Wankhede : Chennai Super Kings (CSK) registered their biggest victory over Mumbai Indians (MI) in Indian Premier League history with a dominant 103-run win, driven by the great contribution of Sanju Samson’s scorching unbeaten century and a masterclass spin spell controlled by Akeal Hosein in the 33rd match of the IPL 2026 season at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, on Thursday. The defeat was also MI’s biggest margin of loss by runs in IPL history.
The legendary rivalry began with MI won the toss and elected to bowl first .CSK opened with Sanju Samson and skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad. In the third over, Allah Ghazanfar removed the skipper for 22 off 14 balls. During the powerplay, CSK lost another wicket as Sarfaraz Khan was dismissed by Mitchell Santner. At the end of the powerplay, CSK scored 73/2. Sanju Samson remained unbeaten, anchoring the innings composedly with a glorious 101 off 54 balls, including 10 fours and 6 sixes, even as wickets kept falling at the other end. With this, he reached his second century of the season and his fifth in IPL history, joining Rohit Sharma at number two on the list of most centuries in T20s among Indians. Samson was deservedly named Player of the Match for this stunning innings. In the middle overs, Allah Ghazanfar removed Shivam Dube quickly for 5 off 8 balls, while Dewald Brevis looked promising but was dismissed by Ashwani Kumar for 21 off 11 balls. Samson found a steady partner with Kartik Sharma (18), and the pair added 43 runs for the fifth wicket, allowing Samson to accelerate in the slog overs. A late cameo from Jamie Overton (15 off 7) added further momentum. Samson smashed two sixes and a four off Krish Bhagat’s final over to bring up his unbeaten 101 (54), helping CSK post a strong total of 207/6 in 20 overs.
Chasing the target, Mumbai Indians (MI) suffered an early setback due to the dominant spell of the spinners. Akeal Hosein dismissed Danish Malewar for a duck, and in the very next over, Quinton de Kock was dismissed by Mukesh Choudhary for 7 off 10 balls. Soon after, Naman Dhir was bowled by Hosein for a duck, leaving MI struggling at 11/3 after just 3 overs.
Suryakumar Yadav (36 off 30) and Tilak Varma (37 off 29) tried to rescue MI, but both were dismissed by Akeal Hosein, who came in as an impact player and finished with excellent figures of 4/17 in 4 overs. Alongside him, Noor Ahmad struck twice in consecutive deliveries to remove Hardik Pandya and Sherfane Rutherford. Eight Mumbai Indians (MI) batters were dismissed for single-digit scores as they struggled badly against spin. The final wicket of Jasprit Bumrah was taken by Gurjaneet Singh, as MI were bowled out for just 104 in 19 overs.
With proper domination by the spinners, CSK completely demolished the MI batting lineup early in the innings, from where they were unable to recover. This 103-run victory marked one of the most clinical performances of the season so far.
CSK moved to fifth position on the points table with a positive net run rate and 6 points, while MI dropped to eighth with 4 points. Both teams will face each other again later in this season on May 2 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.
