CSK vs MI Highlights, IPL 2021: Chennai Super Kings beat Mumbai Indians by 20 runs to go top of the table

IPL 2021 Highlights, CSK vs MI: Chennai Super Kings (156/6) beat Mumbai Indians (136/8) by 20 runs to once again become table-toppers in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League.

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• 19 Sept 2021, 11:21:00 PM IST

  CSK win; they beat MI by 20 runs

  And that's all she wrote. Dwayne Bravo with a fabulous last over. MI finish on 136/8. With the win, Chennai Super Kings go at the top of the IPL 2021 Points Table. A well deserved win for the Men in Yellow. Remember, they were starting at the bottom of the barrel after getting reduced to 24/4 in the Powerplay. However, a brilliant partnership between Ravindra Jadeja and Ruturaj Gaikwad put the proceedings back on track. Although Jadeja departed, Gaikwad remained unbeaten on 88 to get CSK to 156/6. In reply, MI got a start, but once wickets began to tumble, there was no looking back. Saurabh Tiwary scored a fifty but the rate at which he scored it wasn't enough to get over the line.

• 19 Sept 2021, 11:18:31 PM IST

  FIFTY for Saurabh Tiwary

  But it is not going to result in a MI win as the equation now reads 22 off 3 balls. The game is CSK's unless there is some overstepping from Bravo.

• 19 Sept 2021, 11:16:38 PM IST

  Last over: MI need to make it a big one to get over the line

  Not the best start to the over as Milne hits Bravo straight to substitute Krishnappa Gowtham. 23 needed off 4.

• 19 Sept 2021, 11:11:50 PM IST

  Milne hits it huge

  In the slot and Milne has given it his all. The knuckle ball from Thakur but well read by Milne, who tonks it over long-on. The pressure is now on Thakur, who bowls a hiwide

• 19 Sept 2021, 11:10:46 PM IST

  Tiwary keeping MI alive

  He is 48 off 38 balls and is keeping Mumbai Indians in the game with a few blows. Smacks a four off Chahar and then one off Thakur. 

• 19 Sept 2021, 11:09:09 PM IST

  Chahar down with cramps, MI need 39 off 12 balls

  Deepak Chahar is feeling the effects of bowling in the UAE as he is bogged down with cramps. Confusion between MS Dhoni and Dwayne Bravo as both go for the catch and the convergence results in a drop catch of Tiwary. Dhoni is not impressed; the CSK captain kind of lose his cool at Bravo.

• 19 Sept 2021, 11:02:04 PM IST

  Just 4 off the over, MI need 49 off 18 balls

  Three overs to go, and almost 50 required off it. It's going to be a tough climb for MI from here onward. Saurabh Tiwary is unbeaten on 35 but it has taken him 32 balls to get there. Milne is struggling having gotten to 5 off 8. Surely, CSK are good enough to close this one out. 

• 19 Sept 2021, 10:55:17 PM IST

  IPL 2021, MI vs CSK Live Score: MI need 60 off 30

  Alright then, back to the match. It's boiled down to this. The final five overs of the innings and the match, in which Mumbai Indians require to knock off 60 runs with four wickets in hand. It's becoming tougher with each tight over which CSK are squeezing in. 

• 19 Sept 2021, 10:45:10 PM IST

  Huge news coming in: Virat Kohli to step down as RCB captain at the end of IPL 2021

  The second big announcement from Kohli in one week. After announcing on Thursday that that he would no longer captain India in T20I after the T20I World Cup, Virat Kohli has now decided that he will step down as captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore at the end of this IPL. 

• 19 Sept 2021, 10:40:53 PM IST

  WICKET: Hazlewood gets Pollard

  OUT! Hazlewood gets the big one as Kieron Pollard makes his way back. MI 87/5. The ball does a bit after pitching and raps Pollard stone dead in front of the stumps. He was a goner at the time of impact itself but given the importance of the wicket, the skipper thought it was worth reviewing. Unfortunately, it were 3 reds and MI have lost half their side.

• 19 Sept 2021, 10:29:18 PM IST

  FOUR: Tiwary growing in confidence

  Tremendous batting, eye and skill from Tiwary to find that narrow gap between the mid off and the extra cover fielder to get himself a four - his third boundary of the innings. 

• 19 Sept 2021, 10:26:53 PM IST

  BANG: Pollard goes big

  Huge hit. That has gone the distance. Pollard Power on display early. Full in length and the big-hitting Trinidadian give it his all. The ball sails into the stands.

• 19 Sept 2021, 10:25:52 PM IST

  Jadeja to Tiwary: Drilled down the ground

  Ravindra Jadeja is welcome to the crease by Saurabh Tiwary with a powerful hit down the wicket. There was a shout ‘Pakad le Jaddu’ (Catch it Jadeja), but it was hit with a lot of power to be stopped.  

• 19 Sept 2021, 10:20:19 PM IST

  Bravo to Ishan Kishan - OUT!

  GONE! Dwayne Bravo has broken the partnership! This is a big wicket. Ishan Kishan has hit it straight to Suresh Raina. MI 58/4

• 19 Sept 2021, 10:13:14 PM IST

  Moeen Ali into the attack

  This partnership is starting to get dangerous between Ishan Kishan and Saurabh Tiwary. MI reach 50/3 . Moeen Ali is into the attack to break this stand.

• 19 Sept 2021, 10:07:37 PM IST

  FOUR! Tiwary joins the party

  FOUR! Saurabh Tiwary hammers a fantastic boundary to the ropes. Mumbai Indians reach 45/3 in 7 overs.

• 19 Sept 2021, 10:02:48 PM IST

  WICKET: Shardul Thakur strikes in his first over 

  OUT! Shardul Thakur gets the big one as Suryakumar Yadav departs for 3. MI are 37/3. Suryakumar tried to go over the top and clear the infield but the timing was missing. Of all the fielders, it went to Faf du Plessis, who takes it comfortably. MI three down inside the Powerplay.

• 19 Sept 2021, 09:58:18 PM IST

  WICKET: Chahar strikes again

  OUT! Deepak Chahar cleans up Anmolpreet Singh with the knuckle ball. He goes for 16. MI 35/2

• 19 Sept 2021, 09:53:23 PM IST

  IPL 2021 Live Score: Anmolpreet takes on Hazelwood

  Two sublime strokes from young Anmolpreet Singh. He's flicked Josh Hazlewood a four and a six in a space of three balls. And if that's not enough, Anmolpreet cover drove the Australia pacer off the final ball of the over for another delightful boundary.

• 19 Sept 2021, 09:47:04 PM IST

  WICKET: MI are one down

  OUT! First wicket down for MI as Chahar gets de Kock for 17. CSK and Dhoni get the review right.

• 19 Sept 2021, 09:44:31 PM IST

  Two fours in 3 balls for de Kock

  It's been a bit of an explosive start for MI, and de Kock is right at the center of it. He launches Hazlewood over the in-field and now drives Chahar down the ground for a four. He has given MI great starts many times in the past and the team, in the absence of Rohit, would be hoping for the same.

• 19 Sept 2021, 09:42:33 PM IST

  Dropped: Gaikwad outs down De Kock

  De Kock hammered that ball on the leg-side but Gaikwad at midwicket puts it down. A tough chance. Gaikwad jumped and got his hands to it. But the ball was hit so hard that had it been taken, the effort could well have been the catch of the season. Gaikwad returning the favour to de Kock as the wicketkeeper batsman had dropped the CSK opener while he was batting.

• 19 Sept 2021, 09:40:45 PM IST

  First boundary for De Kock and MI

  De Kock walks towards the offside, uses the pace and paddles it wide of the fine leg fielder for a four. His and MI's first of the innings. Just the second over and already cheekiness on full display. 

• 19 Sept 2021, 09:39:21 PM IST

  Two off the first over

  Deepak Chahar starts off well as expected. De Kock takes a double to get MI off the mark and that's all there was to score off that over. Over to Josh Hazlewood at the other end. 

• 19 Sept 2021, 09:35:08 PM IST

  Chahar with the new ball

  There will be swing on offer and Chahar produces it right away. The first ball of the innings and the ball moves away just a tad from de Kock after pitching. Will tonight be another one of those four overs on the trot for DC?

• 19 Sept 2021, 09:31:59 PM IST

  Alright then: De Kock has a new opening partner

  It's not Ishan Kishan, and neither is it Suryakumar Yadav. Quinton de Kock's opening partner for tonight's game is Anmolpreet Singh. For those who don't know, Anmolpreet was bought by MI during the 2019 player auction in the year 2018. 157 is not a huge total, but just about enough to make sure it's no smooth sailing.

• 19 Sept 2021, 09:17:57 PM IST

  End of innings: CSK post 156/6

  Ruturaj Gaikwad smokes the last ball of the innings for a six as he finishes unbeaten on 88 off 58 balls. From the low of 24/4, CSK have posted over 150 losing just 2 more wickets in the last 14 overs. What a counter attack it was, with CSK scoring over 100 runs in the last nine overs. No one would have seen it coming given the position MI were in at the end of the Powerplay. Stunning assault from Gaikwad.

• 19 Sept 2021, 09:13:14 PM IST

  IPL 2021 Live Score: Last over coming up

  CSK have turned things around and it style. They are 141 and surely, Gaikwad and Bravo can get them to a mark which looked virtually impossible at the end of the Powerplay.

• 19 Sept 2021, 09:09:48 PM IST

  Back-to-back sixes from Bravo

  WHOA! How things have changed in the last 6 overs. Consecutive sixes from Bravo. In fact, it's a hat-trick of sixes from the all-rounder. Remember, he hit the final ball of the previous over for a six as well off Milne.

• 19 Sept 2021, 09:08:27 PM IST

  IPL 2021, MI vs CSK Live Score: Gaikwad sweeps Boult for FOUR

  Yes, you read that right. Almost a yorker from Boult but Gaikwad goes down on his knees and swept it for four. Come on, he is a fast bowler. You can't sweep him like he's a spinner. Well, this is the IPL. Of course he can. 

• 19 Sept 2021, 09:06:32 PM IST

  Milne to Bravo: SIX

  The guy from the Caribbean gets going. Slashes a wide and short ball from Milne with so much power that the ball sails wide and over the fielder at long-off. Outstanding timing and power from DJ Bravo. 

• 19 Sept 2021, 09:01:26 PM IST

  Bumrah breaks vital stand

  OUT! Finally, Jasprit Bumrah breaks the partnership as Ravindra Jadeja top edges to Pollard. A fine partnership of 81 runs comes to an end.

• 19 Sept 2021, 08:57:26 PM IST

  Played, Ruturaj Gaikwad

  And Gaikwad gets to his half-century off 41 balls. He has kept CSK breathing after all that destruction which occurred in the Powerplay. His sixth of the IPL. And what more… he smashes Bumrah for a six to bring up the 100 for CSK.

• 19 Sept 2021, 08:53:37 PM IST

  What a valuable partnership this has been for CSK

  From 24/4, Jadeja and Gaikwad have given their team hope with their partnership reaching 64 off 57. With five overs remaining, there is no reason why CSK cannot get themselves to 130, or probably more.

• 19 Sept 2021, 08:49:01 PM IST

  CSK vs MI, IPL 2021 Live Cricket Score: Rahul Chahar goes wicketless

  The leg-spinner finishes his quota of 4 overs of the match and ends with 0/22. He could have picked up a wicket in the first over itself had it not been for de Kock putting down Gaikwad. None the less, he has bowled well, so much better than his spin partner Krunal Pandya.

• 19 Sept 2021, 08:47:26 PM IST

  Seven off Bumrah's second over

  Gaikwad and Jadeja have settled and seem to have been a step ahead of Bumrah in that over. A couple of twos and a wide makes it another decent over for CSK.

• 19 Sept 2021, 08:40:28 PM IST

  As expected, Bumrah is back

  CSK just beginning to bat themselves out of trouble and rightfully, Pollard has given the ball to Boom Boom Bumrah. He has three more overs to bowl and with 7 left, expect all 3 to come in this spell.

• 19 Sept 2021, 08:38:46 PM IST

  MI vs CSK Live Match: Gaikwad cuts for another 4

  This is terrific batting. Some loose deliveries on offer and despite their back against the walls, Gaikwad is making sure these do not go unpunished. Cuts the ball and pierces the field for his fifth boundary. He moves into the 40s and the fifty partnership is up between Gaikwad and Jadeja. 

• 19 Sept 2021, 08:37:04 PM IST

  18 off the over

  Six off the second ball and two fours off the last three to finish a much-needed over for CSK. Gaikwad reverse sweeps Krunal for a four. Strange tactics from MI to operate with two spinners when someone like Bumrah has bowled just one.

• 19 Sept 2021, 08:34:13 PM IST

  SIX: First of the CSK innings

  Gaikwad is the man for CSK. Steps out a little and hoicks the ball downtown. With that the fifty comes up for CSK in the 12th over. It's slow going but CSK won't mind it after getting reduced to 24/4 in the Powerplay. Crucial partnership developing between Gaikwad and Jadeja, who have added 33 off 33 balls.

• 19 Sept 2021, 08:30:20 PM IST

  Raina's short innings painful to watch

  He hasn't played competitive cricket in a while and it was pretty visible during his six-ball stay. The field was set for the short delivery so Raina tried to hit himself out of the play. But in doing so, he looked pretty much all over it. The boundary he got was off the outside edge, similar to the stroke that led to his soft dismissal.

• 19 Sept 2021, 08:26:52 PM IST

  Extras, CSK won't mind it

  Wide ball from Krunal Pandya beats de Kock down Jadeja's legs. He and Gaikwad run three, so CSK collect four extra runs. The left-arm spinner is firing them in. 10 overs gone. We are half way through the innings. CSK have reached 44/4.

• 19 Sept 2021, 08:24:28 PM IST

  Strategic Time-Out: MI have dominated CSK till now

  Ravindra Jadeja and Ruturaj Gaikwad begin the long rebuild after CSK's joint-lowest Powerplay total against Mumbai Indians. Bumrah, Chahar and Pollard have bowled only one over each. The bulk of the damage has been done by Boult and Milne.

• 19 Sept 2021, 08:21:00 PM IST

  Spin introduced, Chahar in

  And he could have gotten a wicket in the first over itself, but Quinton de Kock puts down a catch. Short ball and Gaikwad, looking to cut, gets a faint edge. QDK however cannot hold on to it. CSK 35/4 in 9 overs, could have easily been 35/5.

• 19 Sept 2021, 08:16:54 PM IST

  Pollard come in with a gingerly pace

  27/4 and just the perfect setting for MI's stand in captain Kieron Pollard to roll his arms over a little. He gets going with his military medium pace and mixes it up in his first over to give away just four runs. CSK 31 for 4 after 8 overs. 

• 19 Sept 2021, 08:14:41 PM IST

  The contrasting tale of CSK's batting against MI in IPL 2021

  The last time CSK and MI did battle, Faf du Plessis, Moeen Ali and Ambati Rayudu hit 50, 58 and 72 not out. Today, du Plessis and Moeen have fallen for ducks while Rayudu has retired hurt for 0. 

• 19 Sept 2021, 08:12:04 PM IST

  And now, Bumrah comes in the attack

  Jasprit Bumrah has come in as the first bowling change. Think of it. After Milne and Boult's carnage, Bumrah has the ball now. He starts with a tight over giving away just 3 runs in his first over. 

• 19 Sept 2021, 08:06:49 PM IST

  GONE: Dhoni falls, CSK 4 down

  OUT! Big blow for CSK as Dhoni holes out to Trent Boult. Milne bowled a short ball and Dhoni hit it out of the middle of his bat. It rocketed to Boult in the deep, so quick that it took the fielder by surprise as well. CSK 24/4 and struggling.

• 19 Sept 2021, 08:05:42 PM IST

  Cracking FOUR from Gaikwad

  Whoa! A splendid stroke from Gaikwad. Milne fires it in, almost a yorker but Gaikwad plays it out and gets some wonderful timing going. Pierces the gap on the leg side as the ball has enough to reach the boundary. He is getting a move on.

• 19 Sept 2021, 08:03:28 PM IST

  Huge appeal against Dhoni

  Beaten for pace, another quick delivery from Milne raps Dhoni on the pads. It was so quick that the ball almost carried to the square leg fielder after the impact. Milne goes up in a big appeal but nothing from either the umpire or his teammates.