Tendulkar, who was caught plumb before by the wicket by Nannes, was dismissed on the very first ball he faced right after skipper Ricky Ponting won the toss and decided to bat.
Mumbai have made two changes to their playing XI bringing in Dwayne Smith for Jacob Oram and Pragyan Ojha for Jasprit Bumrah.
While Chennai, traditionally slow starters, will look to kickstart the tourney on a winning note, Mumbai will be keen to get their campaign back on track following their cliffhanger defeat to Bangalore away on Thursday.
Mumbai are among the few teams to have breached 'Fortress Chepauk' -- home has always been Chennai's stronghold -- and had, in fact, defeated Chennai both home and away last season, when the franchise from the southern metropolis were the defending champions.
That said, however, MS Dhoni-led Chennai have invariably held their own in the big games, defeating Mumbai away in the 2010 final and again last year when they won the eliminator by 38 runs in Bangalore to book a berth into the play-offs.
Teams:
Chennai Super Kings: Murali Vijay, Mike Hussey, Suresh Raina, Subramaniam Badrinath, MS Dhoni (Capt & wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, R Ashwin, Dirk Nannes, Ben Laughlin, Ankit Rajpoot
Mumbai Indians: Ricky Ponting (Capt), Sachin Tendulkar, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Rohit Sharma, Ambati Rayudu, Keiron Pollard, Dwayne Smith, Mitchell Johnson, Harbhajan Singh, Munaf Patel, Pragyan Ojha
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