Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and opted to bowl against Chennai Super Kings in the high-voltage clash of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, which is taking place at iconic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Notably, Rohit Sharma will miss another clash for the hosts as the side is featuring with the same playing XI.
Apart from Rohit Sharma, CSK featured with one change, but their legendary wicketkeeper batter MS Dhoni has not included in the playing XI.
Captains at Toss
Hardik Pandya, MI captain: We are gonna bowl first. Lot of boxes were ticked, intensity was there, we needed that game where everyone comes in and chips in. There was a conscious effort that intensity is in your hands, we wanted to just have fun and things went our way. It looks green, but it played really well. Same team.
Ruturaj Gaikwad, CSK skipper: We would have bowled first as well. It was a 50-50 call. You have to bat well at Wankhede. We are not able to cash in in the couple of moments, we have to make sure we cash in and get that win. We are ready to go. All thanks to the legend, who is not here unfortunately. Hopefully we will make them happy tonight. Veer comes in for Short.
MI vs CSK Playing XIs
Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Naman Dhir, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya(c), Tilak Varma, Sherfane Rutherford, Mitchell Santner, Jasprit Bumrah, Krish Bhagat, AM Ghazanfar, Ashwani Kumar
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Sanju Samson(w), Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Sarfaraz Khan, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Kartik Sharma, Jamie Overton, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Mukesh Choudhary