CSK vs MI, IPL 2025 Highlights: Ravindra powers CSK to 4-wicket win in see-saw chase

CSK vs MI Live Score: Gaikwad has taken Santner for a ride around the Chepauk.

CSK vs MI Live Score: Gaikwad starts off the third over by Boult with back to back fours. The first one is a lovely cover drive, the quick outfield does the rest. Then another nice drive through the covers for the second dour. The batters run two off the third ball and then two singles off the last two balls.

CSK 24/1 in 3 overs

CSK vs MI Live Score: Bounced out! He gets the fourth ball to angle into the batter, Tripathi swivels and gets a faint edge on the pull before it goes to the wicketkeeper.

Tripathi c Rickelton b Chahar 2 (3)

CSK 11/1 in 1.4 overs

CSK vs MI Live Score: Rachin Ravindra opened his account with a double on the first ball while he is new opening partner Rahul Tripathi also off the mark with a single. A tidy over from Trent Boult as he also asked a tough question to Rachin Ravindra on the last ball. CSK 5/0 in 1 over

CSK vs MI Live Score: Rachin Ravindra and Rahul Tripathi are out in the middle to start the chase for Chennai Super Kings. Vignesh Puthur comes in as an Impact Substitute for Mumbai Indians in place of Rohit Sharma. Trent Boult has the ball in hand.

CSK vs MI Live Score: A big pop from the crowd as the BCCI has staged a light show for them in the innings break and a dancing crew is performing on CSK's team song ‘Whistle Podu’. We are just few minutes away from the chase.

CSK vs MI Live Score: Chennai Super Kings openers Rachin Ravindra and Ruturaj Gaikwad have to the set stage in the powerplay for the other batters in the chase. Mumbai are 15-20 runs short on this surface but they have a quality bowling attack to exploit this pitch.

CSK vs MI Live Score: CSK have a target of 156 to chase.

CSK vs MI Live Score: Well it is all coming to an end quite quickly here. Santner misses the slow one from Ellis, short of a length delivery. Umpire gives it not out initially, Dhoni asks Gaikwad to review it and that is that. Ball tracking shows that it is hitting top of middle.

Santner lbw b Ellis 11 (13)

MI 128/8 in 18 overs

CSK vs MI Live Score: He is also on a hat-trick now. Naman Dhir has been bowled around his legs. Noor pitched that first ball of the 17th outside leg, Dhir misses the sweep and the ball turns in and rattles the stumps. What an introduction this is for Noor.

Naman Dhir b Noor Ahmad 17 (12)

MI 118/7 in 16.1 overs

CSK vs MI Live Score: MI have got a fairly good score on board but the problem is that they have just four wickets in hand. Moreover, their best batters are all back in the hut and it is Naman Dhir out there now with Mitchell Santner. Noor Ahmad bowling out in the 17th now.

MI 118/6 in 16 overs

CSK vs MI Live Score: And it is the big one. Tilak Varma, the set man, probably even MI's last hope has to depart. He was trapped right in front there and has reviewed it anyway, more out of hope than anything else. No bat and ball tracking shows it's crashing into middle stump.

Tilak Varma lbw b Noor Ahmad 31 (25)

MI 96/6 in 13 overs

CSK vs MI Live Score: Minz tries to meet a wrong 'un from Noor with a haymaker down the ground. He does connect but doesn't get the distance on it, Jadeja grabs it at long off, probably disgusted that a fielder of his calibre is having to take kiddie catches like these.

Minz c Jadeja b Noor Ahmad 3 (9)

MI 95/5 in 12.4 overs

CSK vs MI Live Score: MI in a real soup now. Robin Minz is the new batter and he manages to get off strike off the third ball of that over from Ashwin. But then Tilak can't get either of the last two balls. Tilak on 30 off 23, Minz on two off six.

MI 92/4 in 12 overs

CSK vs MI Live Score: Noor Ahmad strikes and the great man has made his first big mark in the scorecard. It doesn't matter if he is 83 years old, Dhoni's stumpings will always be something to marvel at. Noor turns the third ball of the 11th over away from SKY who charges down the track and misses it entirely. In real time you really can't say when Dhoni collected the ball and when he flicked the bails off. Time and tide wait for only MS Dhoni.

Suryakumar Yadav st Dhoni b Noor Ahmad 29 (26)

MI 87/4 in 10.3 overs

Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Live Score: Almost a chance for a catch off his own bowling for Ashwin off the fifth ball of that over.

Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Live Score: And that is chiefly because of Curran's misjudgement allowing Tilak to take six runs off the fourth ball. Curran was standing a few metres in at long off and he ended up having to run back but the ball had smashes on to the advertising boards already by then.

Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Live Score: SKY gets a six at last with a gorgeous shot. The perfect flick off the third ball of the sixth over by Khaleel that sends the ball over square leg. Just two runs after that in the over though.

He is on 19 off 14, Tilak on eight off five.

Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Live Score: Wow how about that for a resounding reply. Tilak Varma is a man in form and he shows it off the first two balls that he faces. He makes room fifth ball of that over from Ashwin and sends the veteran over point for four. Then he goes for the reverse sweep next ball and sends it over short third for another four. He finishes on eight off two at the end of the over, SKY on 12 off 10. MI have lost three wickets in the powerplay but they have two incredible hitters out there at the moment.

MI 44/3 in 5 overs

Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Live Score: Will Jacks holes out to extra cover and Ashwin strikes with just his fourth ball on his second CSK debut.

Will Jacks c Dube b Ashwin 11 (7)

MI 36/3 in 4.4 overs

Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Live Score: Nathan Ellis bowling the fourth over, five runs off the first four balls and then SKY pulls the fifth one through midwicket for four. He finishes that over on seven off eight, Jacks on 10 off five.

Now then, Ashwin to bowl first time in his second stint in yellow at his beloved Chepauk. Jacks facing up.

MI 30/2 in 4 overs

Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Live Score: Khaleel feeling the Yellove indeed! Rickleton cut the first ball of Khaleel's second over away for four. He goes for another next cut which seems similar to the first except that it may have been a touch fuller. This time the ball takes the inside edge and smashes on to the stumps.

Rickelton b Khaleel 13 (7)

MI 21/1 in 2.2 overs

Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Live Score: Khaleel introduced himself to CSK fans with the wicket of Rohit, Rickleton starts his MI career with a four. Talk about racing off the blocks. Rickleton meets the first ball of the over from Curran with a backfoot drive through midwicket for four. He then punches the third ball straight down the ground for another four. Gets off strike fifth ball and then Will Jacks flicks it uppishly over long on for another four.

MI 17/1 in 2 overs

Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Live Score: Khaleel errs down the leg side last ball and Will Jacks accepts the freebie with glee. Flicks it through square leg for the first boundary of the day. Wow how about that for a first over. Now Sam Curran from the other end, Rickleton facing up.

Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Live Score: What a way for Khaleel to introduce himself to the CSK faithful. Length ball just under 140kph fourth ball of the first over, Rohit flicks it straight into the hands of midwicket. The Chepauk is a cock-a-hoop.

Rohit Sharma c Dube b Ahmed 0 (4)

MI 0/1 in 0.4 overs

Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Live Score: Khaleel Ahmed is making is CSK debut by bowling the first over. Rohit Sharma on strike, Rickleton at the other end. The Chepauk is absolutely heaving as Khaleel charges in.

Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Live Score: Dhoni is quiet as CSK have a short team huddle by the boundary before storming on to the field. Gaikwad is the man furthest ahead initially as CSK take the field. MI's new opening pair of Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickleton walk in as well.

Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Live Score: As humid and windy as it typically in Chennai during evenings and the sky is a nice clear black, not a cloud in sight. 75 and 72 metre square boundaries from the Pavillion end. 59 metres fine are the short boundaries, it's in the 70-metre range between long-on and long-off.

Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Live Score: So goes that famous Coldplay song and that is exactly what can be said about the Chepauk today. Tiny smatterings of blue here and there but even there, the majority is the India blue and not the MI variant.

Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Live Score: Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton(w), Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Naman Dhir, Robin Minz, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Satyanarayana Raju

Impact subs: Vignesh Puthur, Ashwani Kumar, Raj Bawa, Corbin Bosch, Karn Sharma

Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Live Score: Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Rachin Ravindra, Deepak Hooda, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, MS Dhoni(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Nathan Ellis, Khaleel Ahmed

Impact subs: Rahul Tripathi, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Vijay Shankar, Jamie Overton, Shaik Rasheed

Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Live Score: He takes a page off Rohit Sharma's book and says that losing the toss hasn't really mattered in the end. "I am good with batting first. We had a lovely camp back home, we were here 2-3 days before. Both are unbelievable franchises in terms of achievements. I am sure it will be a good game. Rickleton, Jacks, Santner and Boult are the four overseas," he said.

Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Live Score: The CSK captain said that the side is not too sure about how this pitch will play considering it is their first time here. "So we just want to adapt and chase accordingly. Looks a good wicket to bat. Prep has been good. We had our young wicket-keeper coming back early to the camp. Noor, Ellis, Rachin and Sam Curran are the overseas," he said.

Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Live Score: Broadcasting snaffu for a couple of seconds and so we can't really hear the initial burst of energy that Ravi Shastri smashed into the mic at the Chepauk. But anyhow, Gaikwad spins it all the way to the other side of the pitch, SKY calls it wrong and CSK are bowling first.

Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Live Score: Nice sheen on it, real hard pitch. There are going to be a lot of runs today, says Shane Watson and Danny Morisson in their pitch report.

Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Live Score: And most of the fans are draped in yellow. No surprises there of course.

Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Live Score: Four wins and 10 losses, eight points in 14 matches. Mumbai Indians had an absolute mare last season and finished rock bottom in the league table. Hardik Pandya was announced as their new captain with little explanation for why Rohit Sharma no longer held that position, no efforts were made to talk about some of the rumours around Pandya's contract and what MI ended up having is an entire season in which their new skipper was booed all over the country, especially at their own home.

Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Live Score: Wonder if the CSK think tank is now regretting letting go of Mitchell Santner considering the kind of form he has hit with the ball in the months since the mega auction. And moreover, Santner has been snapped up by none other than MI and his debut for the franchise, if selected today, will be against CSK itself. On paper, CSK do have the solution to any problems that Santner might pose, especially if the pitch is dry, as their have four left-handers in their top six.

Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Live Score: He only scored 161 runs last season but that doesn't even tell half of the story. Dhoni batted mostly below No.7, coming almost as a tailended most times or basically to just bat in the last over if needed. So those 161 runs came in 11 innings but at a strike rate of 220.54 and average of 53.66.

Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Live Score: There is no doubt that on paper, CSK have the upper hand going into this match. MI are missing two integral members of their squad in Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya while CSK have no injuries or bans in theirs.