MI vs CSK Dream11 Team: Match Info, Stats and Playerwise Analysis

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Mumbai Indians are all set to lock horns with arch-rivals Chennai super king in the opening fixture of the 2020 IPL on September 19.
The two franchises have a history of producing some of the most riveting encounters in the tournament. Considering the action-packed rivalry, let us decode some interesting stats as the tournament opener closes-in.

Total number of matches played: 30
Matches won by MI: 18

Matches won by CSK: 12

Matches played in Mumbai: 12 (MI 7, CSK 5)

Matched played in Chennai: 8 (MI 6, CSK 2)

Matched played at neutral venues: 10 (MI 5, CSK 5)

MI average score against CSK: 160

CSK average score against MI: 156

Most runs for MI: 705 (Rohit Sharma)

Most runs for CSK: 818 (Suresh Raina)

Most wickets for MI: 31 (Lasith Malinga)

Most wickets for CSK: 28(DJ Bravo)

Record in IPL openers: MI 2 – 1 CSK

Last 5 head to head match: MI 5-0 CSK

Head 2 Head in UAE: MI 0-1 CSK

Mumbai Indians also hold the edge over CSK in the tournament openers. They have previously won the opening fixtures twice (in 2009 and 2012 respectively).
Besides, CSK won the 2018 IPL opener. It will be interesting to see which team gets on top this time.

CSK Team Preview: 

Chennai Super Kings is the most consistent team of the tournament from the starting. This team has performed in every season and qualified for playoffs in every season they played. This year CSK is also being called as Dad’s team because of the most Experienced senior players which will be lead by Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MSD) .
IPL Performance :-
Winners :-

2010, CSK won their first Indian Premiere League title by defeating Mumbai Indians. In the final game Suresh Raina scored a brilliant Half century .

2011 ,again won their consecutive 2nd title of Indian Premiere League by defeating RCB in final match. It was a high scoring game in which Murali Vijay scored 95 runs.

2018 , Made a comeback from Suspension and lift up the title and they played an extraordinary cricket in this edition . The Captaincy of MSD was just amazing. They lift up their 3rd title. Shane Watson was the hero this time . He scored historical Innings of 117* runs and finished the game on his own way.

Chennai Super Kings Winning Percentage :-
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have the highest winning percentage among all the teams. They had won 61% of their matches.
CSK is the only team to qualify for playoffs in every edition of the IPL. They have qualified 10 times in playoffs in which they reached 8 times in Finals and won 3 of them

CSK IPL STATS IN UAE:

M – 5, W-4, L-1

Most Half Centuries: 3 by Dwayne Smith

4/14 by Mohit Sharma against the Mumbai Indians is the best bowling performance by a CSK player in the UAE.

6 half-centuries have been scored by CSK players in the UAE.

Highest Wicket Taker: Mohit Sharma

140/6 against Rajasthan Royals is the lowest team total by CSK in the UAE.

205/4 against Kings XI Punjab is the highest team total by CSK in the UAE.

240 runs scored by Dwayne Smith is the most number of runs scored by a CSK player in the UAE.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) – Squad Analysis :-

1. Players in charge :-
Coach :- Stephen Fleming
Captain :- Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MSD)

2. Injury / Unavailability :-
Suresh Raina
Harbhajan Singh

3. Overseas Players :-

Dwayne Bravo
Sam Curran
Faf Du Plessis
Josh Hazlewood
Imaran Tahir
Lungi Ngidi
Mitchell Santner
Shane Watson

Batting order & Recent Performance of Chennai Super Kings :-

Shane Watson :- (RHB , RAM) :- 66 , 23 , 80 , 27 , 30

Faf Du Plessis/ M Vijay:- (RHB ) – 15 , 24, 35 , 36 , 29 , 20 , 22

Ambati Raydu :- (RHB ) – 18, 77 , 34 , 22 , 17 , 21

M.S.Dhoni (C & wk ) (RHB) :- 35, 42* , 56* , 28, 27, 34 , 113
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Kedar Jadhav :- (RHB , Offbreak ) :- 26* , 40, 47*

Ravindra Jadeja :- (LHB , LAO ) :- 2/22 , 55 , 2/18 , 2/44 , 2/58

Dwayne Bravo :- (RHB , RAM ) :- 2/26 , 2/7 , 1/32 , 1/35 , 1/30

Deepak Chahar :- (RAM) :- 2/20 , 1/11 , 2/29

Lungi Ngidi/Karn Sharma/KM Asif :- (RAF) :– 6/58 , 3/30 , 3/41 , 2/55 , 3/48 , 3/30 , 3/63

Shardul Thakur (RBH , RAM ) :– 2/60 , 2/38, 2/33 , 2/21

Imran Tahir (Leg break ) :- 3/12 , 2 /25 ,3/33 ,2/18

Expected Death Overs Bowlers: L Ngidi, Shardul Thakur

Bench :-

Mitchell Santner (LHB , LAO ) :- 35 , 36 , 20 , 2/10, 2/18 , 2/34

KM asif :-(RAM) :- 2/23 , 1/16 , 1/25

Ruturaj Gaikwad :- (RHB , off break ) :- 27, 129, 44 , 93,108, 76, 71 , 27

M.Vijay :- (RHB ) – 32 , 33 , 51 , 35 , 22

Josh HAZLEWOOD :- 2/37 , 2/37 , 2/14

Karan Sharma :- (leg break ) :- 2/15 , 4/105

Piyush Chawla :- (LHB , Leg break ) :- 2/63, 2/68, 3/61, 3/9, 3/4

Monu Kumar :- (RAM) :- 2/29, 2/31 , 2/21

R.Sai Kishore :- (LAO) :- 2/65 , 4/16 , 4/125 , 2/40 , 2/29, 3/22

N.Jagadeeshan :- (RHB ,WK) :- 183 , 54 , 34

Strengths :-
Retained core team
Great Quality leg spinner
Depth In bowling
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the Captain who can turn the game at any point .
Weakness :-
Aged team
Weak batting lineup in absence of Suresh Raina .
Ambati Raydu and Murali Vijay have to Perfom if they want to win
No offspinner in team . That is a big loss as Harbhajan Singh is unavailable
There is no offspinner in CSK team which would give problem if there are left handers in opponent.

Mumbai Indians Team Preview:

Mumbai Indian one of the favorite team of Indian Premiere League and are also defending Champions .They have won the tournament maximum times which is 4 times. This team is owned by India’s biggest businessman Mr. Mukesh Ambani. Now, Let us see the complete Analysis of Mumbai Indians .

MI IPL Stats in UAE:

M-5, W-0, L-5
2 half-centuries have been scored by MI players in the UAE, one by Rohit Sharma and the other by Kieron Pollard.

4/23 by Lasith Malinga against Kolkata Knight Riders is the best bowling performance by an MI player in the UAE.

8 wickets taken by Lasith Malinga is the most number of wickets taken by an MI player in the UAE.

78 by Kieron Pollard against the Sunrisers Hyderabad is the highest individual score by an MI player in the UAE.

115/9 against Royal Challengers Bangalore is the lowest team total by MI in the UAE.

157/7 against Sunrisers Hyderabad is the highest team total by MI in the UAE.

Mumbai Indians Analysis –

IPL Performance :-
Mumbai Indians have won the IPL 4 times which is most by any team.
They have won in year 2013 , 2015 , 2017 , 2019 .

Fun Fact :- They have won IPL in every Odd year and every alternate year.

Mumbai player analysis :-
Players In charge :-
Coach :- Mahela Jayawardene
Captain :- Rohit Sharma
Batting Mentor :- Sachin Tendulkar

Mumbai Indians – Overseas Players
Trent Boult
Nathan Coulter-Nile (Most Expensive Player for MI)
Q De Kock
Chris Lynn
Mitchell McClenaghan
James Pattinson
Kieron Pollard
S.Rutherford

Probable 11 & Forms :-

Rohit Sharma (RHB) – 60* , 65 , 119 ,42 , 63 , 159 , 36
Quinton De Kock (LHB WK ) – 26 , 70 , 35 , 65 , 31 , 69
Suryakumar Yadav (RHB) – 43 , 38, 134 , 20 ,35 , 26 , 50 , 77, 39 , 65 , 102*
Ishan Kishan :- (LHB WK) – 71* , 44 , 48
Kieron Pollard :- (RHB,RAM) – 42 , 33, 72 , 41, 3/35
Krunal Pandya :- (LHB ,LAO) – 2/81, 74 , 51 , 32 , 2/57 , 41 , 2/51 , 64 , 2/31
Hardik Pandya (RHB RAM) – 32 , 3/60 , 45 , 46 , 2/51 ,2/44 , 48
Rahul Chahar :- (RHB, Legbreak ) – 5/161 , 2/49 , 2/26 , 3/5 , 2/18
Nathan Coulter-Nile (RAF) :- 2/29 , 2/29 , 1/42
Jasprit Bumrah (RAM) – 3/62 , 2/39 , 2/18 , 3/12 , 1/21
Trent Boult (LAM) – 2/89 , 4/28 , 4/39 , 2/35 , 44 , 4/68 , 3/7.

Bench –
Anukul Roy – (LHB , LAO ) – 2/55 , 4/28, 2/35 , 25
Mitchell McClenaghan :-(LAM) – 3/32 , 2/30 , 1/24
S.Rutherford (LHB RAM ) – 15 , 1/21 ,26
Anmolpreet Singh :- (RHB offbreak ) – 45 , 54 ,20*, 11
Chris Lynn (RBH) – 23 , 34 , 16 , 19 , 113*
Saurabh Tiwari (LHB) – 39 , 27 , 62 , 87 , 81 , 152* , 122* ,
Dhawal Kulkarni (RAM) – 2/28 , 1/40 , 1/29
James Pattinson :- (RAM) – 2/17 , 27* , 5/33 , 3/34 , 3/35 , 3/62 , 2/48 4/66
Mohsin khan :- (LAM) :- 2/42 , 2/15 , 2/9 , 2/28 , 2/13 , 2/45 ,6/27
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Digvijay Deshmukh (RAM) :- 2/15 , 4/46 , 83 , 3/34 ,2/43
Jayant Yadav (RHB , offbreak) :- 7/58 , 1/20 , 1/7
Aditya Tare (RHB) – 32 , 28* , 62 , 97 , 154 , 19* , 21

Mumbai Indians Weaknesses:-
They Lack a quality offspinner .Only Jayant Yadav is a offspinner but there is no place for him in team as MI has perfect combination. They will struggle against left hand dominated side.
In 2014, they have played 5 games in UAE and lost all of them as their Players are perfect for flat wickets like their Homeground Wankhede Mumbai.

Mumbai Indians Strengths :-
Left & Right hand combination in batting from starting to end .
Replacement for every position . Only lack in Offspinner department .
Experinced all rounders like Pollard , K.Pandya , H.Pandya
many good Indian players.

Pitch Report:

Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Last 3 years:

Average First Inning Score: 138

Batting First Won: 44.5%

Highest Score Chased: 166

Overall wicket should be neutral..Generally scores in the vicinity of 150 are seen.

CSK played 2 matches in 2014:

CSK: 205/4, Punjab: 206/4

CSK: 177/7, Delhi: 84

Mumbai played 1 match at this ground:

KKR: 163/5, MI: 122/7

Recent Few Matches: (Most are weak Teams):

UAE: 154/5, CAN: 140/5

NIG: 66/9, IRE: 67/2

JER: 147/9, OMN: 127/9

CAN: 144/9, OMN: 145/2

Recent Strong Teams matches:

PAK: 148/6, NZ: 146/6 (Pace: 6, Spin:4)

PAK: 155/8, AUS: 89 (Pace: 11, Spin:6)

SL: 124/9, PAK: 125/8 (Pace: 10, Spin:2)

Some Interesting Match Ups:

C Lynn vs DJ Bravo: 29 R, 19 B, 3 D,

C Lynn vs Imran Tahir: 20 R, 14 B, 2 D,

Ishan Kishan vs Imran Tahir: 29 R, 5 D, 20 B

Q de Kock vs DJ Bravo: 18 R, 16 D, 2 D

Q de Kock vs Imran Tahir: 12 R, 15 B, 2 D

K Pollard vs Imran Tahir: 54 R, 43 B, 3 D

K Pollard vs DJ Bravo: 119 R, 63 B, 4 D, 189 S.R

S Watson vs Krunal Pandya: 31 R, 31 B, 2 D

S Watson vs Jasprit Bumrah: 24 R, 23 B, 2 D

S Wtason vs Dhawal Kulkarni: 12 R, 19 B, 2 D

MS Dhoni vs J Bumrah: 43 R, 45 B, 3 D

MS Dhoni vs T Boult: 64 R, 24 B, 1 D, 267 S.R

Ambati Rayudu vs Krunal Pandya: 13 R, 15 B, 2 D

Head To Head Batting:

MS Dhoni: 29 M, 26 I, 627 R, 63 H, 36.88 A, 138.41 SR,

K Pollard: 24 M, 21 R, 502 R, 64 H, 33.47 A, 165.13 SR,

Quiton De Kock: 4 M, 4 I, 56 R, 29 H, 14.0 A, 124.44 SR,

Ishan Kishan: 4 M, 3 I, 91 R, 40 H, 30.33 A, 105.81 SR,

R Sharma: 22 M, 22 I, 646 R, 87 H, 32.30 A, 128.17 SR,

S Watson: 6 M, 6 I, 131 R, 80 H, 21.83 A, 122.43 SR,

A Rayudu: 6 M, 6 I, 111 R, 46 H, 22.20 A, 112.12 SR,

Faf Du Plassis: 12 M, 12 I, 256 R, 52 H, 52 H, 21.33 A, 124.88 SR

K Jadhav: 3 M, 3 I, 88 R, 58 H, 44.0 A, 101.15 SR,

S Yadav: 6 M, 5 I,232 R, 71 H, 58.0 A, 131.07 SR,

M Vijay: 14 M, 14 I, 263 R, 41 H, 18.79 A, 107.79 SR,

S  Rutherford:

H Pandya: 9 M, 9 I, 134 R, 44.67 A, 154.02,

DJ Bravo: 18 M, 14 I, 279 R, 23.25, 136.76 SR,

R Jadeja: 20 M, 14 I, 115 R, 10.45 A, 118.56 SR,

K Pandya: 6 M, 5 I, 91 R, 42 H, 22.75 A, 140.0 SR,

M Santner: 1 M, 1 I, 22 R, 22 H, 22.0 A, 110 SR,

A Tare: 6 M, 5 I, 39 R, 23 H, 7.80 A, 118.80 SR,

S Tiwari: 3 M, 3 I, 16 R, 14 H, 5.33 A, 69.57 SR,

C Lynn:

BOWLING HEAD TO HEAD

I Tahir: 6 M, 6 I, 19.4 O, 7 W,

J Bumrah: 8 M, 8 I, 30 O, 5 W,

D Chahar: 6 M, 6 I, 19.4 O, 7 W,

S Thakur: 3 M, 3 I, 12 O, 2 W,

M Mcclenaghan: 6 M, 6 I, 23 O, 8 W,

D Kurlkarni: 5 M,5 I, 19 O,8 W,

J Yadav: 1 M, 1 I, 3 O, 1 W,

H Pandya: 9 M, 8 I, 22 O, 8 W,

DJ Bravo: 18 M, 18 I, 62 O, 27 W,

K Pollard:  24 M, 14 I, 42 O, 13 W,

R Jadeja: 20 M, 19 I, 51 O, 15 W,

M Santner: 1 M, 1 I, 4 O, 2 W,

K Pandya: 6 M, 5 I, 16 O, 6 W,

CSK Player’s Last Season’s Stats:

Shane Watson :- (RHB , RAM) :-  17 M, 17 I, 398 R, 96 H, 23.41 A, 127.56 SR,

Faf Du Plessis :- (RHB ) –  12 M, 12 I, 396 R, 96 H, 36.0 A, 123.62 SR,

Ambati Raydu :- (RHB ) –  17 M, 17 I, 282 R, 57 H, 23.50 A, 93.06,

M.S.Dhoni (C & wk ) (RHB) :-  15 M, 12 I, 416 R, 84* H, 83.20 A, 134.62 SR

Kedar Jadhav :- (RHB , Offbreak ) :- 14 M, 12 I, 162 R, 58 H, 18.0 A, 95.85 SR,

Ravindra Jadeja :- (LHB , LAO ) :- 16 M, 9 I, 106 R, 31* H, 35.33 A, 120.45 SR+ 16 I, 54 O, 15 W,

Dwayne Bravo :- (RHB , RAM ) :-  12 M, 9 I, 80 R, 27 H, 16.0 A, 121.21 SR,+12 I, 41 O, 11 W,

Deepak Chahar :- (RAM) :- 17 M , 17 I, 64.3 O, 22 W,

Lungi ngidi :- (RAF) :– 7 M, 11 W(2018)

Shardul Thakur (RBH , RAM ) :–  10 M, 9 I, 30 O, 8 W,

Imran Tahir (Leg break ) :-  17 M, 17 I, 64 O, 26 W,

MI Player’s Performance in the Last IPL:

Rohit Sharma (RHB) –  15 M, 15 I, 405 R, 67 H, 28.92 A, 128.57 SR

Quinton De Kock (LHB WK ) – 16 M, 16 I, 529 R, 81 H, 35.26 A, 132.91 SR,

Suryakumar Yadav (RHB) –  16 M, 15 I, 424 R, 71* H, 32.61 A, 130.86SR

Ishan Kishan :- (LHB WK) –  7 M, 6 I, 101 R, 28 H, 16.83 A, 101.0 SR,

Kieron Pollard :- (RHB,RAM) –  16 M, 14 I, 179 R, 83 H, 34.87 A, 156.74 SR,

Krunal Pandya :- (LHB ,LAO) –  16 M, 15 I, 183 R, 42 H, 16.63 A, 122.0 SR,+ 16 I, 46 O, 12 W,

Hardik Pandya (RHB RAM) – 16 M, 15 I, 402 R, 91 H, 44.66 A, 191.42 SR+ 16 I, 43 O, 14 W,

Rahul Chahar :- (RHB, Legbreak ) –  17 M, 17 I, 47 O, 13 W,

Nathan Coulter-Nile (RAF) :-

Jasprit Bumrah (RAM) –  16 M, 16 I, 61.4 O, 19 W,

Mitchell McClenaghan :-(LAM) –  5 M, 5 I, 18 O, 3 W,

Trent Boult (LAM) – 5 M, 5 I, 19 O, 5 W,