Mumbai Indians have lost just once against the Royal Challenges Banglore. Barring that loss MI's performance has been fantastic and their sought after captain is the key player.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) vs Mumbai Indians (MI) that will be played tonight would be a crucial test for both. Mumbai Indians have lost just once against the Royal Challenges Banglore. Barring that loss, MI’s performance has been fantastic and their sought after captain is the key player.
MI’s only concern is the lack of form of Sanath Jayasuriya, who was dropped against the RCB. Besides Tendulkar, Ambati Rayudu and wicketkeeper Aditya Tare and Saurabh Tiwary have proved beneficial to the MIs.Mumbai Indians have won three of their four matches whereas for Chennai, their stand in captain Suresh Raina won the first match for the team but suffered two consecutive losses. Chennai Super Kings hope to get their captain MS Dhoni back . Murali Vijay, S. Badrinath and George Baily too have not been very successful with the bat. Chennai’s bowling is not in top form but Muttiah Muralidharan is picking wickets quite frequently and CSK hopes that he continues his form. Albie Morkel and Laxmipati Balaji must come out and bowl their heart out against the Mumbai Indians, as the lack of a match winning bowler has put them on a handicap. Chennai Super Kings breathed a sigh of relief when injured skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni joined the squad and practised at the nets.Coach Stephen Fleming said the team was cautious but optimistic about Dhoni's return against the high-flying MI .
The Super Kings will have to be smart with the ball and precise on the field and make a collective effort in order to put it across Mumbai Indians which has regained its winning momentum after the matches in the past two days.MI are in second position just behind leaders Royal Challengers Bangalore in the table with six points from four ties, their lonly defeat being against the latter CSK are fourth on the points table with four points from five matches after losing to RCB and the situation may change depending on tonight’s clash between the two bottom-placed teams King’s XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals at Mohali .The CSK will have to keep their nervousness at bay and pull up their socks to stay in the tournament.