Rivalry with CSK

Lore & Background

The spark for the CSK-MI rivalry was lit at their first IPL meeting. A stacked CSK batting order fired to rack up a massive 208 for five in its first game at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk. Opener Matthew Hayden's belligerent 46-ball 81 set the base before Suresh Raina's fifty (53) and skipper MS Dhoni's 16-ball 30 cameo put MI under pressure. Mumbai, however, threatened to chase down the target with contributions through the order but none could capitalise to play a match-defining knock. MI required 19 to win in the final over, but only managed 12 as CSK eked out the visitor by six runs.

Reader's Guide

The highest run scorers from these fixtures are Rohit Sharma (MI) with 913 runs in 30 innings with 1 century, and Suresh Raina (CSK) with 736 runs in 32 outings.

Did You Know?

• Mumbai and Chennai are two of the biggest metropolitan cities in India, being the largest ones in western and eastern coast respectively.
• The two teams are the most successful in IPL, winning a combined 10 titles out of 18, with 5 titles each.
• The two sides have met four times in the IPL final (2010, 2013, 2015, 2019).
• There were no head-to-head clashes between CSK and MI in the 2016 and 2017 seasons due to the suspension of CSK.