Abu Dhabi, Sep 19 (UNI) Chennai Super Kings won the toss against Mumbai Indians and opted to field in the opening match of the 13th edition of the IPL here on Saturday at Sheikh Zayed Stadium.
No Bravo for CSK in the playing eleven as Sam Curran comes in while Piyush Chawla replaces experienced bowler Imran Tahir.
Meanwhile, Saurabh Tiwary is playing for MI - his first IPL game after three years. He's in the middle order in a spot that was taken by Ishan Kishan last year.
squads:
Chennai Super Kings: 1 Shane Watson, 2 M Vijay, 3 Faf du Plessis, 4 Ambati Rayudu, 5 MS Dhoni (capt, wk), 6 Kedar Jadhav, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Piyush Chawla, 9 Deepak Chahar, 10 Sam Curran, 11 Lungi Ngidi
Mumbai Indians: 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Quinton de Kock (wk), 3 Suryakumar Yadav, 4 Saurabh Tiwary, 5 Kieron Pollard, 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Krunal Pandya, 8 James Pattinson, 9 Rahul Chahar, 10 Trent Boult, 11 Jasprit Bumrah
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