In the 33rd match of IPL, Chennai Super Kings defeated Mumbai Indians by 103 runs at Wankhede. Sanju Samson scored a brilliant century, while Akil Hussain took 4 wickets. Mumbai team completely disintegrated in the run chase and the match remained one-sided.
Who won Yesterday IPL Match: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) defeated Mumbai Indians (MI) by 103 runs and registered a one-sided win. In this match played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, MI team looked under a lot of pressure in the entire match and could not create any chance of comeback for itself. Batting first, Chennai Super Kings scored 207 runs, in response to which Mumbai Indians were reduced to just 104 runs. Sanju Samson was adjudged ‘Player of the Match’ for playing a brilliant century.
Sanju Samson’s explosive batting
The hero of this victory was CSK’s Sanju Samson, who scored a brilliant century. On the basis of his brilliant batting, the team crossed 200 runs and the trend of the match completely went towards Chennai. Samson’s inning not only gave a big score to the team but also kept constant pressure on the Mumbai bowlers. Sanju played an unbeaten inning of 101 runs in 54 balls at a strike rate of 187.03. He hit 10 fours and 6 skyscraper sixes. While wickets kept falling on one end, Samson stood firm on the other end and took the team to 207 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs.
Bad start for MI: Shock in powerplay itself
Mumbai Indians had a very bad start while chasing the target. In the power play itself, the team lost both its openers and lost 3 wickets for 29 runs in 6 overs. After this, Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Verma tried to handle the innings and made a small partnership. But as soon as this partnership broke, the entire batting disintegrated. Surya scored 35 runs in 30 balls, while Tilak Verma contributed 37 runs in 29 balls.
Wickets kept falling: Mumbai’s innings collapsed
Mumbai team kept losing wickets at regular intervals and could never make a comeback in the match. Ultimately the entire team collapsed for 104 runs and had to face a big defeat. Akil Hussain was the biggest hero in bowling for Chennai, who completely changed the course of the match by taking 4 wickets. Noor Ahmed also maintained the pressure by taking important wickets. For Mumbai, Jasprit Bumrah bowled economically and took 1 wicket and gave 31 runs, while other bowlers proved to be expensive.
MI’s biggest defeat in IPL (by runs)
- 103 vs CSK, Wankhede, 2026*
- 87 vs RR, Jaipur, 2013
- 76 vs KXIP, Mohali, 2011
- 66 vs KXIP, Mohali, 2008
This is also MI’s biggest defeat in terms of runs at Wankhede. Apart from this, being all out for 104 runs is MI’s lowest score against CSK.
Condition of MI and CSK on points table
With this big win, CSK not only gained two important points but also jumped from 7th to 5th on the points table. Whereas MI suffered a big defeat due to which they not only lost 2 points but also spoiled their run rate. Mumbai has now slipped to 8th in the points table with a run rate of -0.736. It has only 4 digits.