Chennai Super Kings captain Ravindra Jadeja received the toss and expectedly opted to bowl first towards Mumbai Indians in an IPL 2022 conflict on the DY Patil Stadium on Thursday. Both CSK and MI have been struggling this season and are hoping for a turnaround.

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While MI proceed to seek for their first win of the season having misplaced all their six matches to date, CSK have managed to safe one win whereas shedding 5 occasions.

Both the groups have made a number of modifications to their enjoying XIs. CSK have dropped Moeen Ali and Chris Jordan and have changed them with Mitchell Santner and Dwaine Pretorious.

On the opposite hand, MI have made as many as three modifications. They have given debuts to Riley Meredith and Hrithik Shokeen whereas Daniel Sams has made a return. In doing so, they’ve benched Fabian Allen, Tymal Mills and Murugan Ashwin.

“The wicket looks a bit damp and we want to take advantage of that. It might spin a bit initially and the dew might come in the second half,” Jadeja mentioned on the coin toss.

MI captain Rohit Sharma is hoping the development of groups now profitable after batting first will proceed. “The surfaces have changed a bit from what we played in the first game. The teams have won batting first in the last 3-4 games, so it is a blessing in disguise,” Rohit mentioned.

“We have to win all games, but we can’t look that far ahead. We have to win this game and then see what happens,” he added.

Playing XIs

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan (wk), Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Kieron Pollard, Daniel Sams, Hrithik Shokeen, Riley Meredith, Jaydev Unadkat, Jasprit Bumrah

Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja (captain), MS Dhoni (wk), Dwaine Pretorius, Dwayne Bravo, Mitchell Santner, Maheesh Theekshana, Mukesh Choudhary

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