on Super Sunday, but it wasn’t easy. RR chose to bowl after winning the toss, and after the Super Kings set a target of 175 after 20 overs, RR were unable to chase it down. They ended up falling eight runs short, after Dwayne Bravo defended 11 runs off the last over. He conceded just three to see the match out in what was yet another pulsating match involving Chennai. Although CSK have started well, MI will be buoyed by the fact that they’ve beaten their rivals on four of the last five occasions. MI need to nullify the attack from MS Dhoni. If they can do that, they have a chance. MI Squad Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Yuvraj Singh, Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga, Rahul Chahar, Ben Cutting, Pankaj Jaiswal, Ishan Kishan, Siddhesh Lad, Evin Lewis, Mayank Markande, Mitchell McClenaghan, Alzarri Joseph, Jason Behrendorff, Anukul Roy, Rasikh Salam, Anmolpreet Singh, Barinder Sran, Aditya Tare, Suryakumar Yadav, Jayant Yadav. CSK Squad MS Dhoni (c), Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Murali Vijay, Kedar Jadhav, Sam Billings, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Shorey, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Rituraj Gaikwad, Dwayne Bravo, Karn Sharma, Imran Tahir, Harbhajan Singh, Mitchell Santner, Shardul Thakur, Mohit Sharma, KM Asif, Deepak Chahar, N Jagadeesan, Scott Kuggeleign. Pitch and Weather Conditions It’s expected to be a good wicket for batting on Wednesday. No rain is forecast and it looks like it’ll be a hot and sunny day in Mumbai with temperatures reaching around 33 degrees Celsius. Although many see the Wankhede as a tough ground to defend on, the stats suggest differently. It’s pretty even when you weigh up the historical data. Of 67 IPL matches played here, 33 have been won by the team batting second, with 34 won by the team batting first. Considering the weather report for Wednesday, I fully expect the side who wins the toss will choose to field first. Latest Odds Chennai Super Kings are the favourites with the bookmakers for this one at odds of 4/5. Mumbai Indians are available at Evens to win at home if you fancy it. Prediction It’s going to come down to who wins the toss and bats second in my opinion. There’s no denying that CSK are in great form, but they had to work extremely hard to see off RR last time out. Mumbai are at home, Mumbai have beaten CSK in four of the last five meetings, and it’s seems written that Mumbai will ruin Chennai’s perfect record. Betting Tip As I think the team batting second will have the advantage, I’m not tempted with the Match Odds market as there’s no real value there. Rohit Sharma has hit 560 runs in 18 matches against CSK. He seems to save some of his best moments for these matches. Odds on him to be top MI Batsman at 5/2 are very appealing. That’s what I’m going for.<doc-sep>Mumbai Indians handed Chennai Super Kings their first loss of the season as a brilliant display by the hosts sealed the game by 37 runs at the Wankhede Stadium. With this win, Mumbai became the first team to win 100 matches in the IPL, which includes a super over win. The two teams have now met 25 times, and Mumbai Indians have won 14 fixtures. Also, they faced off against each other nine times at the Wankhede Stadium, and MI have outsmarted CSK on six occasions. Moreover, CSK’s win-rate against Mumbai (44%) is their lowest when compared their record with other teams in the IPL. ALSO READ: Kieron Pollard pulls off stunning one-handed catch against Chennai Super Kings - Watch Hardik Pandya was the star of the show on the day, both with the bat and ball. He came out, bludgeoned 25 runs off 8 balls. He powered Mumbai to 170 and then took the ball and dismissed MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja and Deepak Chahar to seal the deal for his side. With figures of 3/20, Hardik registered his best figures in the IPL. “The Pandya brothers are striking the ball really well [that’s why batting lower down the order]. You need to ask the skipper why I am not bowling (winks),” Kieron Pollard said after the match. Rohit Sharma, the skipper said, that they wanted to play the brand of cricket Mumbai Indians play and the result followed. “I think every game we play in the IPL is important. Having lost two games at the start, suddenly every match becomes important. We don’t want to keep that task of having to win many games at the end, it’s really difficult. We just wanted to play the brand of cricket Mumbai Indians are known for. We just kept ourselves in the game all the way through and those are good signs. I thought 170 was a fighting total here because you never know. We knew that there was something in the pitch and if we could knock wickets early, things could work,” Rohit said after the match.<doc-sep>MS Dhoni has always been one of the fan favourites and the humble Chennai Super Kings skipper made his fans even more proud when he took out time to meet a Dhoni supporter. An aged lady had held a poster saying, ‘I am here only for Dhoni’ during the match against Mumbai Indians in Mumbai and the wicketkeeper-batsman came down the stairs of the dressing room and took a selfie with his special fan. Mumbai Indians defeated Chennai Super Kings by 37 runs in the 12th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday. Chasing a score of 171, CSK got off to the worst start possible as they lost both their openers in the first two overs of the innings. Ambati Rayudu (0) was dismissed by Jason Behrendorff and Shane Watson (5) was sent back to the pavilion by Lasith Malinga. ALSO READ: IPL 2019: Mohammad Kaif not happy with this ‘unfair practice’ in Indian Premier League Suresh Raina and Kedhar Jadhav put up a quickfire stand of 27 runs before Raina (16) was sent back to the pavilion by Behrendorff, Kieron Pollard took a stunning catch to dismiss the batsmen. MS Dhoni came out to bat at number five, and he along with Jadhav bought some calmness to the proceedings. Jadhav was the one to do the big hitting, as Dhoni looked to settle in the middle and take the game deep. The duo put up a 54-run stand before Hardik Pandya provided Mumbai with the big wicket of Dhoni (12). In order to look for big strikes, the CSK skipper perished. Ravindra Jadeja (1) also failed to leave a mark as he was sent back to the dugout in the very same over by Hardik. Jadhav brought up his fifty in the 16th over of the innings, fighting a lone battle at the crease. Fighting an uphill battle, Jadhav (58) also departed as he was dismissed by Malinga. Malinga and Jasprit Bumrah delivered their trademark yorkers, dismissing the lower-order batsmen which ensured Mumbai’s victory by 37 runs. (With inputs from agencies)<doc-sep>
Mumbai: With skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni in red-hot form, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will start favourites against the slightly off-colour Mumbai Indians (MI) when the IPL's two most successful teams have their first showdown of the season here on Wednesday. The Super Kings, three-time winners of the T20 League like the hosts, have been on a roll with three wins on the trot that have boosted them to the top of the table. Mumbai Indians, on the other hand, had a familiar stuttering start with a victory sandwiched between two defeats. Recent history in head-to-head clashes is in MI's favour, as the Rohit Sharma-led home team has beaten their rivals in four out of the last five contests. Overall, too, Mumbai hold a 14-12 advantage over CSK, including once in the defunct Champions T20 League. However, CSK seem to hold the edge this time around, especially with Dhoni rolling back the years with a typically robust 75 off 46 balls that lifted his team from 27 for three to 175 for five against Rajasthan Royals at home in their last match. And with Dwayne Bravo holding off Rajasthan's charge at the end with the ball, CSK maintained their 100 per cent record. CSK have the edge in batting depth and in spin bowling variety, while Mumbai have the better pace attack on a pitch that is bound to offer bounce and carry. Mumbai are over-dependent on openers Rohit and South African Quinton de Kock. The rest need to step up. The hosts will have the option of fielding new recruit, West Indian fast bowler Alzarri Joseph, or all-rounder Ben Cutting in place of the off-boil Lasith Malinga. In the spin department, Mumbai are behind their opponents who have Harbhajan Singh, South African Imran Tahir and Ravindra Jadeja to bank on after the power play. Teams (from): Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (capt), Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Yuvraj Singh, Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga, Rahul Chahar, Ben Cutting, Pankaj Jaiswal, Ishan Kishan, Siddhesh Lad, Evin Lewis, Mayank Markande, Mitchell McClenaghan, Alzarri Joseph, Jason Behrendorff, Anukul Roy, Rasikh Salam, Anmolpreet Singh, Barinder Sran, Aditya Tare, Suryakumar Yadav, Jayant Yadav, Quinton de Kock. Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni (captain & WK), Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Murali Vijay, Kedar Jadhav, Sam Billings, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Shorey, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Rituraj Gaikwad, Dwayne Bravo, Karn Sharma, Imran Tahir, Harbhajan Singh, Mitchell Santner, Shardul Thakur, Mohit Sharma, K M Asif, Deepak Chahar, N Jagadeesan (wk), Scott Kuggeleign. The match will start at 8 pm and will be shown live on TV by Star Sports Network. The game can also be streamed live on Hotstar. For all the latest news, opinions and analysis from IPL 2019, click here For the full schedule, date, time and venue of all the matches of IPL 12, click here Updated Date: Mar 31, 2019 15:15:52 IST