Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will take on defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) in their 11th match of IPL 2020 at Sharjah Cricket Ground in Sharjah on Friday (October 23).
Chennai Super Kings who have only 6 points from 10 matches is on the edge of elimination and to stay alive in the tournament they need to win this match at any cost.
Their top order batsmen like Faf du Plessis, Shane Watson, MS Dhoni and Ambati Rayudu have to step up with the bat and opener Sam Curran needs to attack in the power play while Ravindra Jadeja will continue to finisher's role.
In bowling, Deepak Chahar and Josh Hazlewood who did well against Rajasthan Royals, will be key with new ball and in middle and death overs Shardul Thakur and Sam Curran have to do the job.
On the other hand, Mumbai Indians have 12 points from 9 matches and they will be eyeing top spot and for that they need to win this match. Their whole batting line up is in fine form and the likes of Quinton de Kock and Suryakumar Yadav are scoring big runs.
In bowling, Jasprit Bumrah has been excellent as a leader and he is getting good support from the likes of Trent Boult, Rahul Chahar, Krunal Pandya and James Pattinson.
All the major stats and facts ahead of the 41st match between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians in Sharjah :
Head to Head in IPL -
Matches - 29
Chennai Super Kings won - 12
Mumbai Indians won - 17
43.33 - Jasprit Bumrah's bowling average against Chennai Super Kings in IPL. He has taken only 6 wickets in 9 matches against them.
100 - Jasprit Bumrah needs 3 more wickets to achieve the milestone of 100 IPL wickets.
150 - MS Dhoni is just 3 dismissals away from becoming the first wicket keeper to complete 150 dismissals in IPL.
1000 - Krunal Pandya needs 27 more runs to complete 1000 runs in Indian Premier League.
3000 - Kieron Pollard needs to score 37 more runs to achieve the milestone of 3000 IPL runs.
4000 - Rohit Sharma needs 12 more runs to complete 4000 runs for Mumbai Indians in IPL.
9000 - Rohit Sharma is 98 runs away from achieving the milestone of 9000 runs in T20 cricket.
