Clinical Chennai hammer Mumbai by six wickets in one-sided El Clasico clash

Chennai Super Kings won the toss and opted to bowl first. They got here up with a superb effort within the subject to limit Mumbai Indians to 139/8. Matheesha Pathirana was excellent with figures of three/15, whereas Deepak Chahar and Tushar Deshpande chipped in with two wickets every. CSK wanted solely 17.4 overs to get house within the chase.

MI despatched in Cameron Inexperienced to open with Ishan Kishan as a substitute of skipper Rohit Sharma. The transfer didn’t pay dividends as the entire abovementioned names fell cheaply. Inexperienced (6) was knocked over by Deshpande as he tried a heave. Kishan (7) miscued a giant hit off Chahar, whereas Rohit fell for a duck in weird vogue. He tried a scoop in opposition to Chahar, however the ball hit the shoulder of the bat after which lobbed up in the direction of level for a easy catch.

Suryakumar Yadav seemed good for his 26 earlier than being cleaned up by Ravindra Jadeja. Nehal Wadhera (64 off 51) gave the innings some course, hitting eight fours and a six in his spectacular knock, which ended when he was knocked over by Pathirana. The CSK pacer additionally dismissed Tristan Stubbs (20) and Arshad Khan (1), whereas Tim David (2) failed in his endeavor to tackle Deshpande.

Within the chase, Devon Conway (44 off 42) and Ruturaj Gaikwad (30 off 16) added 46 in 4.1 overs. The brisk stand ended when Gaikwad skied a giant hit off Piyush Chawla. Ajinkya Rahane chipped in with 21 earlier than being trapped lbw by Chawla. Ambati Rayudu (12) registered one other failure after which Conway fell Akash Madhwal. Shivam Dube remained unbeaten on 26 off 18, whereas MS Dhoni got here in and hit the successful runs.

Talking after successful the sport, Dhoni mentioned, “It was a really essential recreation for a easy cause, in case you see the factors desk there is a muddle within the center. Previous few video games the outcomes haven’t gone in our favour and so it’s good to be on the successful facet.”

On the choice to bowl first, he admitted, “I used to be uncertain with the choice on the toss, I wished to bat first however the suppose tank thought in regards to the rain, I used to be barely outnumbered and so we went with the bulk. If there’s some form of a confusion then we sit and discuss it. I felt the wicket will decelerate and that was the rationale behind it, and even when rain comes then the vast majority of the sport would have been performed.”

–By A Cricket Correspondent