Chennai Super Kings Captain MS Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat first against Mumbai in the opening match of the second leg of the IPL 2021. The match is being played at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai.

MI lead the head-to-head record against CSK by 19-12. MI have defeated CSK 7 Times In the last 8 times these two faced off. In the first leg of the tournament, MI defeated CSK by 4 wickets at Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi, where Kieron Pollard played a majestic knock of 87* of 34 deliveries. Playing XI of both teams are:

Mumbai Indians (MI) - Quinton de Kock, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan(w), Anmolpreet Singh, Kieron Pollard(c), Saurabh Tiwary, Krunal Pandya, Adam Milne, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) - Faf du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Josh Hazlewood