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Both MI and CSK who are reeling at bottom of the points table will be facing each other at DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai. Mumbai are still searching for their first win of IPL 2022, while CSK have won their only match against RCB in this tournament so far. MI has been relying heavily on Suryakumar Yadav to perform consistently in all games while Kieron Pollard hasn't been utilized to his fullest of potential in the batting as he comes too lower down the order.
CSK's weak link of poor bowling attack has costed them two games despite the side having strong batting line-up. CSK is likely to replace Chris Jordan with Dwaine Pretorius and Ruturaj Gaikwad coming into form in previous match will be huge boost for the Chennai side.
CSK vs MI games have always provided riveting, nail-biting contests and today's match will be important one for both teams as loss for any of them might seriously affect their playoffs chance.
Numbers and stats before start of MI vs CSK game:
Among current players in IPL:
Most runs for MI vs CSK - Rohit Sharma (661)
Most wickets for MI vs CSK - Kieron Pollard (14)
Most runs for CSK vs MI - MS Dhoni (589)
Most wickets for CSK vs MI - Dwayne Bravo (28)
2 - Rohit Sharma needs 2 more sixes to smash 200 sixes for MI in T20 cricket.
3 - Dwayne Bravo needs 3 more wickets to surpass Umesh Yadav and take most wickets against a team in IPL.
Most wickets against a team in IPL:
Umesh Yadav - 33 vs PBKS
Sunil Narine - 32 vs PBKS
Lasith Malinga - 31 vs CSK
Dwayne Bravo - 31 vs MI
7 - Robin Uthappa will become 7th player to play 200 matches in IPL today. Other six players are MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik, Ravindra Jadeja and Suresh Raina.
10 - Dwayne Bravo needs 10 more runs to complete 1000 runs for CSK in IPL.
19 - MI have won 19 matches against CSK in IPL.
Most wins against a team in IPL:
MI - 22 vs KKR
KKR - 20 vs PBKS
CSK - 19 vs RCB
MI - 19 vs CSK
53 - Ruturaj Gaikwad needs 53 more runs today to become the fastest Indian to smash 1000 runs (from 29 innings) in IPL and surpass the record of Sachin Tendulkar who achieved this feat from just 31 innings.
67 - Suryakumar Yadav needs 67 more runs to complete 2000 runs for MI in IPL.
172.42 - Kieron Pollard has a strike rate of 172.42 against CSK in IPL.
Highest S.R vs CSK in IPL:
Glenn Maxwell - 183.87
Dwayne Smith - 182.03
Kieron Pollard - 172.42
Most runs vs CSK in IPL:
Virat Kohli - 949
Shikhar Dhawan - 941
Rohit Sharma - 752
Dinesh Karthik - 621
Kieron Pollard - 569
Pollard has smashed 569 runs against CSK from 22 innings at a huge strike rate of 172.42.
200 - Jasprit Bumrah will be playing his 200th match in T20 cricket.