Subhabrata Mukherjee: 14th Indian Premier League (IPL2021, Indian T-20 League) is approaching its midway point. On Saturday in the 27th match spectators will witness one of the high voltage clashes between Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians.These are the most successful two teams in the history of Indian Premier League. While Mumbai have won it 5 times,Chennai have won it 3 times.
In Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium today Mumbai Indians would love to continue their winning form. In their last match vs Sunrisers Hyderabad they had a comfortable win. Quinton De Kolkata also came back to form with a not out 70 run innings. Bowlers are bowling well.Only cause of worry for them is that Hardik Pandya is yet to play an innings worth mentioning.
Chennai on the other hand made a superb comeback after losing their first match. In their last match vs Bangalore they were brutal with both bat and ball. Ravindra Jadeja specially was brilliant with both bat and ball. They would love to win this match to stay on top.
● Mumbai Indians;
Quinton de Kock (wk), Rohit Sharma (c), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Nathan Coulter-Nile/Chris Lynn, Jayant Yadav/Ishan Kishan, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult.
● Chennai Super Kings :
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis, Moeen Ali, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Shardul Thakur, Lungi Ngidi/Dwayne Bravo, Deepak Chahar.