The fierce rivalry between the heavyweights is fast developing into cricket’s equivalent of the El Clásico.
The Super Kings are on top of the points table after stringing together five straight victories in six outings.
Quinton de Kock's unbeaten 70 recently helped Mumbai Indians defeat Rajasthan Royals in an exciting encounter.
MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma will be determined to get the better of each other as Mumbai Indians take on Chennai Super Kings.
Mumbai Indians (MI) take on Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the first of two IPL 2021 games set to be held on Thursday (April 29).
The 24th match of the IPL 2021 will be played between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi.
Mumbai Indians have always found difficult to overcome Rajasthan Royals though the gulf between the sides is huge.
Both teams have the same number of points, Mumbai Indians is placed on number four whereas, Sanju Samson’s RR is placed on number seven.
Punjab Kings' win by 9 wickets helped them move up from the bottom spot in the points table. It's also their biggest win over Mumbai Indians.
The RCB skipper had scored 5,949 IPL runs before the match against RR and needed 51 runs to reach the 6,000-run mark.