Dube returned to his hallowed residence turf in fashion. Ruturaj Gaikwad registered his private finest because the Chennai Super Kings captain. Rohit Sharma’s unbeaten hundred gave residence followers a number of causes to rejoice. And Matheesha Pathirana sealed a well-known win for the visiting workforce within the mom of all Indian Premier League battles.
But it was the final 4 balls of the primary innings that won’t solely go down within the annals of the IPL historical past but in addition ended up being the distinction between the 2 groups. Riding on a sure Mahendra Singh Dhoni doing a Dhoni with a hat-trick of sixes and Pathirana doing a Bumrah, the Super Kings registered its first win away from residence in IPL 2024.
Mumbai Indians, in the meantime, will head for a chronic away leg having suffered its fourth loss in six video games. Even although Rohit was going nice, MI misplaced the plot, due to pitch-perfect bowling by the Super Kings bowlers in adversarial situations.
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With Mumbai Indians requiring 89 runs off the final eight overs, Rohit and Tilak Verma have been searching for a breakaway over. However, Ravindra Jadeja completed his spell with a six-run over and Pathirana – having struck twice in his opening over – got here again to eliminate Tilak within the subsequent.
Shardul Thakur conceded two runs within the subsequent whereas Tushar Deshpande gave away solely three runs and compelled captain Hardik Pandya – who was booed a few occasions on the night time – to gap out within the deep.
With 72 runs required off the final 4 overs, it was all the time going to be a misplaced battle. Rohit managing to boost his second IPL hundred and decreasing the victory margin meant the Mumbaikars returned residence with a smile on their face.
The full home was handled to the fullest by Dhoni, who ended the CSK essay with a four-ball cameo. Dube and Gaikwad’s exploits – the duo including 90 runs off 46 balls to dominate the center overs – have been overshadowed by the 20 runs that Dhoni smashed within the 4 balls he confronted.
His three successive sixes off Hardik off the primary three balls – over long-off, long-on and square-leg, respectively – helped the Super Kings to cross the 200-run mark in opposition to Mumbai Indians, a naked minimal on the Wankhede Stadium right now of the yr, contemplating the heavy impression dew cowl has on the end result of the sport.
It finally proved essential with the Super Kings profitable by 20 runs.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com