Revenge week

Chennai Super Kings: Former India cricketer and four-time IPL winner Suresh Raina believes Mumbai Indians (MI), with their formidable power-hitters, have a significant edge over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) ahead of the re-match between the two teams in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, to be played at the Wankhede Stadium here on Sunday evening.

CSK had emerged victorious over MI by four wickets in their season opener clash at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on March 23. But after that, both teams that have bagged five IPL trophies each have been in the bottom half of the points table – MI at the seventh spot and CSK rooted in the bottom place.

“MI looks very, very strong. They won a very, very good game in Delhi. Against CSK's top-order, Trent Boult’s role will be critical because he bowls a good line and has a good yorker. Tilak Varma is in a different gun form. So, here I feel MI has the upper hand over CSK because they have a lot of power hitters. Karn Sharma is in good flow and has played for CSK as well.”