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TATA IPL 2023, Match 12 MI Vs CSK - Match Report
09 Apr, 2023
TATA IPL 2023, Match 12 MI Vs CSK - Match Report
08 Apr, 2023
Chennai Super Kings made it two wins in a row as they beat Mumbai Indians by seven wickets at the Wankhede Stadium in Match 12 of the TATA IPL 2023.
Ravindra Jadeja led the way with the ball with a momentum-changing spell of 3/20 as the CSK spinners restricted MI to 157/8. Ajinkya Rahane then came out all guns blazing and hit a whirlwind 61(27) while Ruturaj Gaikwad played the support act (40* off 36 balls) to help CSK chase the target down with 11 balls to spare.
Defending 157, Jason Behrendorff struck in the first over, making Devon Conway chop one onto the stumps. Rahane then changed the momentum as he went on a stunning counter-attack. He hit a six off Behrendorff and then took the attack to Arshad Khan, hitting him for four fours and a six in the fourth over, amassing 23 runs. He unfurled pull, cuts, punches and straight drive to take down Arshad Khan. He continued the momentum in the next over, flicking one over deep square leg for a six off Cameron Green. Rahane brought up his fifty off just 19 balls as he cracked consecutive fours off Chawla. It is the fastest fifty of TATA IPL 2023 so far. CSK reached 68/1 at the end of the Powerplay.
MI introduced Kartikeya Singh as their Impact Player in place of Tim David.
Piyush Chawla finally broke the 82-run partnership between Rahane and Ruturaj as he had the dangerman Rahane caught at long on for 61(27).
Ruturaj and Shivam Dube carried forward the momentum as they kept the scoreboard ticking by taking minimal risks. With 46 needed off 42, Dube hit a six and Ruturaj cracked a four off Shokeen to bring the required rate below six.
Kartikeya then broke the 39-run stand as Dube dragged one onto the stumps in the 15th over. Ambati Rayudu, CSK's impact player, came out to bat at No.5, he replaced the injured Deepak Chahar.
Rayudu and Ruturaj got together and finished off the match with 11 balls to spare.
Earlier, Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni won the toss and elected to bowl. They made four changes to the side as Dwayne Pretorius, Sisanda Magala, Tushar Deshpande and Ajinkya Rahane replaced Ben Stokes (Injury), Moeen Ali (Unwell), Ambati Rayudu and Rajvardhan Hangargekar. They named Ambat Rayudu, Shaik Rasheed, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Akash Singh and Subhranshu Senapati as their substitutes.
Mumbai Indians made two changes as Jason Behrendorff and Tristan Stubbs replaced Jofra Archer (Precautionary measure) and Nehal Wadhera. They named Sandeep Warrier, Kartikeya Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Arjun Tendulkar and Nehal Wadhera as their substitutes.
MI openers got off to a flier as Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan took the aggressive route straightaway. Rohit hit a couple of lofted fours off Deepak Chahar in the first over. Kishan then took on Sisanda Magala as he welcomed him with three fours in the over. Rohit hit the first six of the innings as he smashed one over point off Tushar Deshpande in the fourth over. The CSK pacer though bounced back and bowled a beauty to clean up Rohit five balls later. His wicket didn't deter Kishan from playing his shots as he again went after Magala and hit him for two fours to make it 14 off the last over of the Powerplay. MI reached 61/1 in the first six overs.
Dhoni introduced spin into the attack and it turned tables. Ravindra Jadeja struck in his first over, having the dangerous Kishan caught at long on. MS Dhoni then produced his magic with an excellent take and review as he had Suryakumar Yadav caught behind off Mitchell Santner in the next over. Suryakumar gloved his sweep, Dhoni pouched an excellent catch down the leg side but the umpire remained unmoved on the appeal. Dhoni reviewed it and replays confirmed the batter had gloved it.
Jadeja made it three wickets in two overs for CSK as he pulled off a brilliant reflex catch off his own bowling to send back Cameron Green and Santner struck in the next over again to trap Arshad Khan LBW and reduce MI to 76/5.
Things slowed down for the next two overs. Tilak Varma tried to up the ante with a six off Jadeja but the CSK all-rounder hit back hard, having Varma trapped LBW off the next ball. The batter reviewed it but replays showed three reds. Jadeja changed the momentum of the match and finished with figures of 4-0-20-3.
CSK maintained the stranglehold, built pressure and that brought wickets as Tristan Stubbs was brilliantly caught at the long on fence via a tag team effort from Dwayne Pretorius and Ruturaj Gaikwad.
Tim David then provided some impetus to the innings as he hit a couple of sixes and a four off Deshpande but the pacer bounced back to have him caught at deep mid-wicket off the next ball.
Hrithik Shokeen (18* off 13) and Piyush Chawla (5* off 6) then got together and added precious 26 runs off 18 balls to take MI to 157/8 from 20 overs.
