IPL 2025: 3 Key battles to watch out for in CSK vs MI Match 3

The clashes between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians are always a high-voltage affair with everyone’s eyes stuck on the screen. Apart from the team battles, certain individual key battles might turn out quite interesting. Here is a list of three such possible battles.

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Ruturaj Gaikwad vs Trent Boult

Ruturaj Gaikwad has been the most successful batter for the Chennai Super Kings in the last couple of years. He was second in the orange cap race in the previous season, only behind Virat Kohli. Trent Boult, on the other hand, has been the bowler with the most number of wickets in the powerplay in the last few years.

Gaikwad’s numbers against Boult don't look too promising as they have come against each other in five innings. Facing a total of 26 deliveries, he has been able to score just 23 runs while getting dismissed thrice. It would be interesting to see how these two play this season.

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Suryakumar Yadav vs Matheesha Pathirana

Suryaumar Yadav has been an outright match-winner for Mumbai Indians as well as the Indian T20I cricket team. He has also been given leadership roles for the nation apart from his responsibility of decimating opposition with the bat. The team would be hoping for him to get out of his slump and make a comeback in this game.

On the contrary, Matheesha Pathirana has been the biggest gain for the Chennai Super Kings in the last few years, where he has grown exponentially. He was extremely dangerous in the few matches he got to play in the previous season before getting injured. These two mig

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Rohit Sharma vs Ravichandran Ashwin

The captain to lift five IPL trophies and a batter among the highest run scorers of the tournament, Rohit Sharma has surely crafted a special name for himself. When facing the maestro Ravi Ashwin, he has played 120 deliveries where he has scored just 110 runs and has been dismissed thrice. 

Having retired from the shortest format at the international stage, he might actually take the tournament a little seriously this time around and have a great season with the bat. The contest between these two veterans would be a sight worth watching.

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