Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians IPL 2023 Highlights: Ajinkya Rahane’s (61 runs off 27 balls) fiery knock following Ravindra Jadeja’s (3/20) magical spell powered MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to an emphatic seven-wicket win over Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai Indians (MI) at Wankhede Stadium of their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match on Saturday (April 8). Today, Mumbai’s top-order was merely outdone by CSK’s bowling assault. Another spotlight of the high-octane CSK vs MI El Clasico was the return of Ajinka Rahane who introduced that he is not completed but by scoring the quickest fifty in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 to this point. The win comes as an enormous increase to CSK’s morale and their Net Run Rate (NRR).
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Earlier, MS Dhoni received the toss and invited Mumbai Indians to bat first. Chennai Super Kings’ Ravindra Jadeja (4-0-20-3) and Mitchell Santner (4-0-28-2) halted Mumbai’s advance by sharing 5 wickets to limit the hosts to paltry 157/8. The CSK bowling duo spun net round MI batters after the house facet raced to 61 for one within the powerplay. Jadeja, the senior all-rounder, rocked MI’s batting lineup by taking three wickets for 20 runs in his 4 overs, whereas Mitchell Santner and Tushar Deshpande bagged two wickets apiece, and Sisanda Magala picked one wicket.
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A 7⃣-wicket win in Mumbai for @ChennaiIPL ??
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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 8, 2023
Chennai Super Kings restricted Mumbai Indians to 157/8 in 20 overs on the again of a superb efficiency by the bowlers. For Mumbai, Ishaan Kishan scored the utmost 32 runs off 21 balls. Tim David contributed with 31 runs off 22 balls. Tilak Verma scored 22, skipper Rohit Sharma scored 21, Hrithik Shokeen scored 18 not out whereas Cameron Green added 12 runs to MI’s whole.
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CSK now have two wins in three video games whereas MI have misplaced each their matches to this point.
Brief scores: MI 157/8 in 20 overs (Ishan Kishan 32, Tim David 31, Ravindra Jadeja 3/20, Mitchell Santner 2/28).
CSK 159/3 in 18.1 overs (Ajinkya Rahane 61, Ruturaj Gaikwad 40 not out).
