Csk vs mi: A thorn competition between Indian Premier League History's arch -rivals Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings (CSK Vs Mi) will be seen on 24 March (Sunday) in Chennai stronghold Chepock. If the responsibility of leading the Yellow Army has been entrusted to Rituraj Gaikwad, MI captain Hardik Pandya will not be seen playing in the first match. The special thing is that in this match, Rohit Sharma and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who have won the five-five IPL title in this match, will be seen playing as players.

The playing XI of this high voltage match has been revealed, in which regular captains Hardik Pandya and Jaspreet Bumrah have been out of Mumbai.

Mumbai got two big shocks

There has been a close fight between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings (CSK Vs Mi). If the two most successful teams in the IPL are seen clashed with each other, then the excitement of the match becomes two times, but before the start of the tournament, MI has had two big shocks.

While MI's main fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah will miss the initial match due to injury, regular captain Hardik Pandya has been banned for the first match, due to which he will not be seen playing against Chennai Super Kings.

This player will take charge of MI

Hardik has been banned for a match due to a slow over rate in three matches in IPL 2024. In fact, in the final match of IPL 2024 played against Lucknow Super Giants, MI (CSK Vs Mi) had to face a slow over rate in Pandya's captaincy, but then all the matches of MI were over, after which this ban will be imposed on him i.e.

in the first match of the 18th edition this year. There are speculations that in the absence of Hardik, Suryakumar Yadav may be seen captaining MI.

The veteran return after 10 years in CSK

The squad of Chennai Super Kings (CSK Vs Mi) looks quite strong, while his old off -spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has also returned to the Yellow Army after nearly a decade. Chennai bought Ashwin for Rs 9.75 crore in the IPL 2025 mega auction, after which it is expected that he will be seen playing in all matches for the Yellow Army.

At the same time, once again the pair of Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin will be seen breaking up on the batsmen. What are these two players used to do together for the Indian team, now the same work will be seen again for Chennai Super Kings. Apart from this, Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be seen returning to the field again after about a year, which the fans were eagerly waiting.

Mumbai Indians potential playing XI

Rohit Sharma, Ryan Ricelton (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Tilak Verma, Will Jacks, Naman Dhir, Mitchell Sanner, Trent Bolt, Deepak Chahar, Karn Sharma and Arjun Tendulkar.

Chennai Super Kings potential playing XI

Rituraj Gaikwad (captain), Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Deepak Hooda, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mukesh Chaudhary, Sam Karan and Mathisha Pathirana.