CSK vs MI Match 3 IPL 2025: The third match of the 18th season of IPL will be played on March 23 between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The match will kick off at 7:30 PM IST. Ruturaj Gaikwad will be captaining the Chennai Super Kings, while Hardik Pandya will be leading the Mumbai Indians. In this article, we will talk about the head to head records, pitch report, weather forecast and playing XI of both teams.
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CSK vs MI Match 3 IPL 2025: Head-To-Head Records
In the last 17 seasons of IPL, 37 matches have been played between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians so far. Out of these, CSK has won 17 and MI has won 20 matches. During these matches, CSK’s highest score against Mumbai has been 218 runs, while MI’s highest score against Chennai has been 219 runs. On the other hand, CSK’s lowest score against Super Kings is 79 runs, while MI’s lowest score against Indians is 136 runs.
CSK have been the most consistent team in the IPL, making it to the playoffs in almost every season. However, 2024 was disappointing as they missed out on playoffs. Under new captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, CSK will look to bounce back. Despite being five-time champions, Mumbai Indians have struggled in recent seasons. Hardik Pandya’s captaincy did not go as planned in 2024, leading to the team finishing last. However, with a mix of young talent MI will aim to win another title.
CSK vs MI Match 3 IPL 2025: Pitch Report at MA Chidambaram Stadium
The pitch at the MA Chidambaram Stadium is mostly spin friendly. In the history of IPL, a total of 77 matches have been played on this pitch so far. The team batting first here has won 46 times, while the teams chasing the runs have won on 31 occasions. The Chennai pitch is considered spin friendly, but in T20, it also helps the batsmen many times.
Teams winning the toss prefer to bat first here. On the other hand, if we talk from the bowling point of view, this pitch initially helps the fast bowlers, but as the ball gets older, the spinners start getting help. In the last 10 matches played at this stadium, fast bowlers have taken 61% wickets, while spinners have taken 39% wickets.
CSK vs MI Match 3 IPL 2025: Weather Forecast in Chennai
The third match of the IPL 2025 will be played between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Mumbai Indians (MI) at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Fans will come in large numbers in this explosive match and they will want to enjoy the whole match, for this it is also important that the weather supports them.
According to the weather report of Chennai, there is a 20 percent chance of rain during the match, so it is unlikely that rain will interfere, although the sky will remain cloudy, due to which the chances of dew will be less. The temperature is likely to be 20 degrees during the match. In such a situation, the fans would like that even if the rain interferes, it should end soon.
CSK vs MI Match 3 IPL 2025: Probable Playing XI
Chennai Super Kings Probable Playing XI: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Captain), Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmed, Sam Curran, MS Dhoni, Matheesha Pathirana, Khaleel Ahmed.
Mumbai Indians Probable Playing XI: Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Robin Minj, Naman Dheer, Hardiik Pandya (Captain), Mitchell Santner, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult.
Chennai Super Kings Squad for IPL 2025
Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dubey, Mathisha Pathirana, Noor Ahmed, Ravichandran Ashwin, Devon Conway, Khaleel Ahmed, Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Sam Curran, Sheikh Rashid, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Chaudhary, Deepak Hooda, Nathan Ellis, Jamie Overton, Vansh Bedi, Andre Siddharth, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, and Shreyas Gopal.
Mumbai Indians Squad for IPL 2025
Hardik Pandya (c), Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Tilak Verma, Trent Boult, Naman Dheer, Robin Minj, Karn Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Deepak Chahar, Will Jacks, Ashwini Kumar, Mitchell Santner, Reece Topley, Sreejith Krishnan, Raj Angad Bawa, Suryakumar Yadav, Venkat Satyanarayana Raju, Bevon Jacobs, Arjun Tendulkar and Vignesh Puthur.