M S-led CSK beat Mumbai

MI made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Ben Dunk and Pawan Suyal made way for Lendl Simmons and Praveen Kumar.

CSK made one change to their playing (Samu)eleven – Ben Hilfenhaus made way for Badree.

On winning the toss, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, CSK’s skipper, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of MI’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 42, and lost a wicket.

Chidhambaram Gautam, whose eight-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored nine. Seventeen balls into the match, he was caught by Brendon McCullum. Badree broke the 16-run stand.

MI scored 50 off 8.1 overs (49 balls). CSK had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 46 balls. While Simmons’ contribution to the partnership was 23, Ambati Rayudu’s contribution to it was 26. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Simmons, whose run-a-ball innings included three boundaries and a couple of boundaries, eventually scored 38. Fifty-four balls after Gautam’s dismissal, he was caught by Faf du Plessis. Ravichandran Ashwin broke the 61-run partnership.

MI scored 100 off 15.1 overs (91 balls). CSK had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Rayudu’s half-century – which included a couple of boundaries and three sixes – came off 38 balls.

Rohit Sharma, MI’s skipper, scored 19. His run-a-ball innings included a boundary. Thirty-four balls after Simmons’ dismissal, he was caught by Suresh Raina. Ashwin broke the 45-run stand.

Kieron Pollard, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. Three balls later, he was caught by Raina. Needless to say, Ashwin was in seventh heaven.

The fifth-wicket pair didn’t get off the (Shar)mark. Rayudu, whose 43-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and four sixes, eventually scored 59. The next ball, he was caught by Ravindra Jadeja off the bowling of Mohit.

Corey Anderson, whose six-ball innings included a couple of sixes, scored 18. He was unbeaten.

MI scored 150 off 19.3 overs (117 balls). CSK had conceded five extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Aditya Tare, whose five-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored nine. Eleven balls after Rayudu’s dismissal, he was caught by du Plessis. Ishwar Pandey broke the 28-run stand.

MI scored 157 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 20 overs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Jadeja, who conceded 33, was wicketless.

Badree, Ishwar, and Mohit picked up a wicket apiece. They conceded 34, 34, and 26, respectively.

Ashwin, who conceded 30, picked up three scalps.

The first Powerplay of CSK’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 38, and lost a wicket.

McCullum, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 13. Twenty-seven balls into the chase, he was trapped leg before wicket by Praveen, who broke the 29-run stand.

CSK scored 50 off 7.3 overs (45 balls). MI had conceded three extras at that point.

Raina, whose 11-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 19. Twenty balls after McCullum’s dismissal, he was stumped by Gautam. Pollard broke the 27-run stand.

CSK scored 100 off 13.5 overs (83 balls). MI had conceded five extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 39 balls. While the contribution of Dwayne Smith, the player of the match, to the partnership was 25, du Plessis’ contribution to it was 24. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Dwayne’s half-century – which included five boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 49 balls.

He eventually scored 57 off 51 balls, which included the aforementioned number of boundaries, in addition to three sixes. Forty-six balls after Raina’s dismissal, he was caught by Simmons. Praveen broke the 63-run partnership.

Du Plessis, whose 24-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, eventually scored 31. Lasith Malinga had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he broke the 10-run stand.

Dhoni, whose 12-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 22. He was unbeaten.

Although his innings included a boundary, Jadeja had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored half-a-dozen. Thirteen balls after du Plessis’ dismissal, Malinga broke the 17-run stand.

The seventh-wicket pair put on a run. Mithun Manhas, who faced a ball, scored a run. The next ball, Praveen and Gautam ran him out.

CSK scored 150 off 19.1 overs (115 balls). MI had conceded 11 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

CSK, who scored 160 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 19.3 overs, won by four wickets with three balls to spare.

Ashwin, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten.

Anderson, who bowled an over, conceded 11. He was wicketless, as were Jasprit Bumrah and Harbhajan Singh, who bowled four overs apiece. While the former conceded 33, the latter conceded 22.

Pollard, who bowled 2.3 overs, conceded 42. He picked up a wicket.

Praveen and Malinga bowled four overs each, conceding a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 31, the latter conceded 15.