Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya won the toss and opted to bat first against Chennai Super Kings in the El Clasico of the Indian Premier League at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.

This is a crucial clash for MI, who are in a do-or-die situation as they fight to stay alive in the competition.

Mumbai has made a few notable changes. Rohit Sharma is still unavailable and misses out once again. Young leg-spinner Raghu Sharma has been handed his maiden IPL cap and will be making his debut tonight, while Krish Bhagat returns to the playing XI.

Meanwhile, CSK continue to be without MS Dhoni, who is yet to feature this season. Ramakrishna Ghosh comes into the XI in place of Gurkapneet Singh, while Prashant Veer replaces Akeal Hosein in a move that comes as a surprise.

Chennai Super Kings: Sanju Samson (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Urvil Patel, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Prashant Veer, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Choudhary.

Mumbai Indians: Will Jacks, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Naman Dhir, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Robin Minz, Krish Bhagat, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, AM Ghazanfar.