Ace batter Rahul Tripathi won’t be enjoying within the highly-anticipated conflict between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) within the ongoing IPL 2025 on the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday, April 20.
CSK are coming into this conflict on the again of a five-wicket win in opposition to Lucknow Tremendous Giants on Monday. They’ve suffered 5 defeats from their first seven video games, and two factors are important for them on this encounter. In the meantime, Mumbai Indians gained their final two video games and would wish to full a hat-trick of wins on Sunday. CSK defeated MI when these two groups met at Chepauk earlier within the event. Will the Males in Yellow do the double over their arch-rivals, or will Hardik Pandya and Co. avenge the defeat from earlier within the season?
Toss Replace
Hosts skipper Hardik Pandya gained the toss for MI and opted to bowl first. He stated that bowling first will give his group an opportunity to evaluate the wicket and kind out plans accordingly. In the meantime, CSK captain MS Dhoni admitted that he would have bowled first as effectively, citing the dew issue, which may play a large position within the second innings.
Tripathi makes means for Ayush Mhatre
17-year-old Mumbai batter Ayush Mhatre is about to make his IPL debut as he comes into the facet instead of the underperforming Rahul Tripathi. Mhatre is a naturally aggressive batter who got here into the facet as an damage alternative for Ruturaj Gaikwad. Tripathi solely scored 55 runs from 5 innings in IPL 2025 at an abysmal strike charge of 96.50. In the meantime, MI have determined to stay to their profitable mixture.
What did the captains say?
Hardik Pandya (MI)
We’re gonna bowl first. It appears like an excellent wicket. Similar wicket we performed in opposition to RCB. That offers us an opportunity to take a look at the wicket, determine our plans. It has a great protecting of grass and will probably be a great batting wicket. Simply executing our plans and hold doing what’s working for us. That is thrilling, we’ve got not performed to our potential and offers us a chance each recreation to play to our potential. The person (Dhoni) behind me, everybody is aware of how thrilling it’s when he comes, CSK v MI is at all times thrilling. Similar group.
MS Dhoni (CSK)
We have been seeking to bowl first. The primary purpose is as a result of dew has already began to set in, we’ve got to see if it stays the identical or will get worse. We’re the underside most group within the desk, trying too far forward won’t assist us, take one recreation at a time and hold pushing. We’ve to play daring cricket however on the identical time the batters have to understand what their strengths are, identical with the bowlers – that is what we’ve got been telling the departments. The fielding is one space the place we have not taken good catches and want to enhance, coming to the opposite two departments – we want partnerships whereas batting or bowling. We’ve one change – Ayush is available in for Tripathi.
Taking part in 11s
Mumbai Indians
Will Jacks, Ryan Rickelton (WK), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (C), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Vignesh Puthur
Affect Substitutes: Rohit Sharma, Corbin Bosch, Raj Bawa, Satyanarayana Raju, Robin Minz
Chennai Tremendous Kings
Shaik Rasheed, Rachin Ravindra, Ayush Mhatre, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Vijay Shankar, Jamie Overton, MS Dhoni (WK & C), Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Matheesha Pathirana
Affect Substitutes: Anshul Kamboj, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Sam Curran, Ravichandran Ashwin