The 13th edition of Indian Premier League is set to kick-start from today onward in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with opening tournament to be held between fierce rivals Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi at 7:30 PM IST. ALSO READ | IPL 2020, MI vs CSK Preview: Defending Champions Mumbai Indians Lock Horns With Chennai Super Kings In Tournament Opener At Abu Dhabi
Though both the teams have enjoyed a great degree of dominance in the IPL history, Mumbai Indians with four titles in kitty rightly claim of being the most successful team in the tournament history. CSK on the other hand is only on spot two with 3 wins but must be mentioned that the franchise has made it to the finals for 8 times.
With the arrival of fresh season, both MI and CSK have returned with a dented heart as CSK will be without Suresh Raina and Harbhajan Singh and Mumbai Indians wont have Lasith Malinga playing for them. Despite enough glitches, in addition with some heartbreaking withdrawals this seasons, two of the most successful teams have braced up for today's evening leaving cricket buffs excited to see the arsenals in squads to challenge the big guns to the hilt.
IPL 2020: MI vs CSK Full Squads
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Quinton de Kock (WK), Suryakumar Yadav, Anukul Roy, Ishan Kishan, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Dhawal Kulkarni, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohsin Khan, Sherfane Rutherford, Digvijay Deshmukh, Prince Balwant Rai, Saurabh Tiwary, James Pattinson, Aditya Tare, Mitchell McClenaghan, Chris Lynn, Jayant Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh
Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni (C/WK), Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Faf du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Kedar Jadhav, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Piyush Chawla, Mitchell Santner, Sam Curran, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, N Jagadeesan, KM Asif, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Imran Tahir, Murali Vijay, Karn Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Lungi Ngidi, Monu Kumar
IPL 2020: MI vs CSK Probable 11
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton De Kock (wk), Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Keiron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Chahar, Mitchell McClenaghan / Dhawal Kulkarni, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult
Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni (c), Faf Du Plessis, Ambati Rayadu, Kedhar Jadhav, Shane Watson, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Imran Tahir and Piyush Chawla
IPL 2020: MI vs CSK Fantasy 11 Suggestion: MS Dhoni (c), Ambati Rayadu, Rohit Sharma, Shane Watson, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Chahar, Piyush Chawla and Jasprit Bumrah
Captain: Ravindra Jadeja
Vice-captain: Suryakumar Yadav