Mumbai Indians is the only team to have a better record against Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and on Wednesday, Rohit Sharma & Co. extended that lead to 14-11 with a terrific come-from-behind performance to register their second win of the IPL 2019, and stop CSK’s juggernaut at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
All-rounder Hardik Pandya’s eight-ball blitz off 25 runs in the final two overs of MI’s innings undid CSK bowlers good work as the hosts clubbed 45 runs in the last two overs, before sending down a crucial 15th over, that saw the backs of MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja.
However, Pandya’s all-round effort overshadowed match-setting innings’ from Suryakumar Yadav (59 off 43 balls) and Krunal Pandya (42 off 32 balls). Chasing 171 to win, CSK managed to score 133 runs at the loss 8 wickets, losing the match by 37 runs.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Well played, MI friend! 🦁💛
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL)
Mumbai Indians becomes the first team to win 100 matches🧔 in IPL.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
That's that from Wankhede.
The win by 37 r♌uns and regis🐼ter their second win of the season
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)
100th IPL victory for 🙌🙌
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)
Powerful all-round 🌳performance by : spirited finish to the innings while batting, backed up by superbly controlled bowling and brillaint fielding. Need few more such days to ensure place in play-offs!
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)
Longest winning streaks for Che🔥nnai Super Kings in IPL:
7 in 2013 [Ended with CSK's biggest IPL defeat – 60 runs v MI]
6 in 2014 [Ended with CSK's 2nd biggest IPL defeat – 44 runs v KXIP]
6 in 2018-2019 [Ended with CSK's 4th biggest IPL defeat – 37 runs v MI]— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats)
MI hands over CSK their first defeat in the IPL 2019!
Full SCORECARD –>— betvisa69.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
MS Dhoni ✅
Ravindra Jadeja ✅
Deepak Chahar ✅Clinical night for an all-round 💙💙💙
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan)
Hardik was the diff. Lovely cameo and two very imp w🍬ickets. That’s what cli🌄nched the game for and it is a very good win for them. They are back on course. Behrendorff will be a real handful going forward.
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar)
🔥🔥 👏👏
— Mandeep Singh (@mandeeps12)
👀
— Carlos Brathwaite (@CRBrathwaite26)
Ooooo Pollyyyyyy 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼
— Danielle Wyatt (@Danni_Wyatt)
Losing to MI doesn't hurt. Losing to a number 7 team in points table hurts.
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer)
won by 37 runs
— Comedy Tonic Telugu (@ComedyTonic)
