IPL 2023: Ravindra Jadeja, Ajinkya Rahane star as Chennai Super Kings defeat Mumbai Indians

Jadeja’s 3-20 and a bludgeoning 61 by Ajinkya Rahane guided CSK to an emphatic seven-wicket win over Mumbai Indians in Mumbai.

Apr 9, 2023 - 03:30

IPL 2023: Ravindra Jadeja, Ajinkya Rahane star as Chennai Super Kings defeat Mumbai Indians

You would expect MS Dhoni to use his spinners to great effect to control proceedings when there is a little bit of assistance in the pitch. You wouldn’t quite expect Ajinkya Rahane to smash a 19-ball half century on his Chennai Super Kings debut. It was a combination of the expected unexpected as CSK defeated Mumbai Indians in the league’s foremost rivalry on Saturday in Mumbai.

Jadeja’s 3-20 and a bludgeoning 61 by Ajinkya Rahane guided CSK to an emphatic seven-wicket win over Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium.

Asked to bat first MI had a good start and a good finish but CSK controlled things in the middle. Tim David and Hrithik Shokeen helped Mumbai get to 157/8 while Ravindra Jadeja was superb for CSK.

A 27-ball 61 by Ajinkya Rahane, scoring nearly 75% of the runs CSK had scored when he got out, was the highlight of the run-chase as CSK won with 11 balls to spare.

Rahane made an impactful debut for Chennai with a fastest fifty this Indian Premier League season in 19 balls as the four-time winners achieved their victory target of 158 in 18.1 overs in Mumbai.

Coming one down after the fall of Devon Conway for a duck, Rahane tore...