Today Cricket Match Prediction, Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians, IPL T20, 49th Match. Who Will Win, On May 06, 2023

The 49th match of the Indian Premier League 2023 is scheduled to play between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians on Saturday 6th May 2023 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.

Mumbai Indians hosted Chennai Super Kings earlier in this edition of IPL where Chennai Super Kings won with a handsome margin of seven wickets. Now Chennai Super Kings are going to host Mumbai Indians at their home ground. The performance of Chennai Super Kings had been good in this tournament and they are currently in the top four teams. They had played a total of ten matches with five wins to their name. They had lost four matches and their one match was not decided. They are holding the third position on the points table. Mumbai Indians did not have a good opening start to this tournament and lost some early matches but they are back to good form now. They had won five out of nine matches played so far. They had lost four matches and are holding the sixth position on the points table.

Chennai Super Kings had done well in some recent matches and won three matches in a row but lost their matches against Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals. Their most recent match against Lucknow Super Giants was not decided. They had four matches left including this match and they have to win at least three matches to cement their place in the top four teams. Devon Conway is one of the leading run-scorer of this team. He is in superb form and had scored half-centuries in the previous four matches consecutively. He is leading the top batting order of this team with Ruturaj Gaikwad, who also had been superb in this tournament. Ajinkya Rahane is playing at one down position and he also performed well in this tournament. He was not good in previous editions of this tournament but it is interesting to see that he is performing well in this tournament. He had played a lot of matches in the conditions of Jaipur and we are expecting that he will also give the best performance in this match. Ambati Rayudu and Shivam Dube are handling the middle batting order of this team with the skipper, MS Dhoni.

The bowling unit of Chennai Super Kings also performed well in this edition of IPL. Tushar Deshpande is the leading bowler of this team and had picked wickets with the new ball. Matheesha Pathirana is the other best bowler of this team with Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali, and Akash Singh. Chennai Super Kings had an outstanding performance with the bat and ball in their most recent match against Kolkata Knight Riders. They scored a total of 235 runs in 20 overs. Ajinkya Rahane was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side with 71 runs to his name. He faced 29 balls and smashed six boundaries and five huge sixes. Devon Conway also had an outstanding performance with the bat. He scored 56 runs on 40 balls with the help of four boundaries and three huge sixes. Shivam Dube was the other batsman who had a good performance and scored 50 runs on just 21 balls and smashed two boundaries and five huge sixes during his inning. Ruturaj Gaikwad scored 35 runs. The bowling unit of Chennai Super Kings did not perform well but they defended the target of 236 runs and leaked 186 runs in 20 overs. Maheesh Theekshana was the only successful bowler from their side. He picked up two wickets in four overs against just 32 runs. Tushar Deshpande also picked two wickets but he leaked plenty of runs. He was charged with 43 runs in four overs. Akash Singh, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, and Matheesha Pathirana picked one wicket each. Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings are traditional rivals and this match will be very interesting.

Mumbai Indians had now won two back-to-back matches after losing against Gujarat Titans. They had beaten the best performing team of this tournament, Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings in their previous two matches. Their previous match against Punjab Kings was a high scoring where a total of 430 runs were scored in 38.5 overs. The bowling unit of Mumbai Indians totally failed to give the best performance as they won the toss and decided to field first. They leaked 214 runs in 20 overs. Cameron Green, Arshad Khan, Jofra Archer, Piyush Chawla, Kumar Kartikeya, and Akash Madhwal were used as bowlers in that match. Piyush Chawla was the highest wicket-taker from their side with two wickets to his name in four overs against just 29 runs. Arshad Khan was the other bowler with a wicket to his name. He picked one wicket but he leaked a lot of runs. He was charged for 48 runs in four overs. Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya, Jofra Archer, and Cameron Green were the bowlers who failed to pick any wicket in the previous match.

The way how the batting order of Mumbai Indians performed in the previous match was just outstanding and this was their best batting performance that they won the match. They chased the target of 215 runs with seven balls in hand and almost each and every bowler from their side put some runs on the board. The skipper, Rohit Sharma was the only batsman from their side who failed to open the account on the scoreboard. Ishan Kishan was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side with 75 runs to his name on 41 balls with the help of seven boundaries and four huge sixes. Suryakumar Yadav was struggling in some opening matches but he had an outstanding performance with the bat and scored 66 runs. He faced just 31 balls and smashed eight boundaries and two huge sixes. Tilak Varma was the other batsman who played a main role in the win of Mumbai Indians. he remained not out after scoring 26 runs on just 10 balls with the help of one boundary and three huge sixes. Tim David scored 19 runs and remained not out till the chase of the target while Cameron Green scored 23 runs. He faced 18 balls and smashed four boundaries during his inning.

Chennai Super Kings had faced Mumbai Indians in 37 matches where they won 16 matches while Mumbai Indians won 21 matches against Chennai Super Kings.

Chennai Super Kings had won three out of the previous five matches played so far while Mumbai Indians had also won three matches out of the previous five matches.

Mumbai Indians is a strong and well-balanced team and have a strong batting and bowling department which is in good form. The batting and bowling squad of this team is much stronger at least on paper. According to today prediction, Mumbai Indians is the favorite team who will win this match. There are many factors that make Mumbai Indians a favorite team to win this match. Some of the key factors are mentioned as under:

• Mumbai Indians had won previous matches in a row
• The key players of Mumbai Indians like Ishan Kishan and SK Yadav are in good form
• Mumbai Indians had won most matches played against Chennai Super Kings
• Chennai Super Kings had already beaten Mumbai Indians in this tournament
• The key players of the Chennai Super Kings are also in good form

Mumbai Indians is overall a strong team when we compare it with Chennai Super Kings. They have the best players in the t20 format of cricket. The batting order of this team is also strong and some well-known hitters of the t20 format are part of the squad of this team, so the winning chances of today’s match for Mumbai Indians have been increased. The equation of who will win today’s cricket match prediction and who will win the cricket match today is mentioned as under.

Mumbai Indians have a 52% chance to win this match
Chennai Super Kings has a 48% chance to win this match

The toss is going to play an important in the result of each and every match of IPL 2023 as we had observed in the previous editions of this tournament. According to the toss prediction, the team who will win the toss will elect to field first as defending had been difficult in the most recent matches of IPL.

The 49th match of IPL T20, 2023 is going to be held at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. The pitch at this venue is known to be a slow and low-turning pitch, which means that the ball doesn’t bounce too high and it tends to turn more as the match progresses. It can also be helpful for spin bowlers due to its dry and dusty nature, particularly in the later stages of a test match.

The weather forecast for Chennai is good for this cricket match. There are some chances of rain but we are expecting a full match.

Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Deepak Chahar, Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana.

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Cameron Green, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Jofra Archer, Piyush Chawla, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Arshad Khan.

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• Date: Saturday, 6th May 2023
• Time: 10:00 AM GMT / 03:30 PM LOCAL / 03:30 PM IST

• Stadium: MA Chidambaram Stadium
• Location: Chennai, India
• Capacity: 50000
• Known as: Chepauk; Madras Cricket Club Ground
• Ends: Anna Pavilion End, V Pattabhiraman Gate End
• Time Zone: UTC +05:30
• Home to: Tamil Nadu, Chennai Super Kings
• Floodlights: Yes

• Total matches: 6
• Matches won batting first: 5
• Matches won bowling first: 1
• Average 1st Inns scores: 150
• Average 2nd Inns scores: 119
• Highest total recorded: 182/4 (20 Ov) by IND vs WI
• Lowest total recorded: 80/10 (17.5 Ov) by PAKW vs ENGW
• Highest score chased: 182/4 (20 Ov) by IND vs WI
• Lowest score defended: 103/8 (20 Ov) by WIW vs PAKW

Ambati Rayudu, Mitchell Santner, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, Akash Singh, Dwaine Pretorius, RS Hangargekar, Sisanda Magala, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, Bhagath Varma, Nishant Sindhu, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Deepak Chahar, Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana.