Mumbai Indians hands Jasprit Bumrah special jersey ahead of his 100th IPL game

The 2021 Indian Premier League gets the ball rolling again on Sunday. Defending champion Mumbai Indians clashes against former champion Chennai Super Kings at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

The game would mark the 100th IPL match for pacer Jasprit Bumrah. As a result, MI did something special for him. Before the game, MI handed him a specially curated jersey with the number 100 embroidered over it. The jersey was handed over by MI's Director of Cricket and former Indian and MI pacer, Zaheer Khan.

CSK has won the toss and elected to bat first against MI. It was an exciting XI set by MI, as skipper Rohit conspicuously misses out, and so does all-rounder Hardik Pandya. In contrast, veteran all-rounder Kieron Pollard is the stand-in skipper.

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"Rohit is okay. He'll be fine sooner rather than later. I'm just the captain for today. Rohit misses out. Hardik is not playing as well. Anmolpreet makes his debut. That's about it. All others are regular players," said Pollard during the toss.

CSK skipper MS Dhoni stated after winning the toss, "Setting a target will be a better option. It's the same for everyone. I can't say if it's a good break or not. Once the tournament starts, you get into some sort of rhythm. But, this season, it's new, and maybe, we cricketers will start loving it. Seven games, then a break, and seven more. It comes down to how you play on that day in the shortest form. We'll try to do the basics right and focus on the process. Sam (Curran) is not available. Faf, Moeen, Bravo and Josh are playing this game."

 

 

 

 

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Playing XI
MI: Quinton de Kock(w), Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Kieron Pollard(c), Saurabh Tiwary, Krunal Pandya, Adam Milne, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult.
CSK: Faf du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar and Josh Hazlewood.

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