IPL 2020: Mumbai Indians is the only opposition who can halt Chennai Super Kings’ march

IPL 2020: Mumbai Indians is the only opposition who can halt Chennai Super Kings’ march

CSK VS MI

CSK VS MI
MI skipper Rohit Sharma (Left) and Chennai’s Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Mumbai Indians (MI) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have the most beautiful tales to tell when it comes to their Indian Premier League (IPL) journey. So far, they have met in the finals on three different occasions with MI managing to trump CSK twice in the finals.

While the Yellow Army have greats like MS Dhoni, Dwayne Bravo, Shane Watson and Ravindra Jadeja, the MI has an incredible leader in the form of Rohit Sharma, supported by the ever-destructive army of Kieron Pollard, Suryakumar Yadav and Pandya brothers.

In CSK’s camp, all-rounder Jadeja is just 73 runs away from achieving the milestone of scoring 2000 runs in the IPL. Interestingly, he has not scored a single half-century in his IPL career. His skipper MS Dhoni is just 4 games less than Suresh Raina to become the most capped IPL player.

On the other hand, in MI’s camp, star bowler Jasprit Bumrah is just 18 wickets away from reaching 200 wickets in T20s.

Therefore, if talk about runs, Rohit Sharma is about 102 runs away from reaching 5000 runs in IPL. The inaugural match between two successful teams will appear to be a supreme contest showcasing the mega rivalry.

Head to Head Record

Rohit Sharma (L) and MS Dhoni

The Mumbai Indians have faced the Yellow Army 27 times so far in the tournament. MI takes a lead by winning 18 matches against CSK and have only lost 11 games out of 27. In the previous season, both the teams played 4 matches against each other and MI won all of them.

Most runs in MI vs CSK rivalry

MS Dhoni

The MI skipper Sharma is the leading run-scorer for the franchise, with a total of 614 runs against Dhoni-led CSK. Meanwhile, Raina has scored 704 runs against MI but with his absence, Dhoni will take charge as he has a total of 663 runs for the franchise against MI.

Presently, MI has the highest individual score of 87 runs by Rohit Sharma.

Most Wickets in MI vs CSK rivalry

Lasith Malinga

The highest wicket-taker for the MI squad has been Lasith Malinga with 31 wickets followed by Kieron Pollard with 12 wickets against CSK. Dwayne Bravo of CSK has the highest wickets of 25 in number against the Rohit-led MI.

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