CSK vs MI: Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians go toe-to-toe against each other in the 49th match of IPL 2023. MS Dhoni's Chennai are looking for their first win against Rohit Sharma's Mumbai at their own home at Chepauk since 2010. The two are playing against each other for the second time in the season.
Meanwhile, CSK won the toss and opted to bowl first. While CSK did not make any changes, MI roped in two. Tristan Stubbs and Raghav Goyal are coming into the team in place of Kumar Kartikeya and Tilak Varma.
Who is Raghav Goyal?
Raghav Goyal is a 22-year-old Haryana's left-arm spinner. He has performed well in the recently concluded DY Patil T20 tournament, where he picked five wickets at a tight economy of 6.90. He was picked up by MI at the base price of Rs 20 lakh. Notably, Goyal has not played any First class match.
In the game against Goyal bowled his full quota of 4 overs and conceded 33 runs. He could not scalp a wicket in his maiden IPL appearance. He was called in by MI skipper Rohit Sharma to bowl after the powerplay in MI's defence of 139. Goyal bowled his all four overs in a single spell from the 8th over onwards.
CSK vs MI Pitch report
The pitch at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai has assistance for spinners. But this year, there has been decent bounce seen at Chepauk which has let the batters to score well. The spinners have taken 26 wickets in comparison to 19 taken by the pacers. The speedsters can find life tough here with those type of bowlers leaking runs at 9.77 at the venue in 2023.
MI's Playing XI:
Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan(w), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Jofra Archer, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Arshad Khan
CSK's Playing XI:
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w/c), Deepak Chahar, Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana
Subs of both teams:
MI subs: Kumar Kartikeya, Ramandeep Singh , Dewald Brevis, Raghav Goyal, Vishnu Vinod
CSK;s subs: Ambati Rayudu, Mitchell Santner, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, Akash Singh
