Skip to main content

Match- 30 Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians

 Rutu-RAJ shines over a dull a Mumbai Indians 

The Indian Premier League of 2021 is back in action. After its postponement in May, this is the first game in the remainder of the IPL. The Mahendra Singh Dhoni led Chennai Super Kings take on Rohit Sharma's Mumbai Indians. 

It was earlier speculated that Faf Du Plessis of the yellow brigade was set to miss on the first game due to an injury. Good news is that he can feature in the game after he cleared the fitness test. The MI squad suffered a blow as Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya will miss out on the season opener. Kieron Pollard will be Mumbai Indians stand in captain. 

The Dubai International Stadium got a firing start to the league. Ruturaj Gaikwad, the opening batsman of the CSK was the lone support to get the yellow squad to get to 156/6(20) none of the other batsman could support the youngster to capitalize on a big score. As Mumbai Indians bowling squad, Bumrah and Boult get the better of the CSK batting order. 

What maybe difficult for the Mumbai Indians squad is to capitalize on the chase. Quick wickets sent the batsman walking back to the dressing room at the hands of Deepak Chahar and Dwayne Bravo. Some of the batsman are still struggling and are not in form! Anmolpreet Singh featured in his first game of the league. Unfortunately, he couldn't get settled for a consistent score. The Mumbai Indians fall short of 20 runs in their opening game. Chennai Super Kings get a sweet victory on their day one in office. Ruturaj Gaikwad is declared Man of the Match for a 88*(58) to anchor the innings for Chennai Super Kings.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Match 56 Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

The Sheik Zayed Stadium hosted the final game of the Indian Premier League this season. The match is played between the Delhi Capitals and the Royal Challengers Bangalore. Virat Kohli wins the toss and decides to bowl against Rishabh Pant's squad. Openers Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan get their partnership going. It has been a fine start for both the players. Prithvi gets 48 runs off 31 deliveries and unfortunately misses out on his half century. But soon as Shikhar Dhawan as he gets 43 runs off 35 balls to his credit. Shimron Hetmyer plays an interesting can you to get 29 runs for the Capitals. On the other hand Miyan Magic has done it for the Challengers, Siraj gets 2 wickets for 25 runs in his spell. He is supported brilliantly by his team mates- Dan Christian and Yuzvendra Chahal. By the end of the first innings Delhi is at 164/5 (20 overs) Virat Kohli's squad has been on the top of their game this season. They have been trying to make the changes, get the right variation...

Match-26 Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahemdabad hosted the Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore. A fierce, unstoppable and one many army, PBKS Captain KL Rahul's Klassic Knock 91*(57) set the tone of this match. He was well-supported by Chris Gayle's 46(24) and a short cameo by Harpreet Brar 25*(17) bring up the total of 179/5(20) Royal Challengers Bangalore Bowlers were able to take some important wickets that slowed the game. Key wicket takers included Kyle Jamieson 2/32(3) Shabhaz Ahemad 1/11(2) and Daniel Sam's 1/24(4) most of these were expensive spells, although it slowed down the innings, PBKS managed to get in some boundaries and huge maximums!  In the run chase that followed, Virat Kohli led Royal Challengers Bangalore didn't get the steady start and soon back to back wickets falling allowed the PBKS bowling unit to get the better of them. Harpreet Brar 3/19(4) Ravi Bishnoi's 2/17(4) and Mohammed Shami's 1/28 (3.4) did the damage as Virat Kohli 35(34) Rajat Pa...

Match-6 Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad

 Harsh but Shabhaz Win over the Sunrisers! Royal Challengers Bangalore in their second encounter defeat the Sunrisers Hyderabad. Must say it was a Bowlers' Bash as it was raining wickets than runs. With a slow start from openers Devdutt Padikkal and Virat Kohli wickets fell in quick succession as Jason Holder and Rashid Khan cause the damage and restrict RCB to a low total of just 149/8. Warner led- Hyderabad try and seal the deal early in the game but all gone in vain as Manish Pandey and Rashid Khan's cameos fail to support the Sunrisers. Fortunately Harshal Patel, Shahbaz Ahemad and Miyan Mohammed Siraj help their team to win the game by 6 runs at the M.A.  Chidambaram Stadium at Chepauk. This is Royal Challengers Bangalore's second consecutive win and Sunrisers Hyderabad's second consecutive loss in the tournament so far.