IPL 2018, Match 1: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Predicted 11 to face Mumbai Indians (MI)

Jadeja will be looking to fire on all cylinders to find his way back to the Indian limited-overs side

Spinners

Not every battle is won through sheer power or show of destruction. Sometimes you need to wear down the opposition with the steady consistency that will eventually tire them out. Ravindra Jadeja doesn't turn the ball a mile but what he does is ensure that the batsman doesn't get anything in the arc to swing at.

While his role might seem pretty straightforward, it isn't something that everyone can master. And that is why he was one of the three players retained by CSK ahead of IPL Auction 2018.

To give him company, CSK got in another spinner, whose accuracy has come to the fore more often than his ability to turn the ball. Harbhajan Singh might no longer be the turbanator who runs through opposing batting line-ups with a dizzying array of skills, but he can still be effective in a well-oiled army that knows what to do, to get the job done.

Drying up the runs and making the batsman work for everything is a lost art, especially in this era of right here, right now. But in Harbhajan, CSK have a warrior who is a master at just that.