IPL 2024: Rohit Sharma’s ton in vain as CSK defeats MI by 20 runs
In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season, a spectacular match was played between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Mumbai Indians (MI) on Sunday (April 14).
Mumbai team had to face defeat in the match between Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings. Chennai, put into bat first after losing the toss, had set a target of 207 runs for Mumbai. But Mumbai team could reach only 186 at the loss of six wickets in 20 overs.
Earlier, Mumbai team won the toss and decided to bowl first. Mumbai did not make any changes in its team for this match. Whereas, Chennai Super Kings gave a chance to Matheesha Pathirana in place of Maheesh Theekshana in their team. Chennai Super Kings also made changes in their opening pair in this match. Ajinkya Rahane came to open in place of Ruturaj. However, Gerald Coetzee dismissed him with a personal score of just five in the second over. Rachin Ravindra was out as the second wicket, who was caught behind the wickets by Shreyas Gopal. Rachin scored 21 runs.
After this there was a good partnership between captain Ruturaj and Shivam Dubey. Ruturaj completed his half-century by hitting a six off Gerald Coetzee. Rituraj Gaikwad was caught out while attempting a long shot off Hardik Pandya in the 16th over. Rituraj played a brilliant inning of 69 runs in 40 balls. During this, he hit five fours and five sixes. Darrell Mitchell, who came after this, was seen struggling to time the ball. Although the fans were waiting for MS Dhoni. Dhoni came in after Mitchell was out in the last over and scored 20 runs in just four balls by hitting three sixes and a double one after the other. On the basis of Dhoni’s fireworks, Chennai team set a target of 207 runs for Mumbai.
While chasing the target, Mumbai Indians got off to a fast start. Mumbai scored 70 runs in the first 7 overs. But as soon as Matheesha Pathirana came, he sent Ishan Kishan to the pavilion on the first ball of the eighth over. Soon after this, Suryakumar Yadav also returned to the pavilion, whose catch was brilliantly taken by Mustafizur at the boundary. After this, Rohit and Tilak took over the team by forming a partnership. During this, Rohit scored his first fifty of this season. At the same time, he also achieved the milestone of hitting more than 500 sixes in T-20. But in the 14th over, at the score of 130, Tilak Verma became the third victim of Matheesha Pathirana. Hardik Pandya became the victim of Tushar Deshpande after scoring two off six balls. After this, Tim David also got caught out while playing a fast innings. At the same time, Matheesha Pathirana bowled Romario Shepherd to claim his fourth wicket. After this Mohammad Nabi came to bat, but by then things were not very easy. Although Rohit Sharma tried his best. He played an unbeaten inning of 105 runs on 63 balls. But could not avoid Mumbai’s defeat by 20 runs.
After the match, Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya said that the target was achievable, but Matheesha Pathirana’s bowling made a huge difference. At the same time, Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad praised Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The man of the match award was given to Matheesha Pathirana, who took 4 wickets for 28 runs in 4 overs.
