IPL 2022, CSK vs MI: Former Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni was among the thick of the action again, as he played a crucial match-winning knock of 28* off 13 balls to help CSK beat Mumbai Indians by 3 wickets in a thrilling game at the DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai on Thursday.
With Super Kings needing 16 off the last four balls, Dhoni went 6,4,2,4 and aced his match-up against Jaydev Unadkat once again.
Mumbai Indians faced their seventh consecutive defeat in this season. Batting first, Mumbai set a target of 156 runs in front of Chennai with the help of Tilak Verma’s unbeaten half-century. In reply, Chennai Super Kings scored 156 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. Chennai won this match by three wickets.
Chennai Super Kings got off to a bad start. But there was a crucial 50-run partnership between Uthappa and Rayudu for the third wicket. Gaikwad got out without opening the account. Santner scored 11 runs. Uthappa returned to the pavilion after scoring 30 runs.
Mumbai did not start well. In the very first over, Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan returned to the pavilion without opening an account. After this, Mumbai got the third blow in the form of Brevis (4). Suryakumar Yadav (32) took over Mumbai after losing three wickets in the powerplay, but in the 8th over, Santner showed him the way to the pavilion. In the end, Tilak Verma played an unbeaten innings of 51 runs to take the team’s score to a score of 155. For Chennai, Mukesh Chaudhary took three and Dwayne Bravo took two wickets.
Craving their first win of the season, Rohit Sharma’s MI is at the bottom of the points table at 10th position, while Ravindra Jadeja’s CSK are at 9th position with two wins out of 7 matches.