Having
already
played
half
of
their
14
league
games,
Mumbai
Indians
under
Rohit
Sharma,
who
have
three
wins
from
seven
games,
can’t
afford
another
slow
start.

On
the
other
hand,
CSK,
captained
by
MS
Dhoni,
finally
seemed
to
have
found
a
winning
combination
after
the
disappointment
of
IPL
2020.

Their
young
guns
like
Ruturaj
Gaikwad
and
Sam
Curran
delivered
in
the
first
half
of
the
season
while
their
spinners
—
Imran
Tahir,
Moeen
Ali
and
Ravindra
Jadeja
—
also
came
to
the
party.
Moeen
and
Jadeja
also
impressed
with
the
bat.

However,
England
all-rounder
Sam
Curran
will
miss
the
first
match
because
he
is
in
mandatory
six-day
quarantine.
Now,
the
CSK
will
be
hoping
its
stalwarts,
skipper
Dhoni
and
Suresh
Raina,
too
find
their
touch.

MI,
on
the
other
hand,
will
be
hoping
to
up
their
game
like
they
often
do
in
pressure
situations.
Their
famed
middle-order
did
not
exactly
set
the
stage
on
fire
in
the
first
phase
of
IPL
2021
and
their
bowling
in
the
powerplay
also
can
be
better.

Skipper
Rohit
Sharma,
who
has
been
in
stellar
touch
of
late,
will
be
expected
to
continue
in
the
same
vein
and
the
likes
of
Suryakumar
Yadav,
Ishan
Kishan
and
leggie
Rahul
Chahar,
come
into
the
event
as
a
more
confident
trio
after
having
made
it
to
India’s
ICC
T20
World
Cup
2021
squad.

Star
all-rounder
Hardik
Pandya
would
be
expected
to
bowl
regularly
in
the
tournament
which
will
also
tell
the
India
selectors
on
how
he
is
shaping
up
ahead
of
the
ICC
showpiece
event.

TV
info

Match
date:
Sunday
(September
19)

Time:
7.30
PM
IST

Live
telecast:
Star
Sports
Networks

Live
streaming:
Disney
+
Hotstar