IPL's El Clasico match today: Dhoni's team Chennai could beat Rohit's Mumbai only once in the last 6 matches, but CSK heavy on Delhi ground

In the IPL today, there will be a tough fight between Chennai Super Kings (CSK), captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, and Mumbai Indians (MI), captained by Rohit Sharma. This 27th match of the 14th season will be played at Delhi\'s Arun Jaitley Stadium from 7.30 pm. On this ground, both these teams will be face to face after 7 years. Here the same match (2013) was played between the two, in which Chennai defeated Mumbai by 48 runs.

The Mumbai team has always been heavy on Chennai. In the last 6 matches against MI, the CSK team has been able to win only one match. This victory was won in the last match itself.

Mumbai and Chennai clash El Clásico

In Spanish, \'El Clásico\' means iconic, meaning a fight between the two best teams of the tournament. The match between Spain\'s two football clubs, Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​is called El Clásico. Football fans wait for this match in large numbers. Some of this is also being considered in IPL. Fans who love cricket, as well as football, have started calling the matches of Chennai and Mumbai also El Clasico.

Rohit won the title to his team 5 times and Dhoni 3 times

Mumbai Indians have won the title 5 times in IPL history so far. Under Rohit\'s captaincy, the team won champions in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2020. The last time Mumbai defeated Delhi in the final was to save the title. The Mumbai team reached the playoffs 9 times and played the final 6 times.

At the same time, Chennai Super Kings are the second-highest team to win the title 3 times (2010, 2011, 2018) under Dhoni\'s captaincy. CSK is the only team to play the playoffs 10 times and finals 8 times.

Bump into openings

If you look at the batting of both the teams, then the match seems to be equal. Rohit Sharma and Quinton open for Mumbai. While the Chennai openers are Rituraj Gaikwad and Faf Duplessis. They are in all four forms. Duplessis is second in the Orange Cap race.

Chennai strong in the middle order

When it comes to the middle order, the Chennai team looks heavy. It consists of Suresh Raina, Moin Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, and Mahendra Singh Dhoni. They are followed by Sam Karan and Shardul Thakur. Jadeja had scored 37 runs against Bengaluru with 5 sixes in an over from Harshal Patel.

At the same time, the Mumbai team consists of middle-order over Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Kieron Pollard. Among them, only Suryakumar\'s bat is getting runs. Other players are struggling with poor form. However, in the last match, Krunal Pandya won the match against Rajasthan by scoring 39 runs.

Bowling match in bowling as well

Both teams are not less than each other in the bowling department. Mumbai\'s team can take off with 5 fast bowlers. Three of them are Trent Boult, Nathan Coulter Nile, and Jaspreet Bumrah. The two all-rounders are Hardik Pandya and Kieron Pollard. The spin department will be handled by Rahul Chahar and Jayant Yadav.

Dhoni and the team can land in this match with 4 fast bowlers. The bowlers will be Sam Karan, Shardul Thakur, Lungi Engidi, and Deepak Chahar. All-rounders Moin Ali and Ravindra Jadeja will be in the spinners team.

Pitch report

The pitch at Delhi\'s Arun Jaitley Stadium may help the batsmen. So far this season, 2 matches have been played here, with the score being more than 170 in all four innings. The team batting both times later won. In such a situation, the team winning the toss will want to bowl first. Both matches have been from Mumbai and Chennai. Chennai defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai by 7–7 wickets against Rajasthan Royals.