The match may be at opposite ends of the points table, but Mumbai Indians will go into the match against Chennai Super Kings aware of a record that they are the team to have defeated Super Kings the most number of times in the IPL, nine out of 16 games. In Mumbai, their IPL record against Super Kings stands 5-0. Adding more to that, Mumbai have won 10 successive IPL games in Mumbai.

They would come out with immense confidence boosters, Mumbai’s last two wins at home have only underlined how heavily reliant the batting is on Rohit Sharma and Kieron Pollard. The focus will be on Mumbai’s bowlers, fresh off having reined in Royal Challengers Bangalore. Harbhajan Singh had been economical through this tournament, but against Chris Gayle and co, he stepped up as the bowling department leader which Mumbai needed in the absence of Zaheer Khan. He and Lasith Malinga will have to take charge again along with Praveen Kumar who comes into the IPL with little cricket in recent months, and Jasprit Bumrah will be playing his first match against the formidable Super Kings.

Coming to CSK point, something about the quality of their side when the world’s best T20I bowler is warming the benches. It took an outrageous innings from Glenn Maxwell to halt Super Kings’ six-match winning streak but on their worst days in the IPL, they also ended up scoring 187 for 6, despite the early loss of Dwayne Smith. Despite that failure, Smith will be a key player for them, with his familiarity of Mumbai’s conditions and their bowling which is similar while he was playing.

Match Stats:

Indian Premier League – 2014: Match 32 – Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings, at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. May 10, 2014, Start time 20:00 (Local Time), 14:30 (GMT).

Pitch and Weather Report:

The pitch in previous matches was a batting paradise with a great resource of bounce. The outfield is too quick so high scorer is expected. Dew factor will come into play as it is a night game.

Teams News:

MI will be looking play Simmons but it would be interesting whether they try to drop Ben Dunk. Suyal might make way for Praveen but it will interesting if MI go with either Sheyas Gopal might & Ojha.

Mumbai Indians’ Possible Playing XI:

1 A Tare, 2 Ben Dunk, 3 R Sharma, 4 A Rayudu, 5 K Pollard, 6 C Anderson, 7 CM Gautam, 8 H Singh, 9 Jasprit Bumrah, 10 Praveen Kumar, 11 L Malinga.