Chennai Super Kings captain M.S. Dhoni won the toss and decided to bowl first during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 match against Mumbai Indians in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Chennai Super Kings brings in Mohit Sharma in place of Mitchell Santner. Mumbai Indians made two changes bringing in Jason Behrendorff in place of Mitchell McClenaghan and Rahul Chahar for Mayank Markande.
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Chennai Super Kings : Ambati Rayudu, Shane Watson, Suresh Raina, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohit Sharma, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Imran Tahir
Mumbai Indians : Rohit Sharma (capt), Quinton de Kock (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Yuvraj Singh, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Jason Behrendorff, Rahul Chahar, Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah
“What did we do wrong?”
That’s the title of the opening episode of a documentary on Chennai Super Kings’ triumphant return to the Indian Premier League last year after serving a two-year suspension.
As the yellow army and the blue brigade trained on either side of the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai ahead of their Wednesday’s clash, while CSK could well be thinking “we cannot do anything wrong”, the Mumbai Indians camp may well have started mulling over whether “what more can we do wrong?”
The head-to-head record may well be in the home team’s favour but with the manner in which the initial phase of the 12th edition has panned out, it’s the visiting outfit that will enjoy the advantage. CSK has literally carried on from where it left last season. Having registered a hat-trick of wins in its first three games, CSK is the only unbeaten team so far this season.
