Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat first in a must-win game for both sides. The away side made two changes, with Krish Bhagat and Raghu Sharma making their debut for the five-time winners. CSK also made a couple of changes, with Ramakrishna Ghosh making a debut, and with Prashant Veer coming in.
Suryakumar Yadav’s poor form continued as he was back after getting a start of 21 runs. Dhir was back after 57 runs, and Hardik Pandya did not get going as his bat was also silent, scoring 18 off 23 balls. After Hardik Pandya’s wicket, the team could not much runs as they finished off with the score of 159/7 in their 20 overs.
Ruturaj Gaikwad is leading CSK from the front
CSK skipper brought his second fifty of the season, scoring the half-century in 34 balls and stitching a partnership with Kartik Sharma. The two then kept on scoring runs and kept the required run rate below the current run rate, and finished the game with 11 balls to spare. Ruturaj scored 67* and Kartik Sharma finished the game with a four, scoring 54*.
They played better- Hardik Pandya
Hardik Pandya, after the loss, said, "Not the season. They played better, they bowled better, they fielded better and they batted better. 180-190 should have been a good total. We couldn't get the momentum. It was more about taking calculative cricket. Overall, as a bowling unit, they were better and as a batting unit, we weren't better. The bowling options which we had, we went with it."
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