Mumbai Indians (MI) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are the most suffering IPL teams. Both the franchies share a huge history. Here’s a look at the biggest rivalry shared by both the teams over the years.
Mumbai Indians are champions while Chennai Super Kings (CSK) finished runner-ups last year.
Mumbai Indians (MI) now led by Rohit Sharma and Chennai Super Kings (CSK), led by MS Dhoni are two most successful teams, winning the IPL title four and three times respectively. The two teams boast some of the biggest T20 stars and even though three of them- Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh and Lasith Malinga will be missing this year’s edition.
Ahead of the tournament, here’s an in-depth look at their rivalry over the years.
Head-to-head record:
The Mumbai Indians (MI) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have clashed each other 28 times in the IPL. Mumbai Indians (MI) hold the edge with 17 wins, while Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have won 11 times. Mumbai Indians (MI) have been over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in recent past. Mumbai Indians (MI) have has a win percentage of more than 40 against Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
Most runs:
Mumbai Indians (MI) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) franchise has two of the most supreme players. Suresh Raina undoubtedly, holds the record of most runs in the matches between the Mumbai Indians (MI) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK). Suresh Raina has 704 runs and is also the most capped player. However, he will not be seen in the IPL 2020. Whereas, MI captain Rohit Sharma is the leading MI’s run scorer.
Most wickets:
Not very surprising, Lasith Malinga is MI’s highest wicket-taker against Chennai, the Srilankan pacer has 36 wickets. In an uncanny, Lasith Malinga will also not be a part of IPL 2020. The second in the list is Pollard who has taken 12 wickets and Dwayne Bravo with 25 wickets in CSK’s leading wicket-taker against MI.
Best bowling figures:
Harbhajan Singh, was with MI for years. His figure for 5/18 against CSK in the 2011 edition remains the best individual bowling figures by a player in MI-CSK matches. Mohit Sharma’s 4/14 in IPL 2014 remains the best by any bowler against MI.
Highest individual score:
Rohit’s 87 in 2011 and Shane Watson’s 80 during last year’s final remains Mumbai Indians (MI) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) highest scores by an individual.
Individual records await:
CSK all-rounder Jadeja is 73 runs away from becoming the first IPL player with over 100 wickets and 2000 runs, while Bumrah will become the first Indian pacer to reach 200 wickets in T20s if he can pick 18 this season. Dhoni, with 190 matches, is four games away from surpassing Raina (193) as the most capped IPL player. MI captain Rohit is 102 runs away from completing 5000 runs in IPL. He will join Virat Kohli and Raina in the list and the first from MI to break the 5K barrier.
