Wankhede Stadium mein Rohit Sharma ne 45 balls mein 76* run aur Surakumar Yadav ne 30 balls mein 68* ki zabardast batting ke dam par Mumbai Indians ne Chennai Kings ko 9 wickets se hara diya. Ye MI ke 3rd consecutive jeet thi aur is win ke saath MI points table mein 6th position par aa gaya hai. CSK ka struggle jaari hai 8 matches mein 6th haar.
Match ka turning point
CSK ne first 10 overs mein only 70 run banaye, but MI ne isi dauraan 93 run jod diye. MI ke bowlers ne powerplay aur middle overs mein CSK ke batters ko jyada azadi nahi diye. Aur baad mein Rohit aur Surya ne only 54 ball mein 114* run ki partnership ki aur target ko 15.4 overs mein chase kar liye, only 1 wicket ke loss par.
CSK ki batting – Slow shuruat, Dube-Jadeja ka fightback
Powerplay (48/1)
Shik Rasheed aur Rachin Ravindra ne start toh achha kiya but gapa nahi mil rahe the. 4th over mein Rachin out hog aye. Aur tab aaya Debutant Ayush Mhatre jo 15 ball mein 32 run banaya aur momentum ko banaye Rakha, but CSK 6 overs mein only 48 bana payi.
Middle Overs (70/2)
7th aur 8th over mein Mhatre aur Rasheed dono out hog aye. Shivam Dube aur Jadeja ne sambhalne ki koshish ki. Dube ne shorts lagaya, but run rate slow tha.
Death Overs (58/2)
Dube ne 30 balls mein 50 runs aur Jadeja ne 34 balls mein 53* run 6 overs mein kuch fireworks kiye. But Bumrah ne tight bowling ki, lekin Jadeja ne Boult ke last over mein 16 run uda diya aur CSK ka total score 176/5 tak pahuncha diya.
MI ki batting – Rohit aur Surya ka tamasha
Powerplay (62/0)
Rikelton aur Rohit ne MI ko explosive shuruaat di. Rohit ke classic pull shots aur Rickelton ke boundaries se team ne 10+ run rate maintain kiya. Pehli baar iss season MI ka opening stand 50+ gaya.
Middle overs (95/1)
Rickelton 7th over mein Jadeja ke eklauta wicket ke roop mein out ho gaye, but Surya ne aate hi momentum banaye Rakha. Rohit ne 33 ball mein 50 pura kiya, aur SKY ne only 26 balls mein. Dono ne spinners ko puri tarah se doinate kiya – Jadeja, Ashwin, Noor Ahmed sab bekar dikh rahe the.
Death Overs( 20/0)
15 overs tak 20 run chahiye the, but dono ne only 4 balls mein kaam khatam kar diya. SKY ne 2 six aur Rohit ke one six ne match ko khatam kar diya.
MI ka next match 23 April ko Sunrisers Hyderabad ke against hai aur CSK bhi SRH se 25 April ko Chepauk mein hain.