Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK), no matter the venue, the circumstances, the lengthy batting line-up of the Mumbai Indians, pulled off what’s uncommon on the Wankhede Stadium, defending a complete, particularly within the night time video games because the Males in Yellow received by 20 runs on Sunday, April 14. Former Mumbai Indians (MI) skipper Rohit Sharma smashed his second IPL century however no different batter supported him from the opposite finish. Matheesha Pathirana was the distinction between the 2 sides in the long run as he took 4 wickets to interrupt the again of the chase for the house workforce.

At 130/2 within the 14th over, Mumbai Indians had been on target to chase down 207 runs with two set batters in, nonetheless, the wicket of Tilak Varma proved to be the turning level because the strike dried up for Rohit and the incoming batters stored hitting out to the fielders on the boundary and ultimately the Mumbai Indians fell brief. Captain Hardik Pandya struggled to get going, Tim David hit a few huge sixes however he too bought out because the strain stored mounting on Rohgit and the required run charge stored rising to 14, 15 and 17.

Rohit did get a couple of boundaries on the finish however it simply wasn’t sufficient was in all probability too late and the Mumbai Indians might be dissatisfied at how the chase panned out finally. Rohit and Ishan Kishan bought off the blocks fairly rapidly and Mumbai Indians had a sizeable powerplay of 63 runs at over 10 runs per over.

Nevertheless, Pathirana’s first over on return helped CSK put breaks on Mumbai’s scoring. Pathirana not solely broke the opening partnership but additionally bought the massive wicket of Suryakumar Yadav, the No 1 T20 batter on this planet. Tilak and Rohit did properly to sew a fast 60-run partnership however it all got here downhill from there on for the five-time champions.

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