Mumbai: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are back to winning ways in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, defeating the Mumbai Indians (MI) by 3 wickets. With his calm demeanour, MS Dhoni got Chennai Super Kings across the line. Successfully finishing the game in style, as Mukesh Choudhary shined with bowling figures of 3-19.
Coming to bat first, Mumbai Indians’ Mukesh Choudhary provided a dream start with the ball for Chennai Super Kings, with two wickets in the first over. Suryakumar Yadav hit three fours but Choudhary scalped his third wicket to catch Dewald Brevis behind for 4. MI were 42-3 after 6 overs.
Mitchell Santner removed dangerous Suryakumar Yadav for 32. MI were 56-4 at the halfway mark. Debutant Hrithik Shokeen creamed two fours and Tilak Varma swept a six. Dwayne Bravo put an end to the partnership, Uthappa got Shokeen caught. MI crossed the 100-run mark in the 15th over.
Bravo trapped Daniel Sams but Tilak Varma smacked a six in the penultimate over. Jaydev Unadkat finished the innings with a four followed by a six as MI posted 155-7 in the first innings.
Chasing a total of 156, Chennai Super Kings lost Ruturaj Gaikwad on the first delivery of the innings. Mitchell Santner struck two fours but became Sams’ second victim. Ambati Rayudu counter-attacked with two maximums while Robin Uthappa creamed two fours. Uthappa wrapped the powerplay with a six as Chennai Super Kings were 46-2 at the end of the powerplay.
Uthappa was caught in the deep off Unadkat’s bowling. Chennai Super Kings were 68-3 at the 10-over mark. Ambati Rayudu and Shivam Dube crunched a six, but Daniel Sams got Dube. Sams scalped his fourth wicket to dismiss Rayudu. Riley Meredith scalped Chennai Super Kings skipper Jadeja’s wicket.
Dwaine Pretorius flicked a six when MS Dhoni hit a four to bring the equation down to 28 off 12 deliveries. CSK scored 11 runs in the penultimate over and required 17 off 6 deliveries. MS Dhoni kept his calm and finished the game in style with one six and two fours to get CSK over the line.
Brief Scores: Chennai Super Kings 156/7 (Ambati Rayudu 40, Robin Uthappa 30; Daniel Sams 4-30) beat Mumbai Indians 155/7 (Tilak Varma 51*, Suryakumar Yadav 32; Mukesh Choudhary 3-19) by 3 wickets.
