MI vs CSK 1st match: Head-to-head and other interesting stats
Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings are the two most successful sides in the IPL. The two teams will lock horns at the Wankhede Stadium in the curtain raiser of 2018 IPL on Saturday. CSK will try to make their comeback in style while Mumbai will be hoping to start their title defense with a win. Here we analyze their head-to-head stats.
It is a battle of the two most successful captains
Mumbai Indians will be led by the most successful captain of IPL, Rohit Sharma. Rohit boats a 60.66% win-rate in 75 matches. Rohit recently proved his leadership skills, when he captained the second-string national team to Nidahas Trophy triumph. Chennai will be skippered by captain cool MS Dhoni who has a 58.45% win-rate in 143 matches. Dhoni is the longest serving captain in IPL.
Head-to-head stats
The two sides have locked horns on 24 occasions, out of which two were played in the Champions League Twenty20. Mumbai Indians have emerged victorious in 13 games while Chennai Super Kings have managed to win 11 encounters.
One of the fiercest rivalries in the IPL
The last time these two sides met was in the final of the 2015 edition. Chennai Super Kings lost the tie to the Mumbai Indians by 41 runs. CSK also lost the 2013 IPL final to Mumbai Indians by 23 runs. The rivalry between these two sides is intense and the Super Kings will be hoping to get their revenge.
Raina is the top scorer, Bravo has maximum wickets
In the head-to-head encounters between CSK and MI, southpaw Suresh Raina is the leading run-scorer with 620 runs from 24 matches. Separately, Lasith Malinga is the highest wicket-taker between the two sides with 29 scalps. Dwayne Bravo, who has played for both the sides, has 30 wickets to his name. He has picked up 25 wickets for CSK and 5 for MI.
Mumbai have a strong bowling line-up
Bangladesh speedster Mustafizur Rahman and India's death-over specialist Jasprit Bumrah are the two biggest weapons for Mumbai. The Pandya brothers, Krunal and Hardik are capable of doing a lot of damage with both bat and ball. On paper, Mumbai have a weak batting department. However, their all-rounders should get them through. For fans, it would be a mouth-watering encounter.
