Where to watch CSK vs MI Match in IPL 2025 for free?
It’s time for the El-Classico of the Indian Premier League, the two most successful franchises of this tournament Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians will go head-to-head on the 23rd of March 2025 at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Both teams finished at the bottom part of the table last year, and both of them will try to get some momentum from the first match by winning this match.
Chennai Super Kings is always known for having world-class allrounders in the team and this time also they followed the same trend. First of all, they retained Jadeja and Shivam Dube before the mega auction and then in the auction, they brought all-rounders like Sam Curran, Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar and Player of the Tournament in the recent ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Rachin Ravindra in the squad. Their spin department is also one of the best in this league with the trio of Ashwin, Jadeja and Noor Ahmed. The CSK’s home ground is expected to be spin-friendly and all the visiting team will have to face 12 overs of quality spin of this trio.
On the other hand, Mumbai Indians also built a solid team in the mega auction bringing players like Boult, Deepak Chaharand Mitchell Santner into the Squad. However, unfortunately, their captain has to miss the opening match against CSK due to incurring a one-match ban during the last season of IPL because of the slow over rate. MI will also miss the services of their prime bowler Jasprit Bumrah in the initial Matches. Once all the players get fit and available this team will start dominating this league until that time MI may struggle in this tournament.
MI vs CSK Match details:
| Match No. | 3rd Match |
| Teams | CSK vs MI |
| Venue | M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
| Date and Time | 23rd March, 7:30 PM |
| Weather | Mostly Sunny |
| Temperature | 32° C |
| Pitch Behaviour | Spin Friendly |
This is the 3rd match of IPL 2025 and it will be played between MI and CSK at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on 23rd March 2025, at 7:30 PM. The pitch is expected to be spin-friendly as they build their team around that strategy and fans can expect a low-score contest in this match. The weather is expected to be very warm and the sky will stay clear throughout the match.
How to watch the Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings Live?
MI vs CSK live streaming will be available to watch on multiple channels for viewers, i.e. TV broadcast or Online Streaming across the globe. Viewers can watch as per their compatibility.
Where to watch CSK vs MI Live?
Let’s look at the available ways to watch the 3rd match of the Indian Premier League 2025 between MI and CSK. Fans can buy the tickets from the Book My Show or the official website of Chennai Super Kings. If the tickets are not available or get sold out then the best way to watch this match is to sit back at home and enjoy with your family. Here is the list of ways in which the finals of this tournament can be watched by the fans from their home.
Where to watch CSK vs MI in India
All the cricket fans from India can watch the MI vs CSK match from home through the Channel or by live-streaming.
- TV Broadcasting Channel: Star Sports Network
- Live-Streaming: JioHotstar
In India, Star Sports Network has Broadcasting rights to all the domestic events and the TV audience can tune in to this network to enjoy a live telecast of this match. Star Sports offers a wide range of language broadcasting which includes Hindi, English, Bhojpuri, etc. on their different TV channels like Star Sports 1 Hindi, Star Sports 1 Hindi HD, Star Sports 1, and Star Sports 1 HD.
All the online streaming audience will need a JioHotstar subscription to watch MI vs CSK. The subscription starts from 149 INR for three months. Also with a Jio SIM and a plan of Rs. 299 or above, customers can live stream the IPL, which starts on March 22 with a match between defending champions Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.
Here is the complete list of all the Countries and platforms (TV channels and online Streaming) from where Cricket fans enjoy the live telecast of IPL matches.
| Country | Streaming Platforms |
|---|---|
| India | JioHotstar and Star Sports Network |
| USA | YUPP TV |
| Pakistan | Tapmad TV app |
| South Africa | SuperSport |
| Australia | Kayo Sports |
| England | Sky Sports |
| New Zealand | YUPP TV |
| South Africa | SuperSport |
| Bangladesh | Gazi TV |
Probable Playing XI of CSK vs MI and Squad
The team combination plays an important role in the success of any team let’s understand how both teams playing XI will look like in the 3rd match of the Indian Premier League.
Probable Playing XI of MI for the match against CSK
Rohit Sharma, Will Jacks, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav (C), Naman Dhir, Robin Minz (wk), Deepak Chahar, Mitchell Santner, Reece Topley, Karn Sharma, Trent Boult.
Mumbai Indians’ playing XI is not looking that strong as their captain Hardik Pandya is set to miss the opening encounter against Arch-rivals CSK as he got banned for one match due to a slow over rate, also their prime bowler Jasprit Bumrah is not available for at least 3 matches. In the absence of these key players team is looking a little bit weak comparatively to the opponent. Surya Kumar Yadav will be leading the team in this match. However, their pace bowling attack is looking lethal with bowlers like Boult, Topley and Deepak Chahar and once Bumrah is available to play this team will start dominating this league again.
Squad of Mumbai Indians
Hardik Pandya (C), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Jasprit Bumrah, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Robin Minz (wk), Naman Dhir, Will Jacks, Bevon Jacobs, Krishnan Shrijith (wk), Raj Bawa, Satyanarayana Raju, Vignesh Puthut, Arjun Tendulkar, Corbin Bosch, Mitchell Santner, Karn Sharma, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Deepak Chahar, Reece Topley, Ashwani Kumar.
Also Read: CSK vs MI Match Prediction: Who will win the Indian Premier League 2025 Match 3?
Probable Playing XI of CSK for the match against MI
Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Shivam Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, MS Dhoni (wk), Sam Curran, Matheesha Pathirana, Khaleel Ahmed.
CSK’s playing XI is looking like a very solid team, as this team is full of world-class allrounders including Sam Curran, Jamie Overton, Deepak Hooda, Shivam Dubey, and Ravindra Jadeja. Also, the pitch of this match is expected to be spin-friendly as they have some top-class Spinners in their team in the form of Ashwin, Jadeja, Noor Ahmed and Shreyas Gopal. Also, they have a death-overs specialist Pathirana, overall they have a pretty balanced team which can be very dangerous for any opponent.
Squad of Chennai Super Kings
Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Shaik Rasheed, Andre Siddarth, Rahul Tripathi, Devon Conway, MS Dhoni, Vansh Bedi, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Vijay Shankar, Deepak Hooda, Anshul Kamboj, Rachin Ravindra, Jamie Overton, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Ravichandran Ashwin, Sam Curran, Matheesha Pathirana, Shreyas Gopal, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis, Gurjapneet Singh, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed.