Ambati Rayudu will keep the wickets for Chennai Super Kings.
MS Dhoni is not playing for Chennai Super Kings against Mumbai Indians in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 match on Friday. Suresh Raina is leading the side in his absence. Ambati Rayudu will keep the wickets in Dhoni's absence.
Chennai made three changes to their side. Faf du Plessis was the third one rested as Murali Vijay, Dhruv Shorey and Mitchell Santner were included in the playing 11.
Mumbai Indians made two changes to their side. They handed an IPL debut to Anukul Roy. Evin Lewis returned to the starting 11 as Ben Cutting and Mayank Markande were excluded.
Here are the two playing XIs
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) XI: 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 (MI) XI: 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 Rahul Chahar, 9 Anukul Roy, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Lasith Malinga
Chennai Super Kings batting coach Mike Hussey had on Thursday said skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was keen to play all the games for the team and it was "very difficult" to get him to have rest. The question over Dhoni taking a break from his IPL duties crept up after he himself said that if his niggling back problem worsens he won't hesitate to take some time off, especially with his last World Cup around the corner.
"Well you would have to ask Dhoni that question. I think what I know about him is that he doesn't want to miss any matches. He loves playing for CSK, this place is very close to his heart and he wants to play and do well and wants to see the team have success."
"So trying to get him to have rest is very difficult," Hussey had told reporters here ahead of Friday's IPL match against Mumbai Indians.
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