Mumbai Indians or CSK Who Will Win The Match? Sourav Ganguly's Answer Goes Viral

As fans are patiently waiting for the much awaited day to arrive and see their two most successful teams – Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings lock horns; they are also impatient to know who will win the match between the two teams.

Hours before the match could start, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly was asked to name the ‘favourites' team. He did not name any side but agreed that it will be a tight match between MI and CSK today. 

“It’s a bit difficult to name the favourite (for today’s match), both of them are very good teams. These two have won the IPL most number of times,” Ganguly told Bengali daily Ananda Bazar Patrika.

Further speaking on the occasion of IPL being played in UAE because of the Covid19 situation in India, Ganguly stated that “Everything is fine so far. Now the wait is for cricket to begin. The current situation is very challenging. But challenges are there in everyone’s life. This IPL will be a lot different this year. I’ll hope everything goes well. We’ve had to prepare everything fro scratch because of Covid, have had to create a completely new system. The health and medical security will be of utmost importance,” Ganguly added. 

Even former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar was asked the same question to react on the MI vs CSK win. He said, “For any tournament to succeed you need rivalries. Mumbai Indians, as well as Chennai Super Kings, have a very very strong fan base. Both are extremely competitive."

“There have been occasions where you know Mumbai Indians were pushed badly in a corner and we’ve been able to pull through and win that game and the same thing has happened also with Chennai Super Kings. It makes that competition unpredictable and when there is an element of unpredictability people get glued to the television sets that is the beauty of any sport. But when it’s played at the highest level and so fiercely competitive people like to see that and this year also it’s not going to be any different,” Sachin added.