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

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.

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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.