IPL 2020 Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings fantasy 11 prediction: Top Dream11 picks for MI vs CSK

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IPL 2020 is all set to get underway from 19^th September 2020. Two of the most successful teams in IPL will kick off the season this year. Mumbai Indians will square off against Chennai Super Kings in the first match of IPL 2020. Both teams met each other last time in the final of 2019 IPL. Mumbai Indians defeated Dhoni and Co. by 1 run to clinch their fourth IPL title.

As far as their rivalry is concerned, Mumbai Indians are far ahead of Chennai Super Kings. It would be interesting to see if they continue their dominance against CSK or the Dhoni and Co. stage a fightback.

Mumbai Indians preview:

Mumbai Indians are the defending champions. They just know how to win against the big teams. Having won the last season, Rohit Sharma would want to start IPL 2020 on a winning note. However, they would be wary of CSK, who has a habit of starting the tournament on a high.

Mumbai Indians aren’t one of the sides who believe in lots of changing and chopping in the squad. So we could expect a playing eleven much similar to the last year.

With Lasith Malinga not playing this year, Trent Boult should make way for him. Also, it will be interesting to see if Mumbai Indians go with Nathan Coulter Nile as their third seamer or they bring in spinner in the playing eleven.

Chennai Super Kings Preview:

Mumbai Indians is perhaps the only side against whom Chennai Super Kings struggle a lot. We have seen this over the years, especially in the knockouts. Perhaps, it won’t be easy for them to start the tournament with a win this year. Also, the absence of Suresh Raina and Harbhajan Singh would only add to their concerns.

A lot would depend on the skipper MS Dhoni and experienced top-order of Shane Watson and Faf Du Plessis if CSK fancy their chances against the four-time champions on Sunday.

CSK VS MI: Match Details

Date: 19^th September 2020
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

CSK VS MI: Full Squads

Chennai Super Kings:

Shane Watson, Murali Vijay, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Piyush Chawla, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Imran Tahir, N Jagadeesan, Karn Sharma, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Santner, Monu Kumar, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sam Curran, Josh Hazlewood, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore

Mumbai Indians:

Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Digvijay Deshmukh, Aditya Tare (wk), Saurabh Tiwary, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Rahul Chahar, Chris Lynn, Hardik Pandya, Sherfane Rutherford, Anmolpreet Singh, Mohsin Khan, Mitchell McClenaghan, Prince Balwant Rai, Anukul Roy, Ishan Kishan, Dhawal Kulkarni, Trent Boult, Jayant Yadav, Suryakumar Yadav, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Pattinson

CSK VS MI: Predicted XI

CSK:

Shane Watson, Faf Du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni (c) (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Piyush Chawla Imran Tahir Shardul Thakur Deepak Chahar

MI:

Quinton de Kock, Rohit Sharma, Chris Lynn, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult

CSK VS MI: Firstsportz prediction

Both teams boast of a phenomenal record in IPL. Both teams have had nail-biting encounters against each other. It would be tough to predict a winner out of this encounter. However, with Raina and Harbhajan missing from the squad, CSK could struggle against MI on Sunday. Nevertheless, one could see a cracker of a contest on Sunday.