On the verge of elimination after six losses on the trot, a horribly off form Mumbai Indians would wish to notch up their first win of this IPL to stay afloat once they face Chennai Super Kings in Navi Mumbai on Thursday.

What: Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings, IPL 2022 Match 33

When: April 21, 2022 (Thursday)

Where: DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai

Time: 7:30 PM IST

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Five-time champions Mumbai haven’t received a single match this season and a loss on Thursday would ship them packing from the event.

Defending champions CSK, who’re only a rung above bottom-placed MI, have additionally faltered as a staff although there was a number of situations of particular person brilliance. With 5 losses from six video games, a defeat on Thursday would additionally ship them on the point of elimination.

For Mumbai, the largest concern is the type of skipper Rohit Sharma, who has gathered solely 114 runs from six innings. If Mumbai must chase or arrange an enormous whole, he must do the majority of scoring.

Young batter Ishan Kishan has additionally not justified his heavy price ticket of Rs 15.25 crore. He must do greater than the 191 runs from six matches with the assistance two half centuries.

The likes of Dewald Brevis, Tilak Varma and Suryakumar Yadav have performed some scintillating knocks individually however collectively have to take accountability within the middle-order.

Another disappointment thus far has been all-rounder Kieron Pollard, whose potential to win matches has been on the wane. With simply 82 runs, Pollard has been an entire failure, whilst questions have cropped up over his retention.

Mumbai have the batting ammunition, at the very least on paper, however they haven’t exploded in unison as but. They could be hoping that to occur towards CSK, whose bowling assault is somewhat inexperienced.

If batting is a fear, bowling is a far larger concern for Mumbai. Save for Jasprit Bumrah, Mumbai bowlers have had a torrid time, be it Tymal Mills, Jaydev Unadkat, Basil Thampi or lead spinner Murugan Ashwin.

Mills bled 54 runs in three overs towards Lucknow Super Giants of their final match, whereas Unadkat and Ashwin went for 32 and 33 runs respectively.

Mumbai tried the choice of Fabian Allen, however even he was taken to cleaners, as he gave away 46 runs in 4 overs within the final match.

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For Chennai, the largest optimistic is Ruturaj Gaikwad discovering his mojo again with a 48-ball 73 towards Gujarat Titans.

Robin Uthappa and Shivam Dube did shine within the staff’s solitary win towards Royal Challengers Bangalore with their brutal hitting however the duo faltered towards Gujarat.

Dube must shed his one match surprise tag and shoulder extra accountability together with Ambati Rayadu and Moeen Ali, the pinch hitter, who has regarded out of kinds.

Captain Ravindra Jadeja and Mahendra Singh Dhoni can play the finisher’s position. Jadeja hasn’t actually regarded threatening with the ball and must put up a greater present if his staff is to cease MI hitters.

CSK bowlers, save for Dwayne Bravo and spinner Maheesh Theekshana, have been removed from being up-to the mark. Mukesh Choudhary has been leaking runs and Chris Jordan bled 58 runs towards Gujarat.

With Deepak Chahar dominated out and Adam Milne but to regain health, CSK must financial institution on these bowlers and anticipate them to return good.

Full Squads

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Anmolpreet Singh, Rahul Buddhi, Ramandeep Singh, SuryakumarYadav, Tilak Verma, Tim David, Arjun Tendulkar, Basil Thampi, Hrithik Shokeen, Jasprit Bumrah, Jaydev Unadkat, Jofra Archer, Mayank Markande, Murugan Ashwin, Riley Meredith, Tymal Mills, Arshad Khan, Daniel Sams, Dewald Brevis, Fabian Allen, Kieron Pollard, Sanjay Yadav, Aryan Juyal and Ishan Kishan.

Chennai Super Kings: Ravindra Jadeja (Captain), MS Dhoni, Moeen Ali, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Dwayne Bravo, Ambati Rayadu, Robin Uthappa, Mitchell Santner, Chris Jordan, Adam Milne, Devon Conway, Shivam Dube, Dwaine Pretorius, Maheesh Theekshana, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Tushar Deshpande, KM Asif, C Hari Nishaanth, N Jagadeesan, Subranshu Senapati, Okay Bhagath Verma, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, Mukesh Choudhary.

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