Mumbai Indians
and Chennai Super Kings will meet for a high octane clash on Thursday at the DY
Patil Stadium in Mumbai. Both sides are currently struggling at the bottom of
the IPL 2022 points table, so both of them need a win to stay afloat in the
tournament. While CSK won just one match, MI lost all of their matches to date.
Ahead of the match, former India spinner Harbhajan Singh, who played for both
the franchises, said that the MI-CSK clash gives him the feeling similar to an
India-Pakistan game.

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Speaking on
Cricket Live on Star Sports, Harbhajan said, “It felt strange when I first
wore the CSK jersey after sitting in the Mumbai Indians dressing room for 10
years. For me, both the teams have been very special. The match between these
two IPL giants gives the feeling of an India-Pakistan contest due to the
rivalry factor and the level of competition.”

“When I
first stepped down on the field against MI, I was praying for the match to end
soon because there was emotion and a lot of pressure involved in that game.
Luckily that match ended early and CSK won it,” he stated further.

Meanwhile,
Suryakumar Yadav and Dewald Brevis spoke about their experience of playing for
MI and the challenges ahead.

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Speaking on the
MI TV on Star Sports, Suryakumar said, “I think it has been going on for a
decade now people are talking about MI vs CSK. I think it has always been there
and I feel it will always be there because that bond between the two teams is
very special whenever both the teams take the ground against each other, I feel
it’s a completely different atmosphere altogether.”

“For our
family, the IPL is one of the biggest T20 leagues we follow. I really want to
be honest about my family. So, from the start of the IPL, my mother has been a
Mumbai supporter. She loves Mumbai and she was so happy and grateful when I got
contracted here,” the young South African said.

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“My Dad was
from Kolkata but everyone in the family moved now to Mumbai. I still need to
work a bit on my brother as he is a CSK supporter but I think he will get in
there,” he said about the loyalties of his family members.