IPL 2018: Mumbai vs Chennai preview
MI vs CSK 1st match: Head-to-head and other interesting statsCSK will try to make their comeback in style while Mumbai will be hoping to start their title defense with a win.
It is a battle of the two most successful captainsMumbai Indians will be led by the most successful captain of IPL, Rohit Sharma.
Rohit boats a 60.66% win-rate in 75 matches.
Rohit recently proved his leadership skills, when he captained the second-string national team to Nidahas Trophy triumph.
Chennai will be skippered by captain cool MS Dhoni who has a 58.45% win-rate in 143 matches.
Dhoni is the longest serving captain in IPL.
Clash of the TITANS One of the fiercest rivalries in the IPLThe last time these two sides met was in the final of the 2015 edition.
Chennai Super Kings lost the tie to the Mumbai Indians by 41 runs.
CSK also lost the 2013 IPL final to Mumbai Indians by 23 runs.
The rivalry between these two sides is intense and the Super Kings will be hoping to get their revenge.
Mumbai have a strong bowling line-up...On paper, Mumbai have a weak batting department. However, their all-rounders should get them through. They're the defending champions, they're playing at home and they're up against a team who may need two or three matches to find their feet again
Chennai Super Kings are making a comeback to the IPL after serving a two-year suspension. The MS Dhoni-led side will be up against the defending champions Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede stadium. Between 2008 and 2015, Chennai Super Kings retained the trio of Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Ravindra Jadeja at the IPL 2018 player retention in Mumbai. Raina, who is the highest run getter in IPL history, has been a consistent performer for the franchise with the willow. Jadeja, on the other hand, has been Dhoni’s first-choice bowler when it comes to putting a halt on the scoring-rate of the opponents. Moreover, CSK used their Right to Match (RTM) card to get Dwayne Bravo back in the line-up. Bravo has proved to be one of the most important bowlers for CSK in the death overs.
Chennai Super Kings had been part of all but two IPL finals and have gone beyond the league stage in every season. But Mumbai Indians won the subsequent two finals that the two teams played. They surpassed Chennai Super Kings as the most succesfull team in IPL history by winning the title in 2017.
However, in head to head records – it is MI who hold the edge over CSK with 12 wins out of the 22 matches. The Chennai outfit, on the other hand, has a win percentage of 60.68 which is the highest among all teams. Hence, when these two teams collide fans can sit back and enjoy a mouth-watering clash.
