Indian T20 League 2019, Qualifier 1: Mumbai vs Chennai - NostraGamus Prediction, Match Preview and Playing 11

Mumbai will take on Chennai for the first qualifier round of the Indian T20 League 2019 on Chennai’s home ground MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on Tuesday, 6 May 2019 at 8 PM IST. The league stage of the tournament is finally over and now the top four teams will be battling it out for the top rank. Mumbai and Chennai are the top two teams on the IPL points table as of now. These two teams will have the chance to make it to the finals.

Mumbai entered qualifiers after beating Kolkata in the 56th Match at their home ground, the Wankhede. Both Mumbai and Chennai have won 9 out of 14 matches, but the former is still leading due to their net run rate. Mumbai’s performance has shown great growth this season and likely their velocity will only increase in the final matches. They are the only team to beat Chennai twice in this league with a large margin of runs.

Rohit Sharma’s team had also won against Kolkata in their last match of the league stage with a huge margin of nine wickets. With this, Mumbai will be entering this match with a winning frame of mind. Theirs is an all-round team with a good bowling line-up including JJ Bumrah, Lasith Malinga, Rahul Chahar, Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya all in good form with a good mixture of the best batsmen like Quinton de Kock, Kieron Pollard, Evin Lewis who has the ability to hit long. Hardik Pandya could take this game with his batting skills, especially against spinners.

Chennai have won 9 out of 14 matches this season and have consistently been one of the top performing teams of this season. They were the 1st team to enter the qualifiers. However, after a loss against Punjab combined with a win by Mumbai against Kolkata,  Chennai was pushed down to the 2nd position on the points table. These last matches will be crucial for the team to take back their rank.

Chennai’s bowling unit has been outstanding for this season, with Deepak Chahar, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir, Dwayne Bravo, and Ravindra Jadeja all in good form. Bowlers have a commanding position over the opposition, acknowledging to their home ground which is bowler friendly. They also have a strong batting queue including Dwayne Bravo, Kedar Jadhav, SR Watson, Suresh Raina. If SR Watson hits in this match then the game would be one facet play for Chennai as the pitch in MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai is excellent for batting. Let’s see which team will take the game and qualify for the finals of season 12.

Here’s a look at the Predicted XI for the match Mumbai vs Chennai:

NostraGamus XI

Mumbai – Quinton de Kock(WK), Rohit (C), Ishan/Roy, Suryakumar, Hardik, Krunal, Pollard, Chahar, Bumrah, Malinga and McClenaghan

Chennai –  Watson, du Plessis, Raina, Rayudu, Dhoni(C&WK), Shorey/Karn, Bravo, Jadeja, Tahir, Chahar and Harbhajan

Mumbai Squad:

Yuvraj Singh, P Jaswal, M Markande, Rasikh Dar, Anmolpreet Singh, Hardik Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Barinder Sran, Rohit Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Lasith Malinga, Ishan Kishan, Anukul Roy, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Kieron Pollard, M McClenaghan, Siddhesh Lad, Ben Cutting, Adam Milne, Aditya Tare, Jason Behrendorff, Evin Lewis, Q de Kock

Chennai Squad:

R Gaikwad, R Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Mohit Sharma, MS Dhoni, David Willey, Imran Tahir, Lungi Ngidi, Suresh Raina, Dwayne Bravo, Harbhajan Sing, Deepak Chahar, Faf du Plessis, Shane Watson, Karn Sharma, KM Asif, M Vijay, Kedar Jadhav, Shardul Thakur, Sam Billings, C Bishnoi, Monu Kumar, Ambati Rayudu, Dhruv Shorey, N Jagadeesan

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