Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Mumbai Indians (MI) battled it out in the ‘El Classico’ of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday. CSK won the toss and chose to bowl on a batting-friendly Wankhede track that was not the best for batting and bit slow. MI got of two a good start in the powerplay. Rohit Sharma made 21 off 13 balls with three fours and one six. Ishan Kishan made 32 off 21 balls with five fours.
MI were coasting at 38-0 in 3,5 overs, and then CSK pulled it back. Rohit was dismissed by Tushar Deshpande and Kishan was dismissed by Ravindra Jadeja when the score was 64. Jadeja was in his element with the ball as he put the brakes on MI’s scoring in the middle overs. The all-rounder picked up 3-20 in his four overs. He was ably supported by Mitchell Santner who picked up 2-28 in his four overs. CSK pinned MI down and did not allow them to make partnerships. MI somehow managed to get to 157-8 in their 20 overs.
Chennai were given a superb start with a wonderful fifty from Ajinkya Rahane
Tim David and Tilak Varma were the only other two batters with notable contributions. Varma made 22 off 18 with two fours and one six. David made 31 off 22 with one four and two sixes. In the second innings, CSK had an unlikely hero with the bat. It was Ajinkya Rahane. The right-hander played a spectacular innings of 61 off just 27 balls with seven fours and three sixes. Rahane gave the start that CSK needed after the early fall of Devon Conway.
When he got out, he had brought the score to 82 and put CSK in a commanding position. Shivam Dube made a vital 28 off 26 with two fours and one six. The finishing touches were given by Ruturaj Gaikwad who made an unbeaten 40 off 36 balls with two fours and one six and Ambati Rayudu who made an unbeaten 20 off 15 balls with three fours.
Let us take a look at the reactions on Twitter:
Phone utha Nitin pic.twitter.com/L2M4b5BSKW
— KT (@meownces) April 8, 2023
— Manoj Karoshi (@karoshimanoj) April 8, 2023
MI fans after right now ??pic.twitter.com/SBiCencWsp
— Mohit (@CricketHolik) April 8, 2023
— Mr.Robot (@Rocky803131) April 8, 2023
main toh bas maze leta hoon jaise sab lete hain Mi vs CSK match me , ab jeete hain toh celebrate karenge hi?
— A N K I T (@Ankitaker) April 8, 2023
Me to @sliceit_ after getting so many notifications of MI Vs CSK today match tweets ??? pic.twitter.com/bRqM0c0HOG
— Mr_debu_5 (@Mr_debu_5) April 8, 2023
#WhistlePodu
Congratulations csk ???? #RohitSharma? #MSDhoni? #MIvCSK MI vs CSK #IPL23 Jadeja #Yellow pic.twitter.com/ByUcL0N2ex— Kamal Malik (@KamalSi0071) April 8, 2023
Start the #Whistle
It's a WIN ? star Player #RahaneDhoni Dhoni #CSKvMI #MIvCSK #WhistlePodu #Yellove MI Vs CSK #ChennaiSuperKings #MumbaiIndians #DRS pic.twitter.com/zQ03QfrTn5
— Lokesh Kuruba (@KurubaraHuduga) April 8, 2023
"MI vs CSK"
?Dream 11 Game Changer ??
?Catch of the match ?
? Man of the match ?One and Only Sir Jadeja#MIvCSK pic.twitter.com/1pKe4L4y9r
— Sir Anthoni (@imAnthoni_) April 8, 2023
MI vs CSK pic.twitter.com/rnpJ0oN3JF
— as18 (@imshuhaib18) April 8, 2023
#RohitSharma #MIvCSK mi vs CSK #DhoniReviewSystem #IPL2023 pic.twitter.com/d1Qp2RNPOw
— Ram (@Rammm2412) April 8, 2023
The El Classico MI VS CSK has been won by CSK by 7 wickets !!!
?????@msdhoni#WhistlePodu #Yellove#MIvCSK #WeWantDhoni pic.twitter.com/07mfunvRca— Revathy #CSK ?? (@revathyharini) April 8, 2023
El Classico winner CSK. Whata match . Loved it easy peasy win for Dhoni 11. MI vs CSK ipl2023 . Best performance by these two. Rahane and jadeja. Unexpected#ChennaiSuperKings #CSKvsMI pic.twitter.com/EOvmOHEH7h
— Jayaprakash (@jayaprakash369) April 8, 2023
