The skill of huge gamers to lift the bar in essentially the most difficult situations separates them from others. It was on show in abundance on Sunday evening within the marquee conflict within the Indian Premier League between the 2 most profitable outfits within the league.
Ravindra Jadeja and Shivam Dube — regardless of having a comparatively quiet first half with the willow — placed on 79 runs off 50 balls to assist Chennai Super Kings set Mumbai Indians a goal of 177 on the Wankhede Stadium. Impact Player Rohit Sharma then awoke from a slumber whereas Suryakumar Yadav matched the impression of his senior teammate.
The duo’s unbroken affiliation of 114 runs off simply 54 balls meant MI crossed the road with 9 wickets and a whopping 26 balls to spare.
A quickfire PowerPlay was the necessity of the hour for MI to make sure it continued its resurgent run. Rohit and Ryan Rickelton delivered in model, with the previous main the cost. The veteran batter was at his marauding greatest, clearing the sphere at will.
Khaleel Ahmed suffered his wrath. So did Jamie Overton and the spin duo of Jadeja and Noor Ahmad. Even veteran R. Ashwin — who bowled a cheap spell after coming in as an Impact Player — noticed a slog sweep crusing over the boundary ropes.
If Rohit was in high gear, Suryakumar needed to interrupt the gearbox. His onslaught was brutal and he sealed the take care of consecutive sixes — an inside-out drive over covers adopted by a straight hit — off Matheesha Pathirana.
Earlier within the evening, Dube and Jadeja helped CSK claw its method again into the match.
Despite Ayush Mhatre’s spectacular debut, CSK may handle solely 48 within the PowerPlay.
While Dube and Jadeja took their time, the 2 ensured that the 21-ball streak with out a boundary was made up within the latter a part of the innings. The duo focused left-arm seamer Ashwani Kumar within the sixteenth over.
While Jadeja began it with a 4 and ended it with a straight six, Dube smashed consecutive sixes in between, aided by a dropped catch by Jasprit Bumrah. The over value MI 24 runs.
Jadeja then completed the innings on a excessive, fetching 16 off the final over bowled by Trent Boult.
But the full proved no match for MI.
Published – April 20, 2025 07:52 pm IST
