IPL 2018: CSK Vs Mumbai Indians, Dhoni wins the toss and chose to bowl

The first match of the IPL 2018 is already here and the excitement around the tournament is at an all-time high. The first match is going to start in a few minutes and Dhoni's army is all ready to take on Mumbai Indians. The Chennai Super Kings skipper like always has won the toss and elected to bowl first. This is MS Dhoni's tradition since World Cup 2011 to win the toss and elect to bowl first. The defending champions MI are also studded with a quality squad that can put up a strong performance to against side.

Whereas MI holds the record of winning the title thrice, CSK has achieved the feat twice. Moreover, CSK also happens to be the most consistent side in the IPL history that has never failed to make it to IPL.

Mumabai Indians Squad: 
Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Kieron Pollard, Pat Cummins, Evin Lewis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ben Cutting, Mustafizur Rahman, Rahul Chahar, Pradeep Sangwan, Jason Behrendorff, Jean-Paul Duminy, Saurabh Tiwary, Tajinder Dhillon, Akila Dhananjaya, Nidheesh M D Dinesan, Aditya Tare, Siddhesh Dinesh Lad, Mayank Markande, Sharad Lumba, Anukul Roy, Mohsin Khan.

CSK Squad: 

MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Suresh Raina, Kedar Jadhav, Dwayne Bravo. Karn Sharma, Shane Watson, Shardul Thakur, Ambati Rayudu, Murali Vijay, Harbhajan Singh, Faf Du Plessis, Mark Wood, Sam Billings, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Mitchell Santner, Lungisani Ngidi, Asif K M, N Jagadeesan, Kanishk Seth, Monu Singh, Dhruv Shorey, Kshitiz Sharma, Chaitanya Bishnoi.