The first El Clasico of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 will see Chennai Super Kings (CSK) host Mumbai Indians (MI) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on 23 March. Both teams will enter the tournament on the back of disappointing showing last year, and will look to improve upon their IPL 2024 results. (Schedule | Teams | Points Table)
CSK, led by Ruturaj Gaikwad for the first time, finished in fifth place in IPL 2024, while Hardik Pandya바카라™s MI finished rock bottom. The Super Kings will be slight favourites for Sunday바카라™s match, led by a strong spin bowling contingent which has been boosted by the addition of Ravichandran Ashwin.
The home team will also be boosted by Hardik Pandya but he will miss the first match. The MI skipper was handed a one-match ban after being found guilty of slow over-rate in last season바카라™s final match, and Suryakumar Yadav will lead the team as stand-in captain.
CSK Vs MI Head-To-Head Record
Played: 37
CSK: 17
MI: 20
At MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk
Played: 8
CSK: 3
MI: 5
Chennai Super Kings have faced Mumbai Indians 37 times in the IPL, but they are at a head-to-head disadvantage. CSK have won 17 matches, compared to 20 wins for MI. While Chennai prefer chasing, MI have won 10 games each both chasing and defending.
Surprisingly, Mumbai Indians dominate the records in Chennai, winning five of the eight games against the Super Kings, who have won just three matches.
CSK Vs MI: Key Numbers
Most Runs: Rohit Sharma 805
Most Wickets: Lasith Malinga 31
Highest Scores: Sanath Jayasuriya 118*
Best Bowling: Harbhajan Singh 5/18
Squads
CSK: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Matheesha Pathirana, Noor Ahmad, Ravichandran Ashwin, Devon Conway, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Sam Curran, Shaik Rashid, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Choudhary, Deepak Hooda, Gurjanpreet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Jamie Overton, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishnan Ghosh, Shreyas Gopal, Vansh Bedi, Andre Siddarth
MI: Hardik Pandya (c), Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Verma, Trent Boult, Naman Dhir, Robin Minz, Karn Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Deepak Chahar, Will Jacks, Ashwani Kumar, Mitchell Santner, Reece Topley, Shrijith Krishnan, Raj Angad Bawa, Venkat Satyanarayana Raju, Bevon Jacobs, Arjun Tendulkar, Vignesh Puthhur, Corbin Bosch, Mujeeb-Ur-Rahman
