CSK Vs MI IPL 2025: Chennai Super Kings will try to put pressure on Mumbai Indians in their first match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Sunday on the strength of their strong spin attack. Mumbai team will go into this match without captain Hardik Pandya and fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah and in such a situation, they will have to face a tough challenge on the spinner-friendly pitch of MA Chidambaram Stadium.

MI will have to be careful with CSK's trio.

Five-time champion Chennai strengthened its spin attack by adding Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmed, Shreyas Gopal, and Deepak Hooda to its team in the mega auction last year, keeping in mind the behavior of the home pitch. The team already had experienced spinner Ravindra Jadeja.

This move taken by Chennai before the start of the tournament shows how important the pitch here can be in a team's strategy to help slow bowlers. Chennai will leave no stone unturned to make full use of this strength against another five-time champion Mumbai.

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Once again, all eyes will be on Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the Chennai team, who has been associated with this team since the inception of IPL in 2008. As far as Mumbai is concerned, it will miss the Indian team's fast bowling leader Bumrah, who is in the process of returning after recovering from injury.

Bumrah's playing in the initial phase of the IPL is doubtful and it will be difficult for Mumbai to compensate for him. Mumbai's regular captain Hardik will also not be able to play in the match against Chennai.

He was banned for one match for slow overrate in the last match of the league stage last year. However, the Mumbai team has many good leaders and in the first match, Suryakumar Yadav, who is also the captain of the Indian T20 team, will take over. There is healthy competition in the Chennai team for the opening pair. One of New Zealand's Rachin Ravindra and Devon Conway is certain to open the innings with team captain Ruturaj Gaikwad.

Indian batsmen like Rahul Tripathi, Shivam Dubey, Deepak Hooda, and Vijay Shankar will take charge of the middle order, followed by Dhoni and Jadeja. Chennai has a good recent record against Mumbai. Chennai has won four of the last five matches between these two teams.

Mumbai appointed Hardik as captain in place of Rohit Sharma last year, but then his team could not perform well and finished at the bottom. This time, however, his team looks balanced.

South African aggressive wicketkeeper-batsman Ryan Rickelton will replace Ishan Kishan in Mumbai's top order, followed by Surya Kumar and Tilak Verma. Mumbai's fast bowling attack includes experienced players like Trent Boult, Deepak Chahar, and Reece Topley, while the presence of Corbin Bosh makes things interesting. Mitchell Santner, Karn Sharma and Mujeeb Ur Rahman will be responsible for Mumbai's spin department.

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