IPL’s own El Clasico, the Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians encounter, will be played this Thursday at the DY Patil Sports Academy Stadium in Mumbai. The two most successful IPL franchises haven’t got going this season so far. Both the teams occupy the last two spots in the points table currently. While the defending champions have only managed a single win in six games, the Mumbai side is yet to register their first win. Find below, the Pitch Report and the Dream11 Prediction for the CSK vs MI encounter.

With not much to be happy about so far, due to the below-average performance of their favorite teams, the supporters of both sides are looking forward to this particular encounter as it is bound to be a thriller. The Jadeja-led CSK side will look to get over the forgettable encounter against the Titans and get some winning momentum whereas the Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai Indians will have to find a way to open their account.

MI vs CSK Pitch Report

The surface at the DY Patil Sports Academy Stadium provides good assistance to the bowlers. The fast bowlers find a good bounce off the surface while the spinners have some purchase as well. The bowl grips well over the surface here, hence the spinners come handy in the middle overs. There is generally a good competition between the bat and ball here. Anywhere around 170 is a good total to defend in this venue.

It has however been seen that big totals as well have gotten chased down here, at the DY Patil Stadium. Hence, winning the toss and opting to bowl first should be the way to go here.

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Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings Dream11 Prediction

Both the sides have a weak link in their bowling unit, hence we might see some changes in both the line-ups. Here’s the Dream11 team you should pick for the CSK vs MI encounter.

Captain: R Uthappa

Vice-captain: Suryakumar Yadav

Ishan Kishan, R Uthappa, Moeen Ali, Suryakumar Yadav, S. Dube, Tilak Varma, Dewald Brevis, D. Pretorius, Dwayne Bravo, Jasprit Bumrah, Mahesh Theekshana.

MI vs CSK head-to-head records

The two most successful IPL teams have faced each other 34 times in the competition. The Mumbai Indians are currently ahead of the Chennai side by a significant margin as far as the head-to-head records are concerned.