IPL 2020 Match 1, MI vs CSK highlights: Chennai beats Mumbai by 5 wickets

Chennai lost Vijay and Watson early into the innings but du Plessis and Rayudu stabilised the inning with a 115-run partnership, setting the stage for Chennai to register a comfortable victory

Half-centuries from Ambati Rayudu (71) and Faf du Plessis (58 not out), coupled with a blistering six-ball cameo from Sam Curran (18), helped last year's runners-up Chennai Super Kings (CSK) beat reigning IPL champions Mumbai Indians (MI) by five wickets in the opening match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Saturday at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.

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This is the first time CSK have beaten the MI after five matches in the IPL.

After limiting MI to 162/9 earlier in the evening, the CSK got off to a shaky start to their chase. Openers Shane Watson and Murali Vijay were dismissed in the first two overs and the CSK found themselves 6/2 at the start of the third. However, the next wicket came only 14 overs later and during this time, du Plessis and Rayudu put up 115 for the third wicket to practically take the game away from MI.

Rayudu took the attack to the opposition, smashing six fours and three sixes in a 48-ball knock. He was also helped by MI not able to hold on to their catches, surviving a close call in the ninth over when he was on 27 and then later off the second ball of the 16th over bowled by Rahul Chahar. He eventually fell off the last ball of the over, with Chahar taking an impressive catch sprinting backwards off his own bowling.

However, Sam Curran then launched a six-ball blinder to close any chance that MI may have visualised of winning the match. du Plessis ended the match with consecutive fours off the first two balls of the 20th and last over.

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Playing 11 of both the teams: 

CSK playing 11:  Murali Vijay, Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Deepak Chahar, Piyush Chawla, Lungi Ngidi

MI playing 11: Rohit Sharma(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwary, Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, James Pattinson, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah

Stats
 

MI vs CSK rivalry in UAE: IPL had last been played outside of India in 2014 due to the national elections that year. A few matches of the tournament had at the time been played in the UAE. In the MI vs CSK match that was played in the UAE at Dubai International stadium, Mumbai had batted first and put 141-7 on the board. Chennai (142-3) had chased the target with seven wickets to spare.

11:21 PM

CSK wins by 5 wickets

11:21 PM

Over 19.2

du Plessis hits towards deep mid-wicket for FOUR and wins the match for CSK

11:20 PM

Over 19.1

Boult bowls the last over.

Faf du Plessis hits over backward point for FOUR. Score is tied

11:19 PM

CSK needs 5 runs in 6 balls

11:19 PM

Over 19, MI vs CSK live score: 158-5; Curran departs

Over Summary: 6 W 4 1 0 0 ; Chennai Super Kings: 158-5 ; MS Dhoni (0), Faf du Plessis (50)

Jasprit Bumrah [3.0-0-32-0] is back into the attack

Ball 6: DOT

 

Ball 5: A slow bumper and Dhoni goes for pull shot, misses, follows by loud appeal, Umpire raises the finger. Dhoni takes reviews, there was no contact. 

 

Ball 4: A single for du Plessis and completes his FIFTY.

 

Ball 3: A slow bumper and du Plessis hits over extra cover for FOUR.

MS Dhoni, right handed bat, comes to the crease
 

Ball 2: Curran moves towards off side and tries to hit over short fine leg, gets a leading edge and Pattinson completes the catch. Sam Curran c Pattinson b Bumrah 18(6) [4s-1 6s-2]

 

Ball 1: Bumrah bowls a slow delivery and Curran whacks towards deep mid-wicket for SIX.

 

11:14 PM

Chennai Super Kings need 16 runs in 12 balls

11:13 PM

Over 18, MI vs CSK live score: 147-4; Jadeja departs but Curran hits a six and four

Over Summary: W 1 1 6 4 1 ; Chennai Super Kings: 147-4 ; Sam Curran (12), Faf du Plessis (45)

Krunal Pandya [3.0-0-24-0] is back into the attack

Ball 6: A single for Curran

 

Ball 5: Sam Curran hits towards extra cover for FOUR.

 

Ball 4: Sam Curran smashes SIX towards cow corner.

 

Ball 3: A single for du Plessis

 

Ball 2: Sam Curran, left handed bat, comes to the crease and collects a single.

 

Ball 1: Krunal scalps Jadeja. Jadeja lbw b Krunal Pandya 10(5) [4s-2]

11:10 PM

Over 17, MI vs CSK live score: 134-3

Over Summary: 4 1 2 1 4 1 ; Chennai Super Kings: 134-3 ; Ravindra jadeja (10), Faf du Plessis (44)

James Pattinson [3.0-0-14-1] is back into the attack

Ball 6: Jadeja collects a single

 

Ball 5: jadeja hits FOUR

 

Ball 4: A single for du Plessis

 

Ball 3: du Plessis collects a couple of runs

 

Ball 2: A single for jadeja

 

Ball 1: jadeja hits towards square leg for FOUR.

Ravindra Jadeja, left handed bat, comes to the crease

 

10:58 PM

Over 16, MI vs CSK live score: 121-2; Rahul Chahar breaks 115-run stand

Over Summary: 1 1 1 1 1 W ; Chennai Super Kings: 121-3 ; Ambati Rayudu (71), Faf du Plessis (41)

Rahul Chahar [3.0-0-31-0] is back into the attack

Ball 6: Rayudu tries to go for a biggie and gets beaten on flight, gets a leading edge and Chahar completes the catch, GONE. Rayudu c and b Rahul Chahar 71(48) [4s-6 6s-3]

 

Ball 5: du Plessis goes for a slog sweep, gets a top edge and ball falls in a no man land, a single taken.

 

Ball 4: A single for Rayudu.

 

Ball 3: du Plessis sweeps towards deep backward square leg for a single.

 

Ball 2: Rayudu plays a reverse sweeps and Krunal makes a superb effort at backward point to complete catch but fails to do so, a single taken.

 

Ball 1: du Plessis collects a single.

10:53 PM

Over 15, MI vs CSK live score: 116-2

Over Summary: 0 1 4 1 2 Wd 2 ; Chennai Super Kings: 116-2 ; Ambati Rayudu (69), Faf du Plessis (38)

Jasprit Bumrah [2.0-0-21-0] is back into the attack

Ball 6: Rayudu squeezes the yorker on leg stump towards fine leg for a couple of runs as Pattinson makes an excellent effort at boundary line. 

Ball 6: A bumper, called wide
 

Ball 5: Rayudu flicks towards mid-wicket region for a couple of runs

 

Ball 4: A yorker for Bumrah and du Plessis squeezes it for a single.

 

Ball 3: du Plessis smashes FOUR towards cover for FOUR.

 

Ball 2: Rayudu collects a single

 

Ball 1: DOT

10:44 PM

TIME OUT

10:44 PM

Over 14, MI vs CSK live score: 105-2; CSK needs 58 runs in 36 balls

Over Summary: 1 0 2 1 1 1 ; Chennai Super Kings: 105-2 ; Ambati Rayudu (64), Faf du Plessis (33)

James Pattinson [2.0-0-8-1] is back into the attack

Ball 6: A single for Rayudu

 

Ball 5: A single for du Plessis.

 

Ball 4: Rayudu hits through mid-wicket for a single.

 

Ball 3: Rayudu throws kitchen sink at full delivery, picks a couple of runs towards deep extra cover.

 

Ball 2: Rayudu comes down the wicket and tries to use long handle, misses.

 

Ball 1: du Plessis hits uppishly towards long-on for a single.

10:38 PM

Over 13, MI vs CSK live score: 99-2; CSK needs 64 runs in 42 balls

Over Summary: 1 6 1 1 1 1 ; Chennai Super Kings: 99-2 ; Ambati Rayudu (60), Faf du Plessis (31)

Rahul Chahar [2.0-0-20-0] is back into the attack

Ball 6: du Plessis hits down the ground for a single. 

 

Ball 5: Rayudu collects a single.

 

Ball 4: du Plessis works towards mid-wicket region for a single.

 

Ball 3: Rayudu picks a single.

 

Ball 2: Rayudu comes down the wicket and hits inside out shot for SIX towards deep extra cover boundary

 

Ball 1: du Plessis presents full face of the bat and picks a single down the ground.

10:34 PM

Over 12, MI vs CSK live score: 88-2; Rayudu hits fifty

Over Summary: 1 1 1 0 4 0 ; Chennai Super Kings: 88-2 ; Ambati Rayudu (52), Faf du Plessis (28)

Jasprit Bumrah [1.0-0-14-0] is back into the attack

Ball 6: Rayudu knocks towards extra cover for no run.

 

Ball 5: Rayudu comes down the wicket and hits straight down the ground for FOUR

 

Ball 4: Bumrah beats Rayudu with a jaffa outside off.

 

Ball 3: du Plessis drives towards sweeper cover for a single.

 

Ball 2: Rayudu steers down to third man for a single.

 

Ball 1: du Plessis pushes towards sweeper cover for a single.

10:31 PM

Over 11, MI vs CSK live score: 81-2

Over Summary: 1 6 1 1 1 1 ; Chennai Super Kings: 81-2 ; Ambati Rayudu (47), Faf du Plessis (26)

Krunal Pandya continues...

Ball 6: du plessis punches down the ground for a single.

 

Ball 5: Rayudu collects a single towards point.

 

Ball 4: du Plessis collects a single.

 

Ball 3: Rayudu clips towards square leg for a single.

 

Ball 2: Rayudu comes down the wicket and smashes towards cow corner for SIX.

 

Ball 1: du Plessis hits down the ground for a single.