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    Mumbai look to stretch home streak and keep CSK winless away

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    Mumbai look to stretch home streak and keep CSK winless away

    Match particulars

    Mumbai Indians (P5 W2 L3 seventh) vs Chennai Tremendous Kings (P5 W3 L2 third)
    Mumbai, 7.30pm IST (2pm GMT)

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    It is the IPL’s largest rivalry. On the Wankhede Stadium. On a double-header Sunday. However has the rivalry mellowed down this time? Presumably as a result of it is the primary time in over a decade the CSK-Mumbai recreation won’t witness Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni as captains, as Hardik Pandya and Ruturaj Gaikwad have taken over on the helm. So, what’s in retailer on this new period?

    Two away video games and two losses. It is a small pattern measurement, however CSK are but to publish a win away from home on this IPL. After profitable three out of 5 video games, they now go on the street – the primary cease is Mumbai and then Lucknow – earlier than going again to Chepauk after 15 days. Can they be at home, away from home, after they meet a powerful host?

    Mumbai, although, registered two wins in a row after succumbing to three straight defeats. The turnaround was doable due to their sturdy batting performances. Their high six batters strike at greater than 147 every and this firepower mirrored of their scores of 234 for five and 199 for 3 of their final two video games, which had been performed on the Wankhede Stadium. With Suryakumar Yadav discovering his toes prior to later with a 19-ball 52 in his second recreation after getting back from damage, Mumbai’s line-up is wanting strong once more.

    Nevertheless, the identical can’t be stated of the bowling group. Barring Jasprit Bumrah, Mumbai’s bowlers have been responsible of going for loads of runs. They’ve been costly on the demise, particularly, going at 12.31 runs an over – the third-most runs leaked by any group up to now on this IPL (earlier than the Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals recreation on Saturday).

    CSK would additionally need to tighten their bowling. Of their two away losses in Visakhapatnam and Hyderabad, their bowlers struggled for early wickets. There’s nonetheless uncertainty surrounding their tempo mainstay Matheesha Pathirana’s participation. Towards a harmful Mumbai facet on a seam-friendly floor, CSK can be anticipating the likes of Mustafizur Rahman and Deepak Chahar to do the majority of injury.

    Type information

    Mumbai WWLLL (most up-to-date match first)
    CSK WLLWW

    Group information and Impression Participant technique

    Mumbai Indians
    Mumbai opted to herald Shreyas Gopal because the like-for-like alternative for Piyush Chawla of their final recreation towards Royal Challengers Bengaluru. A match and firing Suryakumar might be used as an Impression Participant, swapping for quick bowler Akash Madhwal.

    Seemingly XII: 1 Ishan Kishan (wk), 2 Rohit Sharma, 3 Suryakumar Yadav, 4 Hardik Pandya (capt), 5 Tilak Varma, 6 Tim David, 7 Mohammad Nabi, 8 Romario Shepherd, 9 Shreyas Gopal, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Gerald Coetzee, 12 Akash Madhwal

    Chennai Tremendous Kings
    Matheesha Pathirana did some bowling earlier than CSK’s earlier recreation towards Kolkata Knight Riders at home however did not function as a precautionary measure. Coach Stephen Fleming is hopeful of getting his death-bowling specialist again for Sunday’s recreation or subsequent Friday’s conflict towards Luckow Tremendous Giants. Whereas Mustafizur, who had to depart for home to work on getting a US visa, returned to the XI at Chepauk, Chahar had missed that match with a niggle. He may return to the group towards Mumbai, if he is match.

    Seemingly XII: 1 Ruturaj Gaikwad (capt), 2 Rachin Ravindra, 3 Ajinkya Rahane, 4 Shivam Dube, 5 Daryl Mitchell, 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 Sameer Rizvi, 8 MS Dhoni (wk), 9 Deepak Chahar, 10 Tushar Deshpande, 11 Matheesha Pathirana/Maheesh Theekshana, 12 Mustafizur Rahman

    Within the highlight – Bumrah and Chahar

    Jasprit Bumrah is recent off a five-wicket haul towards RCB and has been phenomenal in containing the batters. He’s the one Mumbai participant to have an economic system price below six this IPL and he has claimed seven of his ten wickets in three innings on the Wankhede, at a surprising economic system price of 5.75. In an in any other case misfiring bowling unit, Mumbai will as soon as once more depend on Bumrah, probably the most skilled quick bowler within the assault, to keep CSK quiet, particularly on the demise.

    For CSK, how Deepak Chahar performs within the powerplay can be key to their success. On the Wankhede, he has fared effectively within the first six overs, selecting up ten wickets in ten video games at an economic system price of seven.59. Chahar can be the one participant who hasn’t performed for Mumbai Indians to have taken wickets in double digits on this section at Wankhede. With 4 wickets in 4 matches this season, can Chahar step up towards the likes of Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav?

    Stats that matter

  • CSK have the third-best death-overs economic system price (9.85) in IPL 2024 thus far, with Mumbai at 12.31, the third-worst in the identical section.

  • Mumbai have bowled a complete of 173 dot balls, the second-fewest for a group this season.

    • Pitch and situations

    Within the final match, Hardik Pandya termed the venue as a “chasing floor” – two of the three matches on this IPL had been received by the groups batting second. After a low-scoring opening recreation by which Rajasthan Royals chased down 126, Wankhede has been a batting paradise, with a complete of 834 runs hit within the subsequent two video games. One can count on one other high-scoring match on Sunday. The floor has additionally assisted pacers historically.

    Srinidhi Ramanujam is a sub-editor with ESPNcricinfo

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