Mumbai Indians (MI) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will square off in the all-important game of IPL 2026 at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday (April 23). Both the are struggling in the season and are in desperate need of a win at this stage of the tournament. With 2 wins in six matches, MI sit in the seventh spot. CSK also have 2 wins and they are in the eighth spot. The winning team of today’s fixture will finish the day in the fifth spot. MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma are doubtful for the El Clasico of IPL. Before the much-awaited fixture, we have a look at important stats between two teams –
MI and CSK have locked horns in 41 matches so far. MI have a 22-19 lead over the Yellow Army. The Mumbai-based franchise has 3 wins from the Chennai-based franchise in the finals. CSK defeated MI in the IPL 2010 final.
A win for CSK will see them minimize MI’s lead. Not to forget, the arch-rivals will only meet once in the league stage as they are in different groups.
Most runs and wickets
Rohit Sharma tops the list of batters in MI-CSK matches. The former MI skipper has 913 runs. He is only 87 runs away from the elusive 1000-run mark. Rohit has a highest score of unbeaten 105.
Dhoni sits in the second spot with 736 runs. The former CSK skipper has a highest score of unbeaten 63 against MI. He hasn’t scored a century in T20 cricket.
Suresh Raina scored 736 runs against MI. He went unsold in the IPL 2022 mega-auction and retired from Indian cricket later that year. Ambati Rayudu, who played for MI and CSK, scored 664 runs.
Rayudu won 3 IPL trophies with MI and 3 trophies with CSK. He retired after winning the IPL 2023 trophy. Kieron Pollard sits in the fifth position. The former MI vice-captain scored 636 runs. He played with a strike rate of 169.
Dwayne Bravo, who played for both franchises, tops the wicket-taking charts. Bravo scalped 37 wickets in matches between two teams. He worked as CSK’s bowling coach after his retirement before joining Kolkata Knight Riders as their mentor.
Lasith Malinga, who only played for MI in his long IPL career, scalped 37 wickets. Malinga played his last IPL game in the 2019 final. His final-over heroics propelled MI to a one-run win in the final.
Harbhajan Singh, who played for MI and CSK, scalped 26 wickets. Harbhajan had a 10-year long stint with MI. He is followed by Ravindra Jadeja, who scalped 23 wickets against MI. Jadeja now plays for Rajasthan Royals.
R Ashwin also features in this list. The CSK legend scalped 15 wickets against MI. Ashwin made his return to CSK in the IPL 2025 mega-auction, but only played for one season. He has now retired from IPL. Ashwin also played for Rajasthan Royals, Rising Pune Supergiant and Punjab Kings (then known as Kings XI Punjab) in the T20 league. He captained PBKS in IPL 2018 and 2019.
