IPL 2026 MI vs CSK Match 33 Best Playing 11 Team Preview
With MS Dhoni to return, explore the MI vs CSK match 33 each team best playing 11 for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026.
It’s match number 33 of the Tata Indian Premier League 2026, and we have the bottom-of-the-table clash as the Back-in-form Mumbai Indians take on the under-performing Chennai Super Kings. It’s the El-Clásico of the Indian Premier League, but the form of the two teams so far may not be as intriguing as it used to be a few years back. While the Chennai Super Kings are 8th, the Mumbai Indians are 7th on the IPL 2026 points table.
Mumbai Indians must be heaving a sigh of relief after a much-needed booster win against the Gujarat Titans. The team completely trashed the GT team as both the batters and bowlers came out performing with flying colours. Tilak Varma, who has had a horrendous run so far, made an outrageous century. Similarly, the bowling looked flawless as Bumrah returned to wickets, and Ashwani took a brilliant 4-fer on his comeback.
Chennai Super Kings, on the other hand, are blowing hot and cold. With 2 wins from 6 games, CSK are now in desperate need of a win. And if there is one man who will have to own the responsibility, it is Ruturaj Gaikwad. 6 innings and 6 failures so far for Ruturaj, who has looked completely out of sorts so far in the batting department. Add to this the injury concern to Ayush Mhatre. Ayush looked like CSK’s best batter, but will unfortunately be out for a few matches.
Key Game Details
Tournament: Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026
Match Details: MI vs CSK Match 33
Where: Mumbai
When: April 23, 2026, 7:30 pm IST
The match will be played at Wankhede, so undoubtedly, we can expect a high-scoring contest. However, the match will be even more interesting if MI bat first. Given the aggressive batting lineup of MI, they can score at a faster pace than CSK. While CSK does have a solid batting lineup, a lot will depend on how Sanju and Ruturaj fire as openers. From a bowling lineup perspective, MI look stronger now with Bumrah back in form.
Mumbai Indians (MI) Full Squad List for IPL 2026
Batters
- Danish Melawar
- Rohit Sharma
- Sherfane Rutherford (OS)
- Suryakumar Yadav
- Tilak Varma
Wicket-keepers
- Quinton de Kock (OS)
- Robin Minz
- Ryan Rickelton (OS)
All-rounders
- Atharva Ankolekar
- Corbin Bosch (OS)
- Hardik Pandya
- Mayank Rawat
- Mitchell Santner (OS)
- Naman Dhir
- Raj Bawa
- Will Jacks (OS)
Bowlers
- Allah Ghazanfar (OS)
- Ashwani Kumar
- Deepak Chahar
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Mayank Markande
- Mohammad Izhar
- Raghu Sharma
- Shardul Thakur
- Trent Boult (OS)
The Mumbai Indians have been making truckloads of changes so far in every match, but the match against CSK may finally be the match where they go unchanged, while sticking to the winning combination. Rohit’s fitness is still a concern, and he is likely to miss one more match. So, expect MI to give Danish one more opportunity. Krish, meanwhile, has done well on his debut, so MI should stick to Krish for one more match.
IPL 2026 MI vs CSK Match 33 Best Playing XI for Mumbai Indians
- Quinton de Kock (wk)
- Danish Malewar
- Naman Dhir
- Suryakumar Yadav
- Tilak Varma
- Sherfane Rutherford
- Hardik Pandya (c)
- Mitchell Santner
- Allah Ghazanfar
- Krish Bhagwat
- Jasprit Bumrah
Impact Player: Ashwani Kumar
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Complete Squad List for IPL 2026
Batters
- Ayush Mhatre
- Dewald Brevis (OS)
- Ruturaj Gaikwad (C)
- Sarfaraz Khan
Wicket-keepers
- Kartik Sharma
- MS Dhoni
- Sanju Samson
- Urvil Patel
All-rounders
- Aman Khan
- Anshul Kamboj
- Jamie Overton (OS)
- Matthew Short (OS)
- Prashant Veer
- Shivam Dube
- Zak Foulkes (OS)
Bowlers
- Akeal Hosein (OS)
- Gurjapneet Singh
- Khaleel Ahmed
- Matt Henry (OS)
- Mukesh Choudhary
- Spencer Johnson (OS)
- Noor Ahmad (OS)
- Rahul Chahar
- Ramkrishna Ghosh
- Shreyas Gopal
The Chennai Super Kings will badly miss the services of Ayush Mhatre, who is ruled out for a few weeks due to a hamstring injury. With Ayush not there, CSK may either bring in the aggressive Urvil Patel or play Brevis at 3, and bring in Kartik Sharma or Prashant Veer in the middle-order. However, the probability of Urvil playing at 3 seems higher. Also, there could be a possibility of a potential MS Dhoni return in the CSK camp for the MI match. If that happens, Mukesh Choudhary could be left out. Also, the team will bring in Akeal Hosein for Matthew Short to strengthen the bowling.
IPL 2026 MI vs CSK Match 33 Best Playing XI for Chennai Super Kings
- Ruturaj Gaikwad (c)
- Sanju Samson (wk)
- Urvil Patel
- Dewald Brevis
- Sarfaraz Khan
- Shivam Dube
- MS Dhoni
- Jamie Overton
- Akeal Hosein
- Anshul Kamboj
- Noor Ahmad
Best Impact Player: Gurjapneet Singh
It’s gonna be an important match for both CSK as well as Mumbai Indians. While CSK would want to get back to winning ways, MI would like to continue the winning momentum, and push their spot for the top 4. However, the back-in-form Mumbai Indians is an ominous sign for CSK. MI are usually slow starters, and they seem to have picked up the momentum at the right time in the Indian Premier League.
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