Chennai Super Kings will host archrival Mumbai Indians at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday in the Indian Premier League 2025.
MI was handed a twin blow for the opening match with Jasprit Bumrah ruled out due to an injury and Hardik Pandya handed a one-match ban.
Here is how the two teams are likely to line up for the match:
CSK Predicted Playing XI
Batting 1st: Rachin Ravindra, Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Rahul Tripathi, Shivam Dube, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wk), R. Ashwin, Matheesha Pathirana, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed.
Bowling 1st: Rachin Ravindra, Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Shivam Dube, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wk), R. Ashwin, Matheesha Pathirana, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj.
Impact Player options: Anshul Kamboj/Rahul Tripathi, Andre Siddarth, Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar, Shaik Rasheed.
MI Predicted Playing XI
Batting 1st: Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Bevon Jacobs, Naman Dhir, Arjun Tendulkar, Robin Minz, Mitchell Santner, Trent Boult, Deepak Chahar.
Bowling 1st: Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Bevon Jacobs, Naman Dhir, Arjun Tendulkar, Karn Sharma, Mitchell Santner, Trent Boult, Deepak Chahar.
Impact Player options: Robin Minz/Karn Sharma, Satyanarayana Raju, Shrijith Krishnan, Ashwani Kumar, Raj Angad Bawa.
CSK vs MI Dream11 fantasy team picks
WICKETKEEPERS
Ryan Rickelton
BATTERS
Rohit Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Rachin Ravindra, Tilak Varma (c)
ALL ROUNDERS
Ravindra Jadeja (vc), R. Ashwin, Mitchell Santner, Sam Curran
BOWLERS
Matheesha Pathirana
Team Composition: CSK 6-5 MI | Credits Left: 9.5
SQUADS
CSK: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Matheesha Pathirana, Noor Ahmad, Ravichandran Ashwin, Devon Conway, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Sam Curran, Shaik Rashid, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Choudhary, Deepak Hooda, Gurjanpreet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Jamie Overton, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishnan Ghosh, Shreyas Gopal, Vansh Bedi, Andre Siddarth.
MI: Hardik Pandya (c), Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Verma, Trent Boult, Naman Dhir, Robin Minz, Karn Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Deepak Chahar, Will Jacks, Ashwani Kumar, Mitchell Santner, Reece Topley, Shrijith Krishnan, Raj Angad Bawa, Venkat Satyanarayana Raju, Bevon Jacobs, Arjun Tendulkar, Vignesh Puthhur, Suryakumar Yadav.