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Harbhajan Singh won the toss and after pausing for a few seconds, decided to bowl first on a fresh Wankhede pitch. MS Dhoni too wasn't exactly sure how the pitch would play, but would have opted to bowl as well. Harbhajan had been critical of the home pitch recently, saying it was not fit for Twenty20, so he didn't know what to expect from the new surface.
Mumbai made a couple of changes to their line-up, bringing in the West Indian Dwayne Smith and the left-arm seamer RP Singh. Pragyan Ojha, the left-arm spinner, and Thisara Perera were left out. This is Smith's first game in the tournament, after he was called in as a replacement for the injured Mitchell Johnson.
Super Kings went in with an unchanged line-up, though Dhoni admitted that he and Suresh Raina were not 100% fit.
Chennai Super Kings: 1 Faf du Plessis, 2 M Vijay, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 MS Dhoni (capt and wk), 5 Ravindra Jadeja, 6 S Badrinath, 7 Dwayne Bravo, 8 Albie Morkel, 9 R Ashwin, 10 Shadab Jakati, 11 Ben Hilfenhaus
Mumbai Indians: 1 James Franklin, 2 Sachin Tendulkar, 3 Rohit Sharma, 4 Ambati Rayudu, 5 Dinesh Karthik (wk), 6 Dwayne Smith, 7 Robin Peterson, 8 Harbhajan Singh (capt), 9 Lasith Malinga, 10 RP Singh, 11 Munaf Patel
Mumbai made a couple of changes to their line-up, bringing in the West Indian Dwayne Smith and the left-arm seamer RP Singh. Pragyan Ojha, the left-arm spinner, and Thisara Perera were left out. This is Smith's first game in the tournament, after he was called in as a replacement for the injured Mitchell Johnson.
Super Kings went in with an unchanged line-up, though Dhoni admitted that he and Suresh Raina were not 100% fit.
Chennai Super Kings: 1 Faf du Plessis, 2 M Vijay, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 MS Dhoni (capt and wk), 5 Ravindra Jadeja, 6 S Badrinath, 7 Dwayne Bravo, 8 Albie Morkel, 9 R Ashwin, 10 Shadab Jakati, 11 Ben Hilfenhaus
Mumbai Indians: 1 James Franklin, 2 Sachin Tendulkar, 3 Rohit Sharma, 4 Ambati Rayudu, 5 Dinesh Karthik (wk), 6 Dwayne Smith, 7 Robin Peterson, 8 Harbhajan Singh (capt), 9 Lasith Malinga, 10 RP Singh, 11 Munaf Patel