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Mumbai Indians (MI) will compete with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Match 33 of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 at Mumbai’s Dr DY Patil Sports Academy on Thursday.
The five-time champions have had the worst start in the fifteenth season of the tournament, not able to win any of their six games, therefore, positioned at the last spot in the points table. Similarly, the defending champions CSK have only won one out of their six matches and are just ahead of MI at the ninth spot.
Pitch report:
The surface at DY Patil Academy will offer equal support to bowlers and batters. However, due to bigger boundaries, batters will have to make extra efforts to pile up a big total. Teams winning the toss prefer chasing at this venue because of dew factor.
Head to head record:
Played: 32 | MI won: 19 | CSK won: 13 | No result: 0
Probable XIs:
Mumbai Indians: Ishan Kishan (wk), Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Kieron Pollard, Fabian Allan, Jaydev Unadkat, Murugan Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Tymal Mills
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Robin Uthappa, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwaine Pretorius, Dwayne Bravo, Maheehsh Theekshana, Mukesh Choudhary
Match Prediction:
Case 1:
- MI wins the toss and bowls first
- Powerplay score: 40-50
- CSK total: 160-170
Case 2:
- CSK wins the toss and bowls first
- Powerplay score: 45-55
- MI total: 165-175
Team batting second to win the contest.