The Report by Ankur Dhawan

Toss Super Kings chose to bowl v Mumbai Indians

Filling in for MS Dhoni, who misses his second match of the season - this time due to fever - Suresh Raina won the toss and opted to bowl, pointing out that dew could be a problem in the second half of the game.

Overall, Super Kings made three changes to their team that beat Sunrisers Hyderabad, with Dhoni, Faf du Plessis and Ravindra Jadeja making way for Dhruv Shorey, Mitchell Santner and Murali Vijay. Mumbai Indians also made a couple of changes with Evin Lewis and Anukul Roy - on IPL debut - coming in for Ben Cutting and Mayank Markande.

Super Kings, who top the table with 16 points will be assured a playoff berth, should they extend their winning streak at Chepauk tonight. A win for Mumbai, on the other hand, will help them displace Delhi capitals in second position on the table, due to a superior net run-rate.

Super Kings have lost just one of their last 18 matches at Chepauk, and that defeat incidentally came against Mumbai Indians in 2015. The visitors also had the better of the Super Kings when the teams met in Mumbai earlier in the season, winning that contest by 37 runs on the back off Hardik Pandya's allround brilliance.

Super Kings:1 M Vijay, 2 Shane Watson, 3 Suresh Raina (capt), 4 Kedar Jadhav, 5 Ambati Rayudu (wk), 6 Dhruv Shorey, 7 Mitchell Santner, 8 Dwayne Bravo, 9 Deepak Chahar, 10 Harbhajan Singh, 11 Imran Tahir

Mumbai Indians:1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Quinton de Kock (wk), 3 Evin Lewis, 4 Kieron Pollard, 5 Hardik Pandya, 6 Krunal Pandya, 7 Suryakumar Yadav, 8 Anukul Roy, 9 Rahul Chahar, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Lasith Malinga

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