Chennai Super Kings (CSK) was unbeaten in the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) by winning their first three games of the cash-rich, but now, Mumbai Indians (MI) have stopped their winning run by defeating the visitors by 37 runs at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday. With the thumping win, Mumbai’s mediocre Net Run Rate also taken some hike.
Mumbai didn’t start well with the bat after being asked to bat first. Deepak Chahar drew first blood, dismissing Quinton de Kock early in the innings. Rohit Sharma also found it tough to get into his zone and he was dismissed to Ravindra Jadeja’s very first ball. Yuvraj Singh was the third wicket to fall and as Imran Tahir got his prized scalp. At the other end, Suryakumar Yadav held the Mumbai’s innings as he scored a fifty in 38 deliveries.
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SKY also put made a crucial partnership of 62 runs with Krunal Pandya and set the platform for a final flourish. Pandya also churned out a priceless 32-ball 42 before falling to Mohit Sharma. Surya was nipped out by Dwayne Bravo soon after Krunal. However, it was the onslaught from Hardik Pandya and Kieron Pollard that helped MI to reach a respectable total of 170 in 20 overs. Bravo conceded a humungous 29 in his final over over the innings.
CSK got off to a rather poor start, losing both the openers early. While Jason Behrendorff found Ambati Rayudu’s outside edge, Lasith Malinga nipped out Shane Watson. Suresh Raina smacked two fours and a six, but Behrendorff dismissed him as well owing to a brilliant catch from Pollard. Thereafter, the experienced MS Dhoni and Kedar Jadhav got CSK back in the game and steadied the ship to some extent with a stand of 51 runs from 55 deliveries.
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Dhoni anchored well before falling prey to Hardik after scoring a 21-ball 12. Jadhav scored his half-century in 46 balls, but the required rate kept climbing at an alarming rate. Ravindra Jadeja came following Dhoni’s dismissal and got out to Pandya courtesy of a brilliant catch from De Kock. Jadhav amassed 58 runs from 54 balls, but his efforts went in vain. For MI, Malinga and Hardik picked up three wickets each as CSk only managed to reach 133/8 in their quota of 20 overs.
Brief Score:
Mumbai Indians – 170/5 in 20 overs (S Yadav: 59, K Pandya: 42; I Tahir: 1/25) defeated Chennai Super Kings – 133/8 in 20 overs (K Jadhav: 58; H Pandya: 3/20, S Malinga: 3/34) by 37 runs.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Mumbai Indians becomes the first team to win 100 IPL games @mipaltan #MIvCSK
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) April 3, 2019
🥇100 – Mumbai Indians
🥈93 – Chennai Super Kings
🥉88 – Kolkata Knight Riders#MakeStatsGreatAgain #MIvCSK #VIVOIPL #IPL2019 #IPL #MIvsCSK— Victor Tarapore (@VictorTarapore) April 3, 2019
#MI won by 37 runs #IPL pic.twitter.com/RyvmBUePev
— Comedy Tonic Telugu (@ComedyTonic) April 3, 2019
A very convincing win for #MI after that shaky start in #IPL2019. The credit goes to bowlers as well as batsmen. However, the top and middle-order needs improvement in the future games #MIvCSK #IPL2019 #IPL
— Shruti Hariharan (@Shruti_2890) April 3, 2019
Losing to MI doesn't hurt. Losing to a number 7 team in points table hurts. #IPL
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) April 3, 2019
This is Mumbai Indians' 100th IPL win (incl one via super over) – becomes the first side in #IPL to do so.
Next best: CSK 93#MIvCSK#IPL2019— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) April 3, 2019
Longest winning streaks for Chennai Super Kings in IPL:
7 in 2013 [Ended with CSK's biggest IPL defeat – 60 runs v MI]
6 in 2014 [Ended with CSK's 2nd biggest IPL defeat – 44 runs v KXIP]
6 in 2018-2019 [Ended with CSK's 4th biggest IPL defeat – 37 runs v MI]#IPL2019 #MIvCSK— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) April 3, 2019
Hardik was the diff. Lovely cameo and two very imp wickets. That’s what clinched the game for @mipaltan and it is a very good win for them. They are back on course. Behrendorff will be a real handful going forward.
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) April 3, 2019
What we take back is the super #Yellove that the Wankhe-Den showed and the rumble of those CSK…CSK… roars! #WhistlePodu #MIvCSK 💛🦁
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) April 3, 2019
Christiano can't just get enough of that brilliant catch by @KieronPollard55🏏@mipaltan #MIvCSK pic.twitter.com/06wWS9TDWu
— VINOD KAMBLI (@vinodkambli349) April 3, 2019
Kieron Pollard 😳😳😳😳😳
— Scott Styris (@scottbstyris) April 3, 2019
Ooooo Pollyyyyyy 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼 #ipl
— Danielle Wyatt (@Danni_Wyatt) April 3, 2019
Helps to be tall! Also helps if you can catch like that! #KieronPollard
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 3, 2019
