Chennai Super Kings won by 6 wkts

Chennai Super Kings zoomed to the second spot in the IPL 2023 points table with a six wicket win over Mumbai Indians at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Saturday.

Asked to bat, Mumbai posted 139 for eight in their 20 overs and in their response Chennai finished on 140 for four in 17.4 overs.

Earlier, Mumbai lost their top-order cheaply as they were reduced to 14 for three in 2.5 overs. Then a 55 run fourth wicket stand between Nehal Wadhera and Suryakumar Yadav revived the innings. Wadhera then teamed up with Tristan Stubbs as they added 58 runs for the fifth wicket. Wadhera fell for 64 off 51 balls with eight boundaries and a six. Towards the end Mumbai lost its way as they finished on 139 for eight in their 20 overs. For Chennai the best bowlers were Matheesha Pathirana (3-15), Deepak Chahar (2-18) and Tushar Deshpande (2-26).

In their response Chennai began well as their openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway put on 46 for the first wicket. Gaikwad fell first for 30 off 16 balls with four boundaries and two sixes. Then Conway added 35 runs for the second wicket with Ajinkya Rahane. Conway finished on 44 off 42 balls with four boundaries. Then Shivam Dube took charge of the chase as he scored an unbeaten 26 off 18 balls with three sixes. In the end Chennai finished on 140 for four in 17.4 overs. For Mumbai the best bowler was Piyush Chawla (2-25). 

Match Summary
Mumbai Indians: 139-8 (20)
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Cameron Green-1.5 ov), 2-13 (Ishan Kishan-2.2 ov), 3-14 (Rohit Sharma-2.5 ov), 4-69 (Suryakumar Yadav-10.3 ov), 5-123 (Nehal Wadhera-17.3 ov), 6-127 (Tim David-18.3 ov), 7-134 (Arshad Khan-19.1 ov), 8-137 (Tristan Stubbs-19.4 ov)

Chennai Super Kings: 140-4 (17.4)
Fall of wickets: 1-46 (Ruturaj Gaikwad-4.1 ov), 2-81 (Ajinkya Rahane-8.6 ov), 3-105 (Ambati Rayudu-12.5 ov), 4-130 (Devon Conway-16.3 ov)

Match Stats

Playing XI

Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wicket-keeper & captain), Deepak Chahar, Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana; Subs: Ambati Rayudu, Mitchell Santner, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, Akash Singh

Impact player: Ambati Rayudu for Maheesh Theekshana (1st innings, 15.6 ov)

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Jofra Archer, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Arshad Khan; Subs: Kartikeya Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Dewald Brevis, Raghav Goyal, Vishnu Vinod

Impact player: Raghav Goyal for Suryakumar Yadav (1st innings, 19.6 ov)

Match Details
Toss: Chennai Super Kings, elected to field
Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Start time: 1000 hrs GMT
Match officials: Bruce Oxenford, Navdeep Singh (On-field Umpires); KN Ananthapadmanabhan (TV Umpire); Parashar Joshi (Reserve Umpire); Narayanan Kutty (Match-referee)

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