MI vs CSK Highlights and Match Recap, IPL 2019, Full cricket score: Mumbai Indians win by 37 runs

Hardik Pandya is Player of the Match!

Hardik: Feels very good to help the team win. The game is getting improved. I was focussing on it when I was out. It is a fantastic feeling to hit like that. The injury was there and then the controversy too. I would dedicate this award to my family who was by my side during the tough times.

What a homecoming for the men in blue! Solid with the bat, crafty with the ball, athletic in the field, this is the blueprint they would like to replicate every game this season. CSK have been outplayed. Credit to the Wankhede curators as well for dishing out a tremendous T20 surface that had something in it for everybody.

Dhoni will be disappointed with his team’s effort in the field. There were too many misfields and dropped catches. No reason to panic yet as they still sit comfortably with three games out of 4. You don’t expect too many changes from Dhoni but the form of openers is going to be a cause of worry for them. They may want to consider the option of batting Rayudu in the middle order and bringing in Faf du Plessis to open the batting.

MI beat CSK by 37 runs!

After 20 overs,Chennai Super Kings 133/8 ( Shardul Thakur 12 , Mohit Sharma 0)

CSK’s winning run has been stopped! 11 from last over and the wicket of Deepak Chahar for Hardik Pandya but CSK fall 37 short of MI’s total of 175. Chennai have lost their first match of the season.

OUT! Chahar departs! Short one does the trick as Chahar backtracks for a pull shot, giving a catch away at deep backward square leg.

Chahar c Bumrah b Hardik Pandya 7(7). CSK: 122/8.

After 19 overs,Chennai Super Kings 122/7 ( Deepak Chahar 7 , Shardul Thakur 1)

Deepak Chahar gets a boundary with an inside-out shot over cover off Bumrah followed by a snorter to return the favour. Seven off the over. 49 needed in last over for CSK.

After 18 overs,Chennai Super Kings 115/7 ( Deepak Chahar 1 , Shardul Thakur 0)

While the target looked like a mountain, Malinga made the job impossible with his over with wickets of Jadhav and Bravo. Jadhav edged his pull shot behind the wicket as the lack of pace on the ball got better of him. Bravo slammed a biggie down the ground and then perished inside-edging a block hole ball as QDK did excellently well to take the catch. CSK need 56 in last two overs. Malinga finishes quota at 3/34.

WICKET! Bravo out! The West Indian made space for a big shot but Maling cramped him for space with a block hole delivery as it took a fine edge to QDK. The keeper did very well there.

Dwayne Bravo c de Kock b Malinga 8(9). CSK: 115/7.

Most wickets against CSK in IPL:

25 – LASITH MALINGA*

24 – Harbhajan Singh

21 – Pragyan Ojha

WICKET! Jadhav gone for 58! Change of pace did the trick there. Jadhav went for a hoick off length ball but lack of pace outdid him as the edge carried off to QDK.

Jadhav c de Kock b Malinga 58(54). CSK: 108/6.

After 17 overs,Chennai Super Kings 108/5 ( Kedar Jadhav 58 , Dwayne Bravo 2)

Looks like there’s not going to be any repeat of 2018 when Bravo’s special helped CSK beat MI in a thrilling contest at Wankhede. CSK batsmen have found it tough to get going tonight. Another good over by Bumrah. Just three from it. CSK now need 63 in last three over. Required rate is 21. CSK fans please look away.

After 16 overs,Chennai Super Kings 105/5 ( Kedar Jadhav 57 , Dwayne Bravo 1)

CSK find some acceleration as Jadhav slams Malinga for two consecutive fours. Dabs the short ball away from the keeper to get a four through third man and then tucks the full pitched legside delivery to square leg fence. 11 off the over. CSK need 66 in last four overs.

After 15 overs,Chennai Super Kings 94/5 ( Kedar Jadhav 47 , Dwayne Bravo 0)

Hardik has been star of the night for MI. Went bonkers with the bat and now removes MSD and Jadeja in the same over. Dhoni shimmied down but the Pandya cramped him for space with a short one on his body as he gave an easy catch to square leg. Jadeja edged the length ball to the keeper trying clear the front leg for an expansive drive over cover. Four on last ball by Bravo. 77 need in last five overs.

OUT! Jadeja departs! Hardik is turning the game on its head. Second wicket of the over. Jadeja backtracked to play a drive over covers but the pace outdid him as he edged it to the keeper

Jadeja c de Kock b Hardik Pandya 1(2). CSK: 89/5.

WICKET! MSD OUT! Big wicket! Dhoni needed to get going and decided to attack Hardik Pandya’s short ball after shimming down. Was cramped for space as he gave an easy catch to square leg.

Dhoni c Suryakumar Yadav b Hardik Pandya 12(21). CSK: 87/4.

After 14 overs,Chennai Super Kings 87/3 ( Kedar Jadhav 46 , MS Dhoni (C) (W) 12)

A quicker one from Krunal but it’s too far from Jadhav and has been called a wide. Next ball Jadhav slog sweeps him to deep square leg for a four. Couple of singles and seven off the over. 84 needed in six overs.

After 13 overs,Chennai Super Kings 80/3 ( Kedar Jadhav 41 , MS Dhoni (C) (W) 11)

Good comeback by Bumrah after the first over smacking. Just three from this. Two singles for Jadhav and one for Dhoni. One of Jadhav or Dhoni needs to turn aggressive. MSD has got 11 off 19 here and is at present struggling to find singles. 91 is needed in seven overs and required rate is 13 at the moment.

After 12 overs,Chennai Super Kings 77/3 ( Kedar Jadhav 39 , MS Dhoni (C) (W) 10)

A bit of a lull for CSK in the chase. They haven’t got a boundary in last four overs. The field has been sprayed and MI are also not looking to strike, happy to take it into final overs. Six from Krunal’s first over. 94 needed for CSK in last eight overs.

Right now, Dhoni 7 off 14 balls!

Asking rate edges past 11. With any other team in this kind of chase, you would have been worried. But with #CSK, you never know.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 3, 2019

After 11 overs,Chennai Super Kings 71/3 ( Kedar Jadhav 38 , MS Dhoni (C) (W) 7)

Pull shot off first ball by Jadhav for a double follwed by a flick to mid-wicket for a single. Two more singles on last two balls. CSK need 100 in last nine overs

MS Dhoni’s batting average for CSK in IPL:

While chasing : 41.72
In successful run-chases : 56.93

After 10 overs,Chennai Super Kings 66/3 ( Kedar Jadhav 34 , MS Dhoni (C) (W) 6)

Another good over for Chahar. Just three singles as CSK reach 66/3 in 10 overs. They need 105 in last 10 overs.

After 9 overs,Chennai Super Kings 63/3 ( Kedar Jadhav 32 , MS Dhoni (C) (W) 5)

Behrendorff finishes his quota with figures of 2/22. A double for MSD on first ball with a cover drive then a single with a flick shot. Two singles for Jadhav and a leg bye. Six off the over.