CHE vs MI Dream11 prediction, IPL 2023: Fantasy Suggestions, Predicted Playing 11, impact substitute options

CHE vs MI Dream11 prediction: Chennai Super Kings will host Mumbai Indians in match 49 of IPL 2023 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Saturday (May 6). The match will first of the day's doubleheader and starts at 3:30 PM after the toss at 3 PM IST.

Both sides are separated by just a point as Rohit Sharma's Mumbai Indians (10 points) pegged themselves back in the race for playoffs with consecutive wins. MS Dhoni's Chennai (11 points) lost an opportunity to consolidate their chances of making play-offs as their last match was halted midway due to rain after back-to-back defeats.

CHE vs MI injury update and key players

CHE injury update Deepak Chahar returned post-injury in the last game while Sisanda Magala, Ben Stokes, and Simarjeet Singh were not part of the squad again as they recover from injuries.

CHE key players The top-order has been firing runs consistently with Devon Conway leading the charge with a flurry of half-centuries. Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane and Shivam Dube are scoring runs as well. Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, and MS Dhoni have played a limited role with the bat because of the top-order clicking.

Jadeja and Moeen are doing good work with the ball with 14 and 9 wickets respectively and have been effective at the home venue. Matheesha Pathirana's slinging bowling action has been difficult to read for the opponent's batter too while compatriot Maheesh Theekshana has picked up seven wickets in as many games.

Out of form Ambati Rayudu's batting woes continue with a duck in his last innings.

MI injury update There's no fresh injury concern for Mumbai Indians reported ahead of the game.

MI key players Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, and Cameron Green have been key in the side's revival late in the season with a fantastic batting display. Tim David and Tilak Varma are further providing depth down the order. Among bowlers, Piyush Chawla has been the only consistent bowler with 10 wickets while the rest of the bowling unit has struggled.

Out of form Express pacers like Jofra Archer and Riley Meredith have proved too expensive. Rohit Sharma is having an inconsistent IPL and was out for a duck in the last game.

CHE vs MI predicted playing 11 and impact sub options

CHE predicted playing 11 Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana, Deepak Chahar

CHE predicted impact sub Ambati Rayudu and pacer Akash Singh are often used as substitute.

CHE bench Akash Singh, Ambati Rayudu, Dwaine Pretorius, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, RS Hangargekar, Mitchell Santner, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, Bhagath Varma, Sisanda Magala, Nishant Sindhu

MI predicted playing 11 Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Jofra Archer, Piyush Chawla, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Arshad Khan

MI predicted impact sub Likes of Nehal Wadhera, Akash Madhwal and Piyush Chawla are used as substitute.

MI bench Nehal Wadhera, Arjun Tendulkar, Vishnu Vinod, Shams Mulani, Ramandeep Singh, Jason Behrendorff, Sandeep Warrier, Hrithik Shokeen, Akash Madhwal, Duan Jansen, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Raghav Goyal

CHE vs MI pitch report

The Chepauk or MA Chidambaram Stadium has been known to favour slow bowlers as the game progresses over the years, favouring the team batting first the most. While the spinners continue to get assistance, batters have also been able to score at ease recently.

The average score batting first in IPL at the venue is 163. The teams batting first have won the most in the cash-rich league at the venue. That record had continued even this season until the recent two matches, which were won by the chasing team.

CHE vs MI Dream11 prediction

CHE vs MI dream11 predicted lineup 1
Wicket-keeper: D Conway, I Kishan
Batter: R Gaikwad, A Rahane, S Yadav, S Dube
All-rounder: R Jadeja, C Green
Bowler: T Deshpande, P Chawla, M Pathirana

CHE vs MI Dream11 predicted lineup 2
Wicket-keeper: D Conway, I Kishan
Batter: R Gaikwad, A Rahane, S Yadav, S Dube, T Varma
All-rounder: R Jadeja, C Green
Bowler: T Deshpande, P Chawla

Captain & vice captain options D Conway is in prime form for CSK while both I Kishan and S Yadav are wise choices as well.