Chennai Super Kings (CSK) successfully avenged their loss in the first half of the 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) against the Mumbai Indians as they beat the defending champions in the reverse fixture by 20 runs and moved to the top of the table leapfrogging the Delhi Capitals.
.@ChennaiIPL WIN by 20 runs and have added 2 more points to their tally.#VIVOIPL #CSKvMI pic.twitter.com/qVh9ZfwB2E
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) September 19, 2021
CSK were down and out at 24/4, effectively five down with Ambati Rayudu retired hurt inside powerplay, the men in yellow needed something special to come back into the game, let alone win it. Opening batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ravindra Jadeja helped their side get through the 10-over mark without losing any more wickets.
Gaikwad got a lucky break as he was dropped by Quinton de Kock off Rahul Chahar in the 9th over of the innings and he capitalised on the same as he made the Mumbai Indians pay for the same.
Jadeja with a scratchy knock of 26 runs off 31 balls had done his job helping CSK rebuild but the moment he wanted to go after the bowling, he was dismissed by Jasprit Bumrah, who was playing his 100th IPL game.
However, this proved to be a game-changer as Dwayne Bravo coming in at No 7 played a fabulous cameo of 23 runs off just eight balls while Gaikwad continued to smash the bowling as CSK ended up with a score of 156 runs, which looked impossible in the first six overs. Gaikwad remained unbeaten on 88 runs off just 58 balls hitting nine sixes and four fours.
Mumbai Indians sans skipper Rohit Sharma had a couple of good overs with Quinton de Kock and Anmolpreet Singh but they lost both the openers and Suryalumar Yadav inside the powerplay.
Saurabh Tiwary stayed till the end but the defending champions kept losing wickets and no other batsman could offer much resistance as they fell 20 runs short of the target and suffered their fourth loss of the season.
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