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In a clash of five – time winners Chennai Super Kings for the second time this season beat a listless Mumbai Indians . This time routing them by 8 wickets in a Tata IPL 2026 encounter in chennai. Earlier MI won the toss and opted to bat first.
Struggling right through MI batting line- up could muster on 159/ in their 20 overs against the CSK spin and pace attack backed by agile fielding . Will Jacks 1 , Ryan Rickelton 37, Naman Dhir to- scored with 55 ( 37 balls 4 fours, 3 sixes) . one of the reasons for MI poor showing is Suryakumar Yadav’s form another low score 21 , Tilak Varma inconsistent out for 5.
Skipper Hardik Pandya struggling with timing 18 , Robin Minz 5, Krish Bhagat not out 3 , Trent Boult not out 7 .
CSK Bowling : Mukesh Choudhary 0/25 ( 3 overs), Anshul Kamboj 3/32 ( 4 overs), Prashant Veer 0/25 ( 2 overs), Noor Ahmad 2/26 ( 4 overs), Ramakrishna Ghosh 1/24 ( 3 overs), Jamie Overton 1/23 ( 4 overs ) bolwed with sheer pace and generated bounce too.
In reply CSK were in total command despite losing Sanju Samson early for 11 . Skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad anchored chase with an unbeaten knock of 67 ( 48 balls, 5 fours, 2 sixes). Urvil Patel was out for 24 . Kartik Sharma , the unknown star smashed 54 not out ( 40 balls , 4 fours, 3 sixes). CSK racing to 160/2 in 18. 1 overs.
MI Bowling : Trent Boult 0/37 (3.1 overs), Jasprit Bumrah 1/20 ( 3 overs), Krish Bhagat 0/22 ( 2 overs), AM Ghazanfar 1/40 ( 4 overs), Raghu Sharma 0/24 ( 4 overs), Hardik Pandya 0/17 ( 2 overs)
While CSK strengthened their play- offs hopes MI with yet another loss are in danger of crashing out of the TataIPL 2026 .
Match: IPL 2026, 44th Match
Venue: Chennai | Date: May 02, 2026
