Chennai Super Kings. (Photo Source: IPL/BCCI)
Mumbai Indians’ winning streak of five matches against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Chennai finally ended as they got defeated by six wickets in Match 49 of IPL 2023. Sri Lanka pacer, Matheesha Pathirana, took figures of 3/15 (4), while Deepak Chahar and Tushar Deshpande also snared two scalps each as CSK restricted the visitors to just 139/8 (20) eventually winning the ‘El Clasico’.
Speaking about how the game panned out, skipper MS Dhoni won the toss and elected to field first in cloudy conditions. Openers Ishan Kishan and Cameron Green got dismissed cheaply for seven and six runs respectively while captain Rohit Sharma bagged his consecutive duck. With this, he now holds the unwanted record of most nought (16) in the history of the league. Youngster Nehal Wadhera smashed 66 off 51 as MI reached a total of above 135.
In reply, Ruturaj Gaikwad scored 30 off 16 while his opener partner Devon Conway struck 44 off 42. Hard-hitter Shivam Dube remained unbeaten on 26 off 18 as the Men in Yellow chased down the target comfortably in 17.4 overs. With this, the Super Kings have now defeated their bitter rivals in both the league games of a season only for the second time with the previous instance coming way back in 2014. For his solid spell, Pathirana grabbed the Player of the Match award.
Meanwhile, here are some of the most important stats and numbers from Match No. 49 between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Mumbai Indians (MI) in the Indian Premier League 2023:
16 – Rohit Sharma has now registered the most ducks (16) in the IPL. Dinesh Karthik, Mandeep Singh, and Sunil Narine are tied in the second position with 15 ducks.
11 – Rohit has now also recorded the most nought (11) by a captain in the IPL. He surpassed Gautam Gambhir’s tally of ten ducks.
17 – Piyush Chawla has now equalled his tally of picking up the most wickets (17) in a single season. He took as many wickets in the 2008 campaign.
2 – For the second time, the Super Kings did a double over MI by winning both league matches. Previously, they did so in the 2014 edition.
1 – CSK registered their first victory over MI in Chennai after losing the previous five games at the venue.
18.40 – Rohit has managed to score just 184 runs in ten innings at a poor average of 18.40 and with one half-century in IPL 2023.
16 – CSK has now won the most matches (16) against MI in the league. Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings have won 15 games each.
450 – Ajinkya Rahane completed 450 fours in the IPL.