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In the first leg of IPL's most hyped encounter, red hot Chennai Super Kings took on Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday. Mumbai Indians were leading CSK 14-12 in 26 IPL encounters and were hoping to climb up the points table after a disappointing loss against Punjab. On the other hand, CSK came into this match with an unbeaten streak and a well-settled squad. MS Dhoni won the toss and elected to bowl first on what looked like a good batting wicket. CSK made one change to their squad with Mohit Sharma coming in place of Mitchell Santner, while for Mumbai, Jason Behrendorff and Rahul Chahar found a place in the starting lineup.
Mumbai Indians began in a cautious manner and soon Quinton de Kock fell to Deepak Chahar. The arrival of Suryakumar Yadav brought some much-needed runs for the Mumbai Indians and at the end of the powerplay, the scorecard read 40-1. Rohit Sharma fell immediately after the powerplay while Yuvraj Singh too departed quickly. Krunal Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav stabilised the Mumbai innings in the middle overs by rotating the strike. Hardik Pandya played a game-changing knock and took Mumbai to a competitive total of 170 in 20 overs.
CSK’s chase got off to a horrible start as the openers departed in successive overs. Suresh Raina looked in good touch but Kieron Pollard’s brilliant diving catch at deep midwicket brought an end to his little cameo. Dhoni-Kedar Jadhav duo failed to keep the scoreboard ticking in the middle overs and the skipper finally succumbed to the mounting pressure. Dwayne Bravo and Ravindra Jadeja could not contribute much in the end and Mumbai comfortably won by 37 runs. This clinical performance against the table toppers helped Mumbai to become the first team to win 100th games in the IPL. Here are the 3 mistakes committed by CSK in this game,
#1. Poor fielding
MS Dhoni has admitted several times in the past two seasons that fielding is not a strong suit for his team and in a pressure game against Mumbai Indians, their fielding failed miserably and was a crucial factor in the defeat. The age factor also came into play under slippery conditions as many fielders in the CSK team could not even gather the ball properly. Even the usually calm MS Dhoni showed his disappointment as they let Mumbai Indians rotate the strike effectively. Mohit Sharma dropped an absolute sitter which gave a lifeline to Krunal Pandya while Ambati Rayudu gave away some easy runs while fielding in the deep. On the other hand, Mumbai Indians were tight in the field and Pollard’s extraordinary effort to dismiss Raina was the game-changing moment. Bravo’s hamstring injury potentially opens up a spot for a youngster in this line-up and MSD will be hoping that his team commits fewer errors in the field in the upcoming matches.
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#2. Death over woes:
For the first 15 overs of Mumbai Indians innings, the pendulum was heavily in favour of CSK as they bowled according to their plans and did not give away any loose balls. But the lack of a proper death bowler troubled CSK badly as Mohit Sharma’s medium pace did not cause any trouble to Mumbai’s batsmen. Shardul Thakur lacks experience at the death and has a knack of bowling half volley’s during crunch moments. 16 runs came off Thakur’s last over and he is likely to be dropped in favour of a spinner for the next game. The veteran Dwayne Bravo bowled brilliantly up until the 20th over where Hardik Pandya showcased his power hitting skills. 29 runs came off Bravo’s last over which included three sixes, one of which was an incredible helicopter shot from Hardik Pandya. Mumbai scored 88 runs in their last 6 overs to make a competitive total, which they defended successfully.
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#3. A slow approach in the middle overs
Probably no player in the world values patience in T20 cricket more than MS Dhoni, and his ability to take the game until the last over and perform under immense pressure is unmatched. But this was a rare outing where MSD’s calculations went horribly wrong during a chase as CSK were left to achieve 77 runs in the last 5 overs. MS Dhoni came in to bat when CSK were 33-3 at the end of 5 overs. He consistently gave the strike to Kedar Jadhav, who did hit a few boundaries in Bumrah’s 1st over but Mumbai had a variety of bowlers to stop him from attacking easily. At this stage of his career, Dhoni needs someone to attack from one end and that did not happen in this match. He did not have any other plan. When he finally fell to Hardik Pandya in the 15th over, the run-rate was beyond control and Mumbai Indians won the game easily.
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