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.

Rohit Sharma misses out due to an injury so Anmolpreet Singh has been handed his debut cap. Pollard is captaining the Mumbai side. Bumrah gets his 100th IPL cap in this match. 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