Mumbai gave a target of 140 to Chennai, Nehal played an inning of 64 runs, Pathirana took 3 wickets

IPL 2023 CSK vs MI: The 49th league match of the 16th season of IPL is being played between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Mumbai Indians (MI). In this match, the team of Mumbai Indians, batting first, scored 139 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. Mumbai’s innings, which lost 3 wickets on the score of 14, was handled by young Nehal Wadhera. This young player played an excellent inning of 64 runs. Mathisha Pathirana took 3 wickets for CSK.

Mumbai lost 3 wickets including captain Rohit Sharma in first 6 overs

Chennai Super Kings decided to bowl first after winning the toss in this match. Cameron Green along with Ishan Kishan landed in this match to start the innings for Mumbai Indians. Both the batsmen could not succeed in giving a good start to the team. The first blow to Mumbai was in the form of Green on the score of 13, who was bowled by Tushar Deshpande.

The second blow to Mumbai was in the form of Ishan Kishan, who scored 7 runs and became the victim of Deepak Chahar. Captain Rohit Sharma, who came out to bat in this match at number-3, could not open his account in this match as well and was caught out by Deepak Chahar. On the score of 14, the Mumbai team had lost its 3 important wickets. From here, Nehal Wadhera and Suryakumar Yadav took the score to 34 runs in the first 6 overs while handling the innings.

Ravindra Jadeja sent Suryakumar Yadav to the pavilion, the fourth blow to Mumbai

After the end of the first 6 overs, Nehal Wadhera and Suryakumar Yadav continued to push Mumbai innings forward. Both had taken Mumbai’s score to 59 runs at the end of 9 overs. A partnership of 55 runs in 46 balls was seen for the fourth wicket between Nehal and Surya. On a personal score of 26, Surya was bowled out by Ravindra Jadeja to send him to the pavilion. Mumbai got the fourth blow on the score of 69.

Nehal got the support of Tristan Stubbs, Mumbai’s score crossed 120

After the fall of Surya’s wicket, Nehal Wadhera got the support of Tristan Stubbs. Together they worked to maintain the team’s run speed continuously. Mumbai Indians had scored 106 runs at the loss of 4 wickets after the end of 16 overs. Nehal Wadhera completed the first half-century of his IPL career in the 17th over in this match. Nehal’s bat saw an inning of 64 runs in 51 balls in this match. Mumbai Indians got the 5th blow at the score of 123 when Pathirana sent Nehal bowled out and sent the pavilion.

In the last 2 overs of the innings, Mumbai scored only 15 runs and lost 3 wickets.

After the end of the game of 18 overs, the score of Mumbai Indians was 124 runs at the loss of 5 wickets. Everyone expected an explosive innings from Tim David who came to bat after Vadhera’s dismissal. David could not succeed in doing so and became the victim of Tushar Deshpande after scoring 4 runs in 2 balls.

Tristan Stubbs certainly played an inning of 20 runs in 21 balls. Mumbai Indians managed to reach a score of 139 for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. In bowling for Chennai, Mathisha Pathirana took 3, Deepak Chahar and Tushar Deshpande 2-2 while Ravindra Jadeja took 1 wicket.

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