Mumbai: If there is blood in the mouth of a lion, it starts hunting continuously. This lion in IPL is currently Chennai Super Kings and its latest victim is Mumbai Indians. Chennai, captained by MS Dhoni, taught Mumbai Indians a lesson by entering the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday. In the first match of this season between the two most fierce rivals of IPL, Chennai won by 7 wickets. With this, CSK registered its second consecutive win, while Mumbai again had to face defeat.
Like the last 10 seasons, Mumbai had a bad start this time too and lost in their first match. In the second match, there were expectations that she would return with a win as the match was at her ground, Wankhede. Then there was Chennai in front, against which his record (20 wins, 14 losses before this match) was excellent. The story at Wankhede, however, did not turn out as expected.
The attack of ‘RRR’
Chennai had earlier stopped Mumbai for just 157 runs due to their strong bowling. After this, Chennai achieved the target in 18 overs only. In this strong victory of Chennai, its ‘RRR’, i.e. Ravindra, Rahane and Ruturaj (Ravindra, Rahane, Ruturaj) dominated. Started by Ravindra Jadeja. The veteran left-arm Indian spinner gave only 20 runs in his 4 overs and took 3 wickets.
Jadeja also took big wickets – first he dealt with Ishan Kishan. Then Cameron Green was returned with an excellent catch on his ball and finally piled on Tilak Verma, the young batsman running in the form of Mumbai.
Now THAT’S what you call a blinder, courtesy Ravindra Jadeja 🤯#MIvCSK #IPLonJioCinema #TATAIPL #IPL2023 , @imjadeja pic.twitter.com/NpJRXhBvtJ
— JioCinema (@JioCinema) April 8, 2023
stormy fifty ravaged
After Ravindra Jadeja, two ‘R’ showed amazing in batting and Ajinkya Rahane was the most special in this. The last 2-3 seasons in the IPL were not good for Rahane, an experienced batsman who is running out of the Indian team, where his bat did not work and the opportunities also decreased with the changing teams. Then Chennai bought for 50 lakh rupees and after sitting in two matches, gave a chance in the third match and in his debut match for Chennai, Rahane created such havoc, which hardly anyone would have thought about.
Rahane, who came at number three, hit five consecutive boundaries (6, 4, 4, 4, 4) in a single over of Arshad Khan and hit the fastest half-century of the season in just 19 balls inside the powerplay.
The fastest 50 of the season so far and it’s from @ajinkyarahane88 #MIvCSK #TATAIPL #IPLonJioCinema #IPL2023 , @ChennaiIPL pic.twitter.com/PZzmJJ999V
— JioCinema (@JioCinema) April 8, 2023
If Rahane returned to the pavilion after playing a stormy innings and almost ensuring Chennai’s victory, then Rituraj Gaikwad took the team to victory. Rituraj, who hit quick half-centuries in the first two matches, comfortably brought the innings to the end this time and won the team in the 19th over.
Tushar Deshpande also dominated
Not only these three, but other players also played a big role in Chennai’s victory. Pacer Tushar Deshpande, who took a lot of beating in the last two matches, made a tremendous comeback at his home ground in Mumbai. Tushar Deshpande bowled Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma with an excellent ball and then made Tim David walk. At the same time, spinner Mitchell Santner did not allow Suryakumar Yadav to last more than 2 balls. Shivam Dubey and Ambati Rayudu also made useful contributions in batting.
