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Chennai Super Kings (CSK) won the toss in the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) ‘El Clasico’ against Mumbai Indians (MI) on Sunday at the MA Chidambaram Stadium and decided to bowl first at home. CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad confirmed that the team’s four overseas players on the night are Noor Ahmad, Nathan Ellis, Rachin Ravindra and Sam Curran are overseas.
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“Playing on this pitch for the first time, so don’t really know how it will play,” Ruturaj Gaikwad said at the toss. “So we just want to adapt and chase accordingly. Looks a good wicket to bat. Prep has been good.”
Suryakumar, who is Mumbai’s stand-in captain, said that Mumbai were already looking to bat first so they were not disappointed.
“I am good with batting first. We had a lovely camp back home, we were here 2-3 days before. Both are unbelievable franchises in terms of achievements. I am sure it will be a good game. Rickleton, Jacks, Santner and Boult are the four overseas,” he said.
Mumbai Indians playing XI: Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Naman Dhir, Robin Minz, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Satyanarayana Raju
Chennai Super Kings playing XI: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Rachin Ravindra, Deepak Hooda, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, MS Dhoni (w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Nathan Ellis, Khaleel Ahmed
Chennai Super Kings Impact Subs: Rahul Tripathi, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Vijay Shankar, Jamie Overton, Shaik Rasheed
Mumbai Indians Impact Subs: Vignesh Puthur, Ashwani Kumar, Raj Bawa, Corbin Bosch, Karn Sharma
Impact Shorts
More ShortsMA Chidambaram Stadium Pitch Report
“75m and 72m square boundaries and downtown it is 74m,” Danny Morrison said in pitch report. “I like the look of this pitch here at Chepauk. First thing I saw as soon as I walked out was that there is a sheen on the surface which is always a great sight. You can see that it is nice and compact. It is a lot harder than I thought. Last season the avg score was 170 but with a bit of dew coming in tonight I expect the score to be a lot higher. Spinners will get a little bit of purchase, the change of pace is going to grip a bit for the pacers, but it will slide on to the bat generally.”