IPL 2025: Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings, Match 38 Preview

Mumbai Indians (MI) will take on their arch-rivals Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the 38th match of the IPL 2025 at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. The teams started this season by playing against each other on March 23 in Chennai. This will be their second game of the season, and MI will be looking forward to taking revenge for the first game. 

CSK are at the bottom of the points table with just two wins in seven matches. Despite winning their last match, there was no change in the points table because of their lower run rate. Moreover, losing five back-to-back games did the real destruction for them. However, they still have a good chance to bounce back from here on by winning five of the seven matches left. 

MI's position is almost similar, but they have won three out of seven matches. They still have to win four more matches to qualify for the playoffs. They had a convincing win in the previous match against the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Mumbai. They will be playing consecutive matches on their home ground, so that should be an advantage for them. 

Match Details

Pitch Report

The Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, has always given preference to the batters, more than the bowlers. It is a batting paradise, and the team chasing will always have an upper hand. Hence, the captain who wins the toss would look to bowl first.

Head-to-Head Record

MI and CSK have played five matches against each other so far, with the former winning 18 and the latter 20. 

Predicted Playing 11s

Mumbai Indians (MI)

Ryan Rickelton (wk), Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Karn Sharma.

Impact Player: Rohit Sharma

Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Khaleel Ahmed.

Impact Player: Matheesha Pathirana