Thanks to the half-century innings of Rachin Ravindra and Rituraj Gaikwad, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) started with a win by defeating Mumbai Indians (MI) by four wickets. In this match played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, Mumbai, who came to bat first after losing the toss, scored 155 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 20 overs. In reply, CSK scored 158 runs for six wickets in 19.1 overs and won the match.

Mumbai lost the 13th consecutive opening match.

Mumbai, who played the first match in the absence of regular captain Hardik Pandya, faced a crushing defeat. Mumbai has not won its first match in any IPL season since 2012. This is their 13th consecutive defeat in the first match.

Rachin Ravindra and Rituraj Gaikwad rocked

Chasing the target of 156 runs, Chennai lost the first wicket in the second over itself. Rahul Tripathi returned to the pavilion after scoring just two runs. After this, Rachin Ravindra and Rituraj Gaikwad took over the front. There was a partnership of 67 runs in 37 balls for the second wicket between the two. Captain Gaikwad returned after playing a strong innings of 53 runs.

After this, Chennai's innings faltered but Ravindra Jadeja, who came to bat at number seven, took control of the situation. He shared a 36-run partnership with Rachin Ravindra and brought the team closer to the target. However, he was run out just four runs before the victory. In this match, Shivam Dubey scored nine, Deepak Hooda three, and Sam Curran four runs. At the same time, Rachin Ravindra remained unbeaten on 65 and Mahendra Singh Dhoni remained unbeaten without opening the account. Vignesh Puthur, who made his debut as an impact player for Mumbai, took three wickets while Deepak Chahar and Will Jacks got one wicket each.

Mumbai's bad start

Mumbai's situation looked bad from the beginning of this match. Captain Rohit Sharma returned to the pavilion without opening the account in the very first over. Khalil Ahmed made him his victim. After this, Khalil bowled Ryan Rickelton (13). Ashwin, who was playing his first match after returning to CSK, was also not behind. As soon as he came, he got Will Jacks caught by Shivam Dubey and got the first success.

40+ run partnership between Tilak and Surya

Mumbai, who had lost three wickets for 36, needed a good partnership. Captain Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Verma were present at the crease. There was a partnership of more than 40 runs between the two for the fourth wicket. However, before this partnership reached a big level, Mahendra Singh Dhoni showed agility and stumped Surya from behind the wicket. The stand-in captain was dismissed after scoring 29 runs in 26 balls.

These bowlers wreaked havoc.

Tilak Verma scored the highest 31 runs for Mumbai. Apart from him, Robin Minj scored three, Naman Dheer scored 17, Mitchell Santner scored 11, and Trent Boult scored one run. In this match, Deepak Chahar remained unbeaten after scoring 28 runs and Satyanarayan Raju scored one run. For CSK, Noor Ahmed took four wickets and Khalil Ahmed took three wickets. Apart from them, Nathan Ellis and Ravichandran Ashwin got one wicket each.

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