Delhi: Former Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain and veteran wicketkeeper batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni will take the field against Mumbai Indians (MI) at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai today. It is expected that Dhoni will play at Wankhede for the last time. If this is his last season, then this will be his last IPL match at this ground.

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In such a situation, Dhoni can achieve a big feat in today's match. The right-handed batsman is just 4 runs away from scoring 5000 runs for CSK. If Mahi gets a chance to bat in today's match and he manages to score 4 runs, then he will become the second batsman after former veteran batsman Suresh Raina to score five thousand runs for CSK.

Players who scored the most runs for Chennai Super Kings

Suresh Raina – 200 matches, 5529 runs

Mahendra Singh Dhoni – 249 matches, 4996 runs

Faf du Plessis – 100 matches, 2932 runs

Michael Hussey – 64 matches, 2213 runs

Murali Vijay – 89 matches, 2205 runs

Talking about the match, Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya has won the toss and decided to bowl first. The star all-rounder has retained his same team. On the other hand, Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad has made one change against Mumbai Indians. Mathisha Pathirana has replaced Mahish Teekshana in the team. Mumbai's pitch helps fast bowlers a lot, hence this change might have been made.

The playing 11 of both the teams is as follows

Chennai Super Kings: Rachin Ravindra, Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja, Sameer Rizvi, MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Shardul Thakur, Tushar Deshpande, Mustafizur Rahman.

Impact Sub: Mathisha Pathirana, Nishant Sindhu, Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, Sheikh Rashid.

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya (captain), Tim David, Mohammad Nabi, Romario Shepherd, Shreyas Gopal, Gerald Coetzee, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Madhwal.

Impact Sub: Suryakumar Yadav, Dewald Brewis, Naman Dhir, Nehal Vadra, Harvik Desai.

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