Chennai Super Kings–Mumbai Indians rivalry

Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians

Other names	CSK vs MI MI vs CSK
Location	Chennai Mumbai`
Teams	Chennai Super Kings Mumbai Indians
First meeting	23 April 2008
Latest meeting	24 May 2015, 2015 Indian Premier League Final, Mumbai Indians won by 41 runs at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Next meeting	2018 IPL
Broadcasters	For IPL, Set MAX (2008-present) Sony SIX (2013-present) Sony Kix and Sony Aath (2015-present) Indiatimes via YouTube (2010) starsports.com (2013-2014) Hotstar App (2015-present) For CLT20, Star Sports 1 & Star Sports 3 (2009-2014)
Stadiums	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium/ JSCA International Stadium Complex Wankhede Stadium/ Brabourne Stadium/ DY Patil Stadium
Statistics
Meetings total	24
Most wins	Mumbai Indians: 13 wins
Most player appearances	Suresh Raina (24), all matches as a CSK player
Top scorer	Runs - Suresh Raina (557) Wickets - Lasith Malinga (24)
All-time series (IPL & CLT20 only)	MI: 13 CSK: 11
Largest victory	By runs: MI beat CSK by 60 runs at Wankhede Stadium, 5 May 2013 By wickets: MI beat CSK by 9 wickets at Wankhede Stadium, 14 May 2008
Longest win streak	4, Mumbai Indians, 22 April 2011 to 6 May 2012 Chennai Super Kings, 25 April 2014 to 18 April 2015
Current win streak	3, Mumbai Indians, 8 May 2015 (9 years, 26 days)

The Chennai Super Kings–Mumbai Indians rivalry is a sports rivalry between the cricket teams of Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and defunct Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20). The two teams have played each other 24 times with Mumbai Indians winning more number of times (13).

The highest runs scorer from these two teams is Suresh Raina while the leading wicket taker is Lasith Malinga.

The above rivalry has been suspended due to the Supreme Court appointed RM Lodha committee suspended the owners of Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings from the Indian Premier League for a period of two years upto 2017 IPL.

Background

The clash between the teams is intense. There is much of attention grabbed by these two teams since its inception, reason being major big players and big names are associated with the teams. The Mumbai Indians had since its first year have Indian Cricket Team's biggest cricketer with worldwide fan following, Sachin Tendulkar, while the team was owned by big industrialist Mukesh Ambani. On the other side Chennai Super Kings since its inception has kept Mahendra Singh Dhoni who then in 2008 had few months back won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20.

The two teams met each other for the first time on 23 April 2008 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, where the Super Kings prevailed over their counterparts by 6 runs in a high-scoring match.

CSK and MI are the only two IPL teams who have met each other the most number of times. The winning streak of 10 wins at both teams' respective home grounds of MI & CSK have been defeated by CSK & MI on 10 May 2014 and 8 May 2015 respectively. These both teams have played most number of matches, qualifiers and finals than any remaining teams of the IPL tournament.

These are the only 2 teams in the IPL who have faced each other more than once (Three times) in the Finals of the IPL tournament, with CSK winning the trophy in 2010 and MI winning the IPL in 2013 and 2015. MI and CSK are the most successful in the now abandoned CLT20 both winning the tournament 2 times each in its 6 editions.

Summary of results

	Total	In Chennai	In Mumbai	Neutral
Matches	24	6	10	8
Won by MI	13	4	6	3
Won by CSK	11	2	4	5
Tie/No result	0	0	0	0

List of matches

No.	Year	Tournament	Venue	Winner	Margin	MoM
1	2008	2008 IPL	Chennai	CSK	6 runs	Matthew Hayden – CSK – 81 (46)
2	2008	2008 IPL	Mumbai	MI	9 wickets (Largest victory by wickets)	Sanath Jayasuriya – MI – 114* (48)
3	2009	2009 IPL	Cape Town	MI	19 runs	Sachin Tendulkar – MI – 59* (49)
4	2009	2009 IPL	Port Elizabeth	CSK	7 wickets	Matthew Hayden – CSK – 60* (57)
5	2010	2010 IPL	Mumbai	MI	5 wickets	Sachin Tendulkar – MI – 72 (52)
6	2010	2010 IPL	Chennai	CSK	24 runs	Suresh Raina – CSK – 23 (18) and 1/12
7	2010	2010 IPL	Navi Mumbai	CSK	22 runs	Suresh Raina – CSK – 57* (35) and 1/21
8	2011	2011 IPL	Mumbai	MI	8 runs	Harbhajan Singh – MI – 5/18
9	2011	2011 CLT20	Chennai	MI	3 wickets	Lasith Malinga – MI – 1/29 and 37* (18)
10	2012	2012 IPL	Chennai	MI	8 wickets	Richard Levi – MI – 50 (35)
11	2012	2012 IPL	Mumbai	MI	2 wickets	Dwayne Smith – MI – 24* (9)
12	2012	2012 IPL	Bangalore	CSK	38 runs	Mahendra Singh Dhoni – CSK – 51* (20)
13	2012	2012 CLT20	Johannesburg	CSK	6 runs	Ben Hilfenhaus – CSK – 2/14
14	2013	2013 IPL	Chennai	MI	9 runs	Kieron Pollard – MI – 57* (38) and 1/40
15	2013	2013 IPL	Mumbai	MI	60 runs (Largest victory, by runs)	Mitchell Johnson – MI – 3/27
16	2013	2013 IPL	Delhi	CSK	48 runs	Michael Hussey – CSK – 86* (58)
17	2013	2013 IPL	Kolkata	MI	23 runs	Kieron Pollard – MI – 60* (32) and 1/34
18	2014	2014 IPL	Dubai	CSK	7 wickets	Mohit Sharma – CSK – 4/14
19	2014	2014 IPL	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	CSK	4 wickets	Dwayne Smith – CSK – 57 (51)
20	2014	2014 IPL	Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai	CSK	7 wickets	Suresh Raina – CSK – 54* (33)
21	2015	2015 IPL	Mumbai	CSK	6 wickets	Ashish Nehra - CSK - 3/23
22	2015	2015 IPL	Chennai	MI	6 wickets	Hardik Pandya – MI – 21* (8), 0/4 (1 over), 3 catches and 3 match winning 6s.
23	2015	2015 IPL	Mumbai	MI	25 runs	Kieron Pollard - MI - 41 (17)
24	2015	2015 IPL	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	MI	41 runs	Rohit Sharma - MI - 50 (26)

Statistics

Most runs

Player	Team	Matches	Innings	Runs	Average	Strike Rate	Highest	100	50	4s	6s
Suresh Raina	Chennai Super Kings	21	21	557	34.81	149.33	83*	0	5	44	24
MS Dhoni	Template:Cr-IPL	21	18	488	44.36	151.08	63*	0	3	44	20
Sachin Tendulkar	Template:Cr-IPL	13	13	370	33.64	116.72	74	0	3	45	5

Most wickets

Player	Team	Matches	Innings	Wickets	Average	Economy	Best Bowling Innings (BBI)	!Strike Rate	!4 Wicket Haul	!5 Wicket Haul
Lasith Malinga	Mumbai Indians	17	17	24	19.04	6.84	5/32	16.71	0	1
Dwayne Bravo	Template:Cr-IPL	15	15	24	17.12	8.39	4/42	12.25	1	0
Harbhajan Singh	Template:Cr-IPL	20	20	19	24.11	6.45	5/18	22.42	0	1

• Last updated on 18th April 2015

Players who played for both sides

Player	Mumbai Indians	Chennai Super Kings
Dwayne Bravo	2008–2010	2011–2015
Dwayne Smith	2008; 2012-2013	2014-2015
Michael Hussey	2014	2008-2013; 2015
Ashish Nehra	2008	2014-2015
Thisara Perera	2012	2008
Parthiv Patel	2015-present	2008-2010

See also

• Chennai Super Kings-Royal Challengers Bangalore rivalry
• The Ashes