Ask the big stars from either teams, and they will tell you this is the fixture that excites them the most often in the Indian Premier Leag...
Ask the big stars from either teams, and they will tell you this is the fixture that excites them the most often in the Indian Premier League. It is, after all, the battle of the two most successful sides in the tournament. Rohit Sharma’s elegance and Suryakumar Yadav’s flamboyance will be pitted against the experience of Faf du Plessis and grace of Ruturaj Gaikwad when heavyweights Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings cross swords in the Indian Premier League in Delhi on Saturday.
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Five-time winners MI and three-time winners CSK head into the match after identical seven-wicket wins over Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad respectively (same target, achieved with same number of balls and wickets to spare) and both teams would be keen to continue that momentum.
Historically, the record favours MI over CSK, and more so in the last three seasons since the Chennai team’s return to the league. That is helped by a 4-0 sweep of MI against CSK in IPL 2019, with the teams splitting the record 1-1 in 2018 and 2020.
Head to head MI vs CSK
| Matches | MI wins | CSK wins | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 30 | 18 | 12 |
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