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Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bowl against Chennai Super Kings in their IPL match at Delhi's Feroz Shah Kotla on Saturday. MI have made a couple of changes to their playing XI with James Neesham and Dhawala Kulkarani replacing Nathan Coulter Nile and Jayant Yadav. CSK are unchanged. Saturday's mouth-watering IPL 2021 clash between Mi and CSK will see some the best all-rounders in T20 cricket clashing. Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali and Sam Curran have been a solid part of CSK's unbeaten five-match streak this season and will face some serious challenge from the Pandya brothers - Hardik and Krunal -- and Kieron Pollard of Mumbai Indians. The Mumbai threesome are yet to fully bloom in IPL 2021 and given the fact that they are all big match players, the defending champions could see them making a significant contribution. Both CSK and MI are coming off emphatic wins at Kotla. Interestingly, both team chased identical scores - 172 - and won by identical margins - seven wickets. Chennai Super Kings are on top of the table and have played like a team in almost every game. Faf du Plessis has given CSK great starts and the middle-order has taken that momentum forward. It's not been the case with MI this season. Quinton de Kock scored his first fifty in five IPL 2021 games in the last match against Rajasthan Royals and skipper Rohit Sharma needs to fire too. But that will not be easy against a capable CSK pace attack that has been very effective in the powerplay. Follow live cricket scores of MI vs CSK here.
7:30 PM IST: Ruturaj Gaikwad and Faf Du Plessis out in the middle for CSK, while Trent Boult has the ball in hand for Mumbai Indians. Scroll down for live commentary
7:15 PM IST: Teams:
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis, Moeen Ali, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Shardul Thakur, Lungi Ngidi, Deepak Chahar
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Jimmy Neesham, Rahul Chahar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult
7:05 PM IST: Mumbai Indians have won the toss and opted to field first. MI have made two changes. Dhawal Kulkarni and James Neesham replace Nathan Coulter-Nile and Jayant Yadav for MI. CSK are unchanged.
6:55 PM IST: Welcome to the live coverage of IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings. The high voltage clash will see Suresh Raina, if he makes the team, playing his 200th IPL match. Stay tuned for toss
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