Mumbai vs Chennai, India T20 League 2018, Score Updates: Chennai win by 1 wicket

Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of Indian T20 League 2018. Match 1 of the tournament sees defending (and three-time) champions Mumbai take on two-time champions Chennai at Wankhede Stadium. We will be bringing you the live updates, interesting tweets and stat facts from the cyberspace. Mumbai and Chennai are the two most successful franchises in the tournament. Mumbai have won the title thrice, all three under Rohit Sharma’s captaincy. MS Dhoni’s Chennai have won the title twice and finished in the top four every season they have played in, which included six finals. However, there will be some rustiness as they are returning to the competition after two-year ban but they will not carry the scars into the proceedings.

Though Mumbai have retained their core, they have let go of many players and it will be a new look side in blue and gold at Wankhede today. Mustafizur Rahman is expected to debut for the side and Evin Lewis, too, is set for his debut in the tournament. Leg-spinner Rahul Chahar is set to take Harbhajan Singh’s place in the Mumbai XI. Harbhajan, after donning the Blues for 10 years, will be leading the spin attack of the Yellow Brigade in the opposition. Mumbai’s local lad, Shardul Thakur, too, will turn up in yellow at his home ground. Head-to-head, Mumbai enjoy a 13-11 lead over their arch-rivals.

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Squads

Mumbai: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Kieron Pollard, Pat Cummins, Evin Lewis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ben Cutting, Mustafizur Rahman, Rahul Chahar, Pradeep Sangwan, Mitchell McClenaghan, JP Duminy, Saurabh Tiwary, Tajinder Dhillon, Akila Dhananjaya, Nidheesh MD Dinesan, Aditya Tare, Siddhesh Dinesh Lad, Mayank Markande, Sharad Lumba, Anukul Roy, Mohsin Khan

Chennai: MS Dhoni (c), 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 KM, N Jagadeesan, Kanishk Seth, Monu Singh, Dhruv Shorey, Kshitiz Sharma, Chaitanya Bishnoi