CSK vs MI: Chennai Super Kings registered a thumping win over Mumbai Indians in the 49th match of IPL 2023 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. MS Dhoni's men outclassed Rohit Sharma's troops with both bat and the ball in their 6-wicket win over the visitors. MI scored 139 runs in the first innings and CSK chased down the total with 6 wickets in hand and 14 balls to go.
With this win, CSK outclassed MI for the first time at their home ground of Chepauk after 13 years. MI were on a six-game winning streak at CSK's fortress in all T20s. Before this win, Chennai's last win over Mumbai at MA Chidambaram Stadium came way back in 2010. Also, CSK have made a double win over MI this season. They have beaten them both the times in the league stage this year and this is only the second occasion where they have won both the league games against MI. The only previous instance was in 2014.
Talking about the match, Matheesha Pathirana led CSK restrict MI at 139. He grabbed three wickets for 15 runs in his four overs, whereas Deepak Chahar and Tushar Deshpande chipped in with two wickets each in three and four overs, respectively. For the MI batters, it was not an outing that they would have wanted. Apart from Nehal Wadhera, none of the batters reached the 30-run mark.
In the chase, CSK made a blistering start with their openers Gaikwad and Conway going hard. While the former departed for a 16-ball 30, Conway held one end and scored 44 off 42 balls. Shivam Dube chipped in with a 26-run knock off 18 balls, where as Ajinkya Rahane made 21 off 17 balls. Ambati Rayudu had another off day with only 12 runs to his name. CSK skipper MS Dhoni came out to bat after Conway's wicket in the 17th over and the crowd went bonkers. He also hit the winning run for CSK in the 18th over of Arshad Khan.
With this win, CSK have gone on second position in the points table, going past Lucknow Super Giants. CSK have 13 points in 11 games. Menwhile, MI are still outside the top half of the points table and have 10 points in 10 outings.
