IPL
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) beat Mumbai Indians (MI) in the opening-day IPL 2020 on September 19.
IPL 2020 finally began after months of delay due to the coronavirus pandemic. The tournament began today (September 19) with Mumbai Indians, the four-time champions of the IPL taking on the Chennai Super Kings in Abu Dhabi. Rohit Sharma did get the better of MS Dhoni on a consistent basis but the former Team India skipper secured the win this time around.
CSK cruised to a 5-wicket win in the end with four more balls to sapire as Mumbai had to face the taste of defeat on the opening day of the campaign.
Chennai Super Kings: 166/5 in 19.2 overs
Mumbai Indians: 162/9 in 20.0 overs
CSK playing 11 - Murali Vijay, Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Deepak Chahar, Piyush Chawla, Lungi Ngidi
MI playing 11 - Quinton de Kock (W), Rohit Sharma (C), Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwary, Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, James Pattinson, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah
TOSS - CSK have won the toss and opted to bowl first in the opening match of the IPL 2020.
Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock are out in the middle to get the IPL 2020 season underway. MS Dhoni has decided to give the new ball to Deepak Chahar to open the balling.
Rohit Sharma hits the first ball of the IPL 2020 for a boundary!
Deepak Chahar gives away 12 runs in his first over. Sharma-de Kock starts well. Sam Curran on with the second over of the innings.
7 runs coming from Sam Curran's first over.
A decent 2nd over from Chahar who ends up giving away some valuable runs.
Lungi Ngidi gives away 18 runs in his first over as Quinton de Kock starts to get his act going.
Piyush Chawla strikes in his first over and removes the very dangerous Rohit Sharma for 12 runs. MI 48/1.
Sam Curran strikes for CSK as Quinton de Kock's 30-run innings comes to an end. MI 51/2.
After a decent start, Mumbai Indians end the powerplay with the loss of two crucial wickets. Jadeja gave away 9-runs in his first over.
Suryakumar Yadav and Saurabh Tiwary looking to form an effective partnership as Jadeja ends up giving away 17 runs in the 9th over.
First 10 overs are done. Mumbai are 86/2 and are looking to rebuild.
Deepak Chahar stickers for CSK and removes Suryakumar Yada for 16 as Mumbai lose their third wicket.
Hardik Pandya brewing up a storm with his bat as he hits two massive sixes to take MI over the 100-run mark.
Chawla Bowles an economical over but CSK lost a key review over an LBW call.
Faf du Plessis plucks one out of the air to take an excellent catch on the boundary ropes to remove Sourav Tiwary for 42.
Just moments after dismissing Sourav Tiwary with an excellent catch, du Plessis once again takes another breathtaking catch on the boundary ropes to dismiss the very dangerous Hardik Pandya.
With just 4 more overs left in the first innings, MI are 136/5 with Pollard still in the middle.
Lungi Ngidi bags his first wicket of the match. Removes Krunal Pandya.
Lungi Ngidi removes Pollard and James Pattinson in the same over to finish his day with three wickets.
Mumbai Indians have managed to hoist a total of 162/9. CSK will now need to chase down a target of 163 runs form their 20 overs.
Shane Watson and Murali Vijay are in the middle to kickstart the run-chase for CSK.
Shane Watson departed early for the dressing room after Trent Boult's brilliant delivery.
James Pattinson strikes for Mumbai in the second over and removes Murali Vijay via LBW. CSK in trouble!
Faf du Plessis and Ambati Rayudu continue CSK's fightback after two early wicket losses.
Ambati Rayudu smashes Jasprit Bumrah's free-hit ball for a huge six as CSK continues to fight back!
Rayudu and du Plessis have knitted together a 50-run partnership. Critical next few overs for CSK!
Ambati Rayudu bags his 19th IPL fifty. Well deserved!
CSK need 47 more to win the first match of the IPL 2020 in the final 5 overs. They still have 8 wickets in hand to win it.
Rahul Chahar ends Ambati Rayudu's 71-run innings with an excellent catch in the end as CSK lose a huge wicket on the chase.
CSK continues the fight in their chase of 163.
Sam Curran's lightning comes to an end as skipper MS Dhoni walks out to take the strike for CSK!
CSK now need just 5 runs to win from the final 6 balls of the match.
Du Plessis guides CSK to victory in the end as the they beat MI by 5 wickets in the end.
Chennai Super Kings squad - Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Faf du Plessis, MS Dhoni(w/c), Kedar Jadhav, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Piyush Chawla, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Imran Tahir, Murali Vijay, Karn Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Lungi Ngidi, Monu Kumar, Mitchell Santner, Sam Curran, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, N Jagadeesan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KM Asif
Mumbai Indians squad - Rohit Sharma(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Dhawal Kulkarni, Saurabh Tiwary, James Pattinson, Aditya Tare, Mitchell McClenaghan, Chris Lynn, Jayant Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Mohsin Khan, Sherfane Rutherford, Digvijay Deshmukh, Prince Balwant Rai
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