Mumbai Indians vs. Chennai, IPL: Date, Time, Live Stream, TV Info, Preview

Mumbai Indians will be looking to pick up their first win in this year's Indian Premier League at the fourth attempt when they face the unbeaten Chennai Super Kings.

Both teams made it to the knockout stages of last year's competition but have experienced contrasting starts to the new campaign.

Date: Friday, April 17

Time: 8 p.m. local/3:30 p.m. BST/10:30 p.m. ET

Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Weather: AccuWeather.com suggests there could be some rain during the afternoon, though the forecast predicts the skies will be clear during a "hazy" evening in Mumbai.

TV Info and Live Stream: Sony Six, Star Sports HD, Star Sports 1 (India), Sky Sports (United Kingdom), SuperSport (South Africa), OSN (UAE), SkyTV ( New Zealand), Network Ten (Australia), Channel 9 (Bangladesh), Sportsnet and Omini (Canada), Sports Max (West Indies), Geo Super (Pakistan), Starhub (Singapore).

Overview

To say things are not going according to plan for Mumbai right now is an understatement. They've yet to get going on the pitch and have been beset by setbacks to their squad.

Australia seamer Josh Hazlewood pulled out of the tournament before a ball had been bowled, while his compatriot, Aaron Finch, is also now out of action. 

Finch picked up a hamstring problem while batting in the loss to Rajasthan Royals. Per ESPN Cricinfo, he will not play for the Indians again this season. The Hindu suggests that Lendl Simmons could take his place in the starting XI.

The loss of Finch is a blow to a Mumbai top order that has yet to fire. The team's highest score so far is the 168 for three they posted on opening night against Kolkata Knight Riders.

Chennai struggled with the bat in their first game, too, though a score of 150 for seven still proved enough to beat Delhi Daredevils.

However, Brendon McCullum's unbeaten century helped them amass 209 for four in their last outing. Sunrisers Hyderabad never got close in reply, finishing up on 164 for seven.

The Super Kings will be hoping to make the most of the presence of McCullum, with the batsman cutting short his stint in the IPL to lead New Zealand on their tour of England.

Key players

Mumbai

Rohit Sharma made 98 opening the batting in Mumbai's first match. He hasn't mustered another run since.

The right-hander moved down to four in the batting order in the last game, but the absence of Finch could see him return to an opening role. The Indians need their influential captain to lead from the front.

Chennai

Seamer Ashish Nehra has conceded only 56 runs from his eight overs, including picking up impressive figures of three for 25 in the one-run victory over Delhi.

The left-arm seamer offers a little variety to a well-balanced bowling attack that is marshalled superbly by skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni. It is a testament to their performances with the ball so far that left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja—an international all-rounder—has been called on to send down just one over. 

Squads

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Corey Anderson, Aiden Blizzard, Jasprit Bumrah, Unmukt Chand, Marchant de Lange, Aaron Finch, Shreyas Gopal, Harbhajan Singh, Siddhesh Lad, Mitchell McClenaghan, Lasith Malinga, Abhimanyu Mithun, Pragyan Ojha, Hardik Pandya, Parthiv Patel, Kieron Pollard, Nitish Rana, Ambati Rayudu, Lendl Simmons, Jagadeesha Suchith, Pawan Suyal, Aditya Tare, Vinay Kumar, Akshay Wakhare

Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni, Eklavya Dwivedi, Kyle Abbott, Baba Aparajith, Ravichandran Ashwin, Samuel Badree, Ankush Bains, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Matt Henry, Michael Hussey, Ravindra Jadeja, Brendon McCullum, Mithun Manhas, Ronit More, Pawan Negi, Ashish Nehra, Ishwar Pandey, Irfan Pathan, Pratyush Singh, Suresh Raina, Mohit Sharma, Rahul Sharma, Dwayne Smith, Andrew Tye