Mumbai Indians (MI) became the first team in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) to suffer seven consecutive defeats. Ravindra Jadeja-led Chennai Super beat Rohit Sharma & Co by 3 wickets to register their second win of the season on Thursday.
Chasing a target of 156, the champions needed 17 runs from the last six balls to win. But a vintage MS Dhoni once again showed his magic. He hit a maximum, followed by a couple of boundaries, to snatch the win from MI’s jaws. He returned unbeaten on 28 off 13 balls.
Chasing a target of 156 runs, CSK dismissed opener Ruturaj Gaikwad in the very first ball. He tried to slash a short ball from Daniel Sams, but was caught by Tilak Verma.
In the absence of Moeen Ali, Kiwi spinner Mitchell Santner was dismissed at No. 3 But before he could open his hands properly, Daniel Sams also sent him for packing in the third over. The left-hander was undone by extra pace and dismissed Jaydev Unadkat.
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When Ambati Rayudu came to the crease, CSK were reduced to 16/2. He joined hands with Robin Uthappa in the middle and the duo put on a 50-run partnership for the third wicket to keep the team in the right direction. But before they could move on, Unadkat scored 9. hit inth Uthappa (30 off 25) with an over and an off cutter.
After three wickets fell within ten overs, the responsibility of the chase fell on the shoulders of Rayudu and Shivam Dubey. But Sams did 13. returned toth and destroyed their plans. The left-arm pacer dealt a blow to CSK in his final spell by removing both the set batsmen and took 4 for 30 in 4 overs.
Dube fell for 13 while Rayudu went back after scoring 40 off 35 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 2 fours.
With half the batsmen back in the dressing room and 50-plus runs required, the duo of MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja took center stage. But before their partnership blossomed, MI opening Riley Meredith dismissed the CSK skipper, reducing them to 106 for 6.
Earlier, CKS won the toss and opted to bowl against the winners Mumbai Indians. Pacer Mukesh Chaudhary wreaked havoc with the new ball, taking 3 for 19 in his spell. He dismissed Rohit Sharma (0) and Ishan Kishan (0) in the first over and then dismissed Dewald Brevis (4), reducing Mumbai to 23/3.
However, Verma scored an unbeaten 51 off 43 balls in which he hit three fours and two sixes, along with an unbeaten 19 from Jaydev Unadkat to help Mumbai cross the 150-run mark.
Suryakumar Yadav scored 32 runs in 21 balls before falling victim to Mitchell Santner. He goes for a sweep but Chowdhary catches it easily at long leg and Mumbai are reduced to 47/4.
Then Tilak and debutant Hrithik Shokeen (25) tried to advance the innings but could only add 41 runs for the fifth wicket. The pair were brutal on Ravindra Jadeja (0/30), who conceded 13 runs in the 11th over as Verma hit a six with a slog-sweep.
Mumbai lost half their team for 85 runs. Shoukin, who had three boundaries, got a short-ball from Dwayne Bravo (2/36) just caught at mid-on by Robin Uthappa.
Mumbai’s wickets kept falling as Kieron Pollard (14) and Daniel Sams (5) also fell cheaply. But thanks to a quick eight-wicket haul of 35 off 16 balls between Tilak and Unadkat, Mumbai gave their bowlers something to defend.
(with agency input)
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