As we expected the next battle between MI and CSK match is going to happen in Pune, MCA stadium on 28 April 2018. The first match between these 2 rivals ended in the very dramatic finish by Dwayne Bravo heroic finish. The IPL festive season begins with the sparkling knocks and seat edge thriller.

Let come back for the Next Arch Rival Event in the history of cricket that gonna happen at Pune on 28 April 2018. The Stats follow shows the strength of both CSK and MI.

Head to Head from 2008 – 2018*

Largest Victory by Runs : MI beat CSK by 60 runs Scorecard

Largest Victory by Wickets : MI beat CSK by 9 wickets Scorecard

Most Appearance : Suresh Raina – 25 matches

Most Runs : Suresh Raina – 557 Runs

Most Wickets : Lasith Maling – 17 wickets

Brief Analysis of the Last match at Mumbai (7 April 2018)

No one believes that CSK is going to win the inaugural match because they lost 5 wickets for just 75 Runs. When the veteran Trinidad player D Bravo comes to the crease, CSK needs 95 Runs from 49 Balls. Initially Bravo Batted quite slowly, later he smashed a huge six from a debutant Mayank Markande. The score tremendously reduced to 118-8 in 17 overs CSK requires 47 from 18 Balls, from where D Bravo’s bat starts to swing all around the corner of the stadium. CSK win by 1 wicket with 1 ball spare.

Scorecard : Match 1, CSK vs MI – Mumbai

Mumbai Indians – 165/4

Suryakumar Yadav – 43(29)

Watson – 2/29

Krunal Pandya – 41* (22)

Chennai Super Kings – 169/9

Dwayne Bravo – 68(30)

Mayank Markande – 23/3

Kedhar Jadhav – 24*(23)

Hardik Pandya – 24/3

CSK win by 1 Wicket with 1 ball to bowl

We are eagerly waiting to watch the battle once again on 28 April 2018 from PUNE, MCA stadium. Happiest news for the audience is S Raina will be playing the upcoming matches to follow his continuous 25 match streaks.

Key Players

CSK : Raina, MS Dhoni, D Bravo, Harbhajan singh, Rayudu, S Watson

MI : Rohit, Mayank Markande, K Pandya, H Pandya, Bumrah, Lewis

Strength comparison of CSK & MI

Chennai Super Kings

1.  Strong All Rounders in Playing 11 – S Watson, D Bravo and R Jadeja

2. World Class Match Finishers – MS Dhoni, D Bravo and R Jadeja

3. Bowling Rotation – CSK have 7 players to rotate the bowling changes.

4. Openers – Watson and A Rayudu starts very well throughout the tournament

Mumbai Indians

1. Krunal Pandya contribution – Played brilliant with both bat and ball

2. Fast Bowling Unit – M McClenaghan, Mustafizur Rahman & J Bumrah

3. Clean Hitters of cricket balls – H Pandya, K Pandya, K Pollard and R Sharma

Weakness comparison of CSK & MI

Chennai Super Kings

1. Middle Order Collapse – Continuous collapse even though they open well

2. Death Over Bowling – Chahar and Bravo leaking runs in death overs

Mumbai Indians

1. Opening order confusion – Rotation of openers along with E Lewis

2. Death Over Bowling – Mustafizur and Bumrah are not in good form

3. Rohit Poor runs scoring – Rohit owes with the bat for a huge score

Average 1st innings Score at MCA, Pune : 159 Runs

Average 2nd innings Score at MCA, Pune : 165 Runs

Expected Strategies to be followed during CSK vs MI

1. The Team won toss and choose to bowl first.

2. At least 2 spinners will play for each side.

For Audience

Ground Check in Time : 5:30 pm (IST)

Toss Time : 7:30pm (IST)

Match Time : 8:00 pm(IST)

Best route to Travel

Trains : Chennai – Pune

1. Whistle podu express for CSK Fans

2. Yesvantpur – Jaipur Weekly Suvidha Superfast Express 3:15 pm

For Easy E-Ticket and Transport Arrangements

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Flights

Chennai – Mumbai

Chennai – Pune

Mumbai – Pune

Delhi – Pune

How to Reach MCA

The Shortest route from Airport to MCA Stadium

Hinjawadi-wakad-pimpri-chinchwad-MCA Stadium 33 km | 1 hour 10 mins

Route map between Pune Airport and MCA Stadium,Pune

The Shortest route from Bus Stand to MCA Stadium

Ganeshkhind Rd-Aundh-Wakad-Hinjawadi-pimpri-chinchwad 26 km | 45 mins

Route map between Sivaji nagar bus stop and MCA Stadium

The Shortest route from Train to MCA Stadium

RB Motilal Kennedy Rd – Shivaji Nagar Wakdewadi Rd-Ganeshkhind Rd-NDA Pashan Rd-Sus Rd-NH48-Kotwal Nagar-Pimpri-Chinchwad  30 km | 1 Hour

Route map between Sivaji nagar bus stop and MCA Stadium

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