With Rohit, Kishan and Surya back, Mumbai falter after a good start against Chennai

Mumbai: Batting first, Mumbai lost the toss and lost four wickets once morest Chennai Super Kings in the first home match of the season. Mumbai lost the wickets of Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav and Cameron Green following captain Rohit Sharma’s power play. Rohit, who scored 21 runs off 13 balls, was bowled by Tusshar Deshpande in the last ball of the fourth over. Rohit returned but with Ishan Kishan smashing the power play, Mumbai scored 61 for the loss of one wicket in the first over.

But following the power play, Ishan Kishan (32 off 21 balls) was dropped by Ravindra Jadeja. After Suryakumar (1) was returned by Santner and Green (12) Jadeja, when the information was finally received, Mumbai was 76 runs for the loss of four wickets in nine overs. Tilak Verma scored six runs and Arshad Khan scored two runs at the crease.

Kishan with power, Mumbai with power

Mumbai scored 10 runs in the first over bowled by Deepak Chahar. Tusshar Deshpande managed to score six runs in the second over, but Mumbai jumped as Ishan Kishan and Rohit hit three boundaries in the third over bowled by South African pacer Magala. Mumbai scored 14 runs in Magala’s over. Rohit welcomed Tusshar Deshpande by hitting him for a six in the fourth over. But Deshpande retaliated by bowling Rohit in the last ball of the over.

Mumbai scored eight runs in the fourth over. MS Dhoni bowled the spinner Mitchell Santner in the fifth over. Mumbai scored nine runs once morest Santner. Kishan hit consecutive boundaries once morest Magala in the last over of the power play to take Mumbai to 61 runs.

Mumbai Indians Playing XI: Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Thilak Verma, Tim David, Tristan Stubbs, Arshad Khan, Hrithik Shokin, Piyush Chawla, Jason Behrendorff

Chennai Super Kings Playing XI: Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaekwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Shivam Dubey, Dwayne Pretorius, Deepak Chahar, Mitchell Santner, Sisanda Magala, Tusshar Deshpande.

Last Updated Apr 8, 2023, 8:19 PM IST

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