The 13th edition of the Indian Premier League will kick on Saturday. Mumbai Indians will be up against the Chennai Super Kings in the first match of the tournament.
The match will be played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi and will start at 7:30 IST on Saturday.
The defending champions Mumbai Indians are one of the strongest sides in the tournament. Just before the two days prior to the start of this tournament, they confirmed that they will continue with Rohit Sharma and Quinton-de-Kock in this season as well.
Their middle order is also well equipped with some heavy stars, like Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya.
On the other hand, the three-time Champions Chennai Super Kings will march in the field without their star batsman Suresh Raina and veteran Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh. Ambati Rayudu will bat at Number 3 for the Chennai based franchise.
MS Dhoni who has recently retired from international cricket will play his first game in the last 14 months. This season could also be the MS Dhoni’s last season.
My Dream11 Prediction for Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings:
Rohit Sharma (Captain), Hardik Pandya (Vice-captain), Q de Kock, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, Faf du Plessis, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Trent Boult
Predicted Playing XI for both the teams
Mumbai Indians: Quinton de Kock (WK), Rohit Sharma (C), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult and Nathan Coulter-Nile
Chennai Super Kings: Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (C&WK), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Piyush Chawla, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, and Imran Tahir
SQUADS
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya, Jayant Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Mohsin Khan, Sherfane Rutherford, Digvijay Deshmukh, Prince Balwant Rai Jasprit Bumrah, Dhawal Kulkarni, Saurabh Tiwary, James Pattinson, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Aditya Tare, Mitchell McClenaghan, Chris Lynn
Chennai Super Kings: Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Faf du Plessis, MS Dhoni(w/c), Kedar Jadhav, Dwayne Bravo, Murali Vijay, Karn Sharma, N Jagadeesan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KM Asif, Ravindra Jadeja, Piyush Chawla, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Imran Tahir, Josh Hazlewood, Lungi Ngidi, Monu Kumar, Mitchell Santner, Sam Curran, Ravisrinivasn Sai Kishore,
.
