It was the home game for Mumbai Indians and the captain of the Indian cricket team Rohit Sharma presented an incredible performance with his bat but the poor captaincy as well as the lack of concentration of Hardik Pandya and the sensational bowling performance of Matheesha Pathirana for Chennai Super Kings made them won the game by 20 runs. So without making any further delay let’s get into the article to check out the full details of the game between Chennai Super Kings versus Mumbai Indians.
A look back to the game between Mumbai Indians versus Chennai Super Kings
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field first and Ajinkya Rahane got the promotion as he came out to start the proceedings for Chennai Super Kings but went back to the pavilion after scoring just 5 while his partner Rachin Ravindra contributed 21 to the total.
While the captain of the side Ruturaj Gaikwad came out to back at the third position and he smashed 69 from just along with Shivam Dube who presented an incredible performance by smashing 66 from just 38 and remained unbeaten.
Daryl Mitchell contributed 17 but the real firework was yet to come. MS Dhoni came out to bat in the final over and he faced only four balls. The last over was by Hardik Pandya and Dhoni smashed three back to back sixes and scored 20 from the last four balls. Chennai Super Kings finished there innings at 206 with the loss of 4 wickets.
In the reply, Mumbai Indians were firing back and Ishan Kishan went back to the pavilion after scoring 23 but his partner and the captain of the India cricket team remained unbeaten with a sensational performance. Rohit Sharma smashed 105 from just 63 and his innings included 11 boundaries and he smashed 5 sixes. Unfortunately, he didn’t get enough support from the other side.
Suryakumar Yadav went back to the pavilion without opening his account and the same due to a sensational catch from the boundary by Mustafizur Rahman while Tilak Varma contributed 31 from just 20. Hardik Pandya then came out to bat and added only 2 from 6. It is worth mentioning that Pathirana performed really well by removing 4 wickets in the game.
Tim David smashed 13 from 5 and Mumbai Indians finished their innings at 186 with the loss of 6 wickets. Now let’s talk about the down points, it was simply poor captaincy by Hardik Pandya as he didn’t bring Bumrah when Dube came for bat in the middle and he didn’t even showcase confidence in Akash Madhwal for the last over. He bowled the full toss to MS Dhoni and provided 24 runs in the last over which was crucial for Mumbai Indians as they lost the game by 20 runs. The poor decision to come out to bat before Tim David and he contributed only 2 from 6 balls while chasing a massive target of 207.
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