Ajinkya Rahane smashed the quickest half-century of IPL 2023 – off simply 19 balls – and Ruturaj Gaikwad struck an unbeaten 40 to energy Chennai Super Kings to a seven-wicket win over Mumbai Indians at Wankhede Stadium on Saturday. An peculiar Mumbai Indians succumbed to their second consecutive defeat in as many matches whereas CSK recorded their second win on the trot, shifting to the fourth spot within the factors desk whereas the five-time winners remained at eighth.
The 34-year-old Rahane made a cracking debut for Chennai Super Kings within the IPL, producing probably the most brutal knocks within the competitors to make 61 from solely 27 balls with seven fours and three sixes whereas recording the quickest fifty of the league this yr.
Rahane’s blitz and Gaikwad’s knock, mixed with the efforts of Chennai spin duo of Ravindra Jadeja and Mitchell Santner who shared 5 wickets earlier, fuelled CSK’s win over arch rivals Mumbai Indians.
CSK completed at 159/3 in 18.1 overs chasing 158, successful with 11 balls to spare.
Rahane collected 23 runs hitting Arshad Khan for 4 boundaries and a six within the fourth over whereas CSK’s younger gun Gaikwad fortunately took the backseat.
Rahane actually checked out residence on his ‘residence floor’ Wankhede Stadium, unleashing pleasant strokes that reaffirmed Chennai Super Kings’ command on the sport.
Rahane and Gaikwad got here collectively within the first over of CSK’s chase with Devon Conway taking part in one onto his wickets off Jason Behrendorff. They added 82 runs for the second wicket earlier than Rahane perished within the eighth over, caught by Suryakumar Yadav off Piyush Chawla.
With Rahane’s blitz on the prime and CSK bringing down the equation to virtually a run-a-ball by the tenth over, Gaikwad loved the liberty to construct his innings. The right-handed opener struck his first 4 solely on the twentieth supply and within the tenth over when CSK have been nearing the 100-run mark.
Gaikwad made 40 not out from 36 balls with two fours and a six, including 43 runs for the third wicket with Shivam Dube (28) and one other 34 runs with Ambati Rayudu (20 not out) to take CSK over the road.
Earlier, Jadeja (4-0-20-3) and Santner (4-0-28-2) shared 5 wickets to steer Chennai Super Kings’ cost as Mumbai Indians hobbled to 157/8.
The pair halted Mumbai’s advance after the house facet had raced to 61 for one within the powerplay, with MI’s combat really fizzling out in opposition to CSK’s spinners who made up for the absence of strike bowler Deepak Chahar.
The India and CSK seamer appeared removed from finest and struggled to even full his first over, put up which he left the sector..
An opening stand of 38 runs between skipper Rohit Sharma (21 off 12 balls) and Ishan Kishan (32) was the very best partnership for Mumbai, with Suryakumar Yadav’s battle persevering with and younger batters flopping once more.
Rohit hit the primary six of the sport off Tushar Deshpande (3-0-31-2) however the native participant, taking part in for CSK, had the ultimate snicker, rattling the MI captain off a terrific supply that held its line to crash into the off and center stump whereas the batter appeared to play it on midwicket.
With a robust begin Mumbai appeared well-positioned to launch for a giant whole, however as a substitute, collapsed to 84/5 in 10 overs, dropping 4 wickets for simply 23 runs in 24 balls with Jadeja and Santner inflicting the injury.
Kishan made a brisk begin however Jadeja had him caught at lengthy on within the seventh over. Suryakumar was left baffled when MS Dhoni made the proper DRS name interesting for a caught-behind within the eighth over, with the batter making an attempt to brush a supply angled down the leg facet from Santner.
The umpire, who had known as it a large, needed to overturn his determination as replays confirmed the ball flicked Suryakumar’s gloves earlier than settling into Dhoni’s.
Mumbai’s slide continued with Green (12) hitting one powerfully again at Jadeja, who grabbed a pointy catch.
Arshad Khan was adjudged out leg-before within the tenth over off Santner and Jadeja pinned Tilak Verma (22 off 18 balls) in entrance of the wickets to maintain the Mumbai Indians underneath the pump.
With stress piling up, Tristan Stubbs (5) perished within the sixteenth over as South Africa’s Sisanda Magala took his first wicket within the IPL for CSK.
However, important contributions from Tim David (31 off 22 balls) and Hrithik Shokeen (18 not out) took Mumbai previous the 150-run mark.
(This story has been edited by Mahaz News workers …)
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