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Mumbai Indians held their nerves as they nearly made a mess of a small target chase to beat Chennai Super Kings by 5 wickets at Wankhede stadium. The 59th match of the Tata IPL 2022.
opting to bowl first Mumbai Indians after Rohit Sharma won the toss, , MI bowlers were on target straight away as CSK were blown away for just 97 / 10 in 16 overs. The batting flopped big time – Ruturaj Gaikwad ( 7), Devon Conway ( 0), Moeen Ali ( 0), Robin Uthappa ( 1), Ambati Rayudu ( 10) , Shivam Dube ( 10), Dwayne Bravo ( 12) . Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni remained not out 36 ( 33 balls , 4 fours , 2 sixes).
For Mumbai Indians : Daniel Sams was top class with 3/ 16 ( 4 overs), Jasprit Bumrah 1/ 12 ( 3 overs), Riley Meredith 2/ 27 ( 3 overs) , Hrithik Shokeen 0/ 12 (2 over), Kumar Kartikeya 1/ 11 ( 3 overs) , Ramandeep Singh 1/ 5 ( 1 over)
IN reply Mumbai Indians were a bit shaky and struggled all the way to win . They lost skipper Rohit Sharma for ( 18 ) , Ishan Kishan ( 6), Daniel Sams ( 1), Tristan Stubbs ( 0) sending panic in the dug-out.
MI were four wickets down for 33 runs in the fifth over before Tilak Varma (34 not out off 32 balls) and Hrithik Shokeen (18) calmed the frayed nerves with a 48-run stand for the fifth wicket. MI reached 103 for 5 in 14.5 overs. Tim David remained not out on 16 off just seven balls. David finishing the match in style with a monstrous six .
CSK bowling figures were : Mukesh Choudhary 3/ 23 ( 4 overs), Simarjeet Singh 1/ 22 ( 4 overs), Dwayne Bravo 0/ 16 ( 2 overs), Maheesh Theekshana 0/ 24 ( 4 overs) , Moeen Ali 1/ 17 ( 1.5 overs)
With their eighth loss in 12 matches, CSK are out of reckoning for a play-offs berth. They remained at ninth position with eight points.
Already out of reckoning for a play-offs berth long time ago, MI remained rooted at the 10th and bottom place with three wins from 12 matches.
Both CSK and MI have two inconsequential matches left to be played. It will be the first time in IPL history that neither MI nor CSK would be part of the play-offs.
