Ahead of Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings, IPL 2020, check out the weather and the pitch report for the first game at the Sheikh Al Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Read More!
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Mumbai Indians treated their fans with a are sight from the training ground as Chris Lynn and pacer Jasprit Bumrah faced each other during an open nets session. The Australian cricketer joined the record champions this year and was bought for his base price during the player auction last year.
📹 Exclusive: Bumrah 🆚 Lynn straight from the #MI open nets 💥🔥#OneFamily #MumbaiIndians #Dream11IPL @Jaspritbumrah93 @lynny50 pic.twitter.com/cGt0JJEPC2— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) September 17, 2020
Players who recently took part in the England-Australia limited-overs series arrived in UAE in Thursday to take part in IPL 2020. All the 21 players are set to undergo different quarantine periods ranging from one to six days depending on the cities the teams are staying in. Check full details here.
Kolkata Knight Riders welcomed Tom Banton, Eoin Morgana and Pat Cummins in UAE ahead of the new season. All the three players were part of the recently concluded England vs Australia series and will undergo the mandatory quarantine period before joining the rest of the team.
Cummins, Morgan, Banton - All aboard ✅
The last three 💫 have safely arrived in #AbuDhabi for #Dream11IPL@Eoin16 @patcummins30 @TBanton18#KKR #HaiTaiyaar pic.twitter.com/KnMSI7GiSP— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) September 18, 2020
Chennai Super Kings met for a team dinner ahead of the new season and several players and staff members were bestowed with awards. MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Mike Hussey and several others were honoured during the team dinner.
Our customary pre-season dinner turned into a memorable lunch this time and our Lions walked away with some Super Duper Awards.#Thala Dhoni for leading the team with the willow and scoring the most runs for the Super Kings in IPL 2019. 🦁💛 pic.twitter.com/aWwErJgyvV— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) September 17, 2020
The Indian Premier League 2020 is just a day away and it brings us the mouth-watering clash between Chennai Super Kings and the Mumbai Indians. The Indian Premier League 2020 is quite special this year as this will be the first time the Indian fans will s be witnessing the Men in Blue in action after the cricketing activities in India were brought to a halt after the coronavirus break. Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings are arch-rivals since a long time and very often their games have gone down the live wire. The games between the two teams have produced nail-biting thrillers with results swinging like a pendulum in either way. IPL 2020 Schedule For PDF Download With Match Fixtures and Timings in IST Goes Viral Ahead of Official Announcement, Here's Fact Check on Fake UAE Time Table!
Last year when the two teams met each other in the finals of IPL 2019, Mumbai Indians walked away with the last laugh by one run. The team won the IPL 2019 trophy. Cut to present, Both the teams have been sweating it out in the nets for the fixture. MI and CSK have their set of absentees. From Mumbai Indians, Lasith Malinga has pulled out of the IPL 2020 due to personal reasons. Whereas, for Chennai Super Kings, Harbhajan Singh and Suresh Raina have pulled out of the IPL 2020. Both have pulled out of IPL 2020 due to personal reasons.
The two teams have met each other in IPL in 28 games. 17 games are won by Rohit Sharma's men. Whereas the remaining games are won by MS Dhoni's men. It would be interesting to watch how to two teams cope in the conditions of the new venue.