Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat against Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League title clash, in Hyderabad on Sunday.
Mumbai Indians have brought in Mitchell McCleneghan, replacing Jayant Yadav while CSK are unchanged.
Both the sides have won three titles each.
Mumbai XI: 1 Quinton de Kock (wk), 2 Rohit Sharma (capt), 3 Suryakumar Yadav, 4 Ishan Kishan, 5 Hardik Pandya, 6 Krunal Pandya, 7 Kieron Pollard, 8 Mitchell McClenaghan, 9 Rahul Chahar, 10 Lasith Malinga, 11 Jasprit Bumrah
Super Kings XI: 1 Shane Watson, 2 Faf du Plessis, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 Ambati Rayudu, 5 MS Dhoni, 6 Dwayne Bravo, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Deepak Chahar, 9 Harbhajan Singh, 10 Imran Tahir, 11 Shardul Thakur
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Both teams know how to finish at the right end of a result. In fact, they are serial winners in the IPL Yet, one of them has to lose the big final here on Sunday.
Their record glitters. Both Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians have triumphed in three IPL editions each. The title clash here will put one team in front with four.
Both CSK and MI are proud of their record. They would hate going behind in the race. A lot will be at stake in the Clash of the Titans here.
Form points to Mumbai. After all, the side has got the better of CSK thrice this season; twice in the league, home and away. and then in Qualifier 1.
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