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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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. 

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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. 

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. 

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.

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.

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.