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MI vs CSK, IPL 2025: Mumbai Indians (MI) captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and opted to bowl first against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025  'El Clasico' match at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday.

Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings are languishing at the bottom of the points table with the Pandya-led side in the 7th position while MS Dhoni's team at 10th.

CSK handed he debut cap to Ayush Mhatre while MI are heading into the match with an unchanged team.

Speaking at the time of toss, MI skipper Hardik Pandya said, "We are gonna bowl first. It looks like a very good wicket. Same wicket we played against RCB. That gives us a chance to look at the wicket, identify our plans. It has a good covering of grass and will be a good batting wicket. Just execute our plans and keep doing what's working for us. That's exciting, we have not played to our potential and gives us an opportunity every game to play to our potential. The man behind me everyone knows how exciting when he comes, CSK v MI is always exciting. Same team."

CSK skipper MS Dhoni said, "We were looking to bowl first. The main reason is because dew has already started to set in, we have to see if it remains the same or gets worse. We are the bottom most team in the table, looking too far ahead will not help us, take one game at a time and keep pushing. We have to play bold cricket but at the same time the batters have to realise what their strengths are, same with the bowlers - that's what we have been telling the departments. The fielding is one area where we haven't taken good catches and need to improve, coming to the other two departments - we need partnerships while batting or bowling. We have one change - Ayush comes in for Tripathi."

MI vs CSK Playing XIs

Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Ryan Rickelton(w), Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Ashwani Kumar.

Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Shaik Rasheed, Rachin Ravindra, Ayush Mhatre, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Vijay Shankar, Jamie Overton, MS Dhoni(w/c), Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Matheesha Pathirana.

Impact substitutes for both the teams:

 

Chennai Super Kings Impact Subs: Anshul Kamboj, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Sam Curran, Ravichandran Ashwin.

 

Mumbai Indians Impact Subs: Rohit Sharma, Corbin Bosch, Raj Bawa, Satyanarayana Raju, Robin Minz.


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