CSK vs MI / Chennai started with a win, defeated Mumbai by four wickets

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) defeated Mumbai Indians (MI) by four wickets in the third match of IPL 2025. In this match played at Chepauk Stadium, Mumbai batted first and scored 155/9. In reply, CSK achieved the target in 19.1 overs.

CSK vs MI: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) registered a spectacular victory by defeating Mumbai Indians (MI) by 4 wickets in the third match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. Chennai won the match by scoring 158 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 19.1 overs. Half-century innings of captain Rituraj Gaikwad and Rachin Ravindra played an important role in this victory.

Mumbai innings: Team restricted to 155 runs

In this exciting match played at Chepauk Stadium in Chennai, CSK captain Rituraj Gaikwad won the toss and decided to bowl first. Mumbai Indians had a bad start and the team scored 155 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs.

Tilak Verma scored the highest 31 runs for Mumbai, while captain Suryakumar Yadav scored 29 and Deepak Chahar scored an unbeaten 28. Robin Minj (3), Naman Dheer (17), Mitchell Santner (11) and Trent Boult (1) could not play big innings. Among the Chennai bowlers, Noor Ahmed took 4 and Khalil Ahmed took 3 wickets, while Nathan Ellis and Ravichandran Ashwin took 1-1 wickets.

Chennai's strong batting

Chasing the target of 156 runs given by Mumbai, Chennai Super Kings got off to a good start. Captain Rituraj Gaikwad played a brilliant innings of 53 runs in 26 balls, which included 7 fours and 2 sixes.

After this, Rachin Ravindra batted brilliantly and scored an unbeaten 65 off 45 balls and led the team to victory. He hit 7 fours and 3 sixes in his innings. However, Mumbai's team seemed to be making a comeback in the match due to the fall of some wickets in between, but Ravindra's restrained batting gave Chennai victory.

Performance of Mumbai bowlers

There was no special performance in bowling from Mumbai Indians. Jasprit Bumrah and Piyush Chawla took 2-2 wickets, while Trent Boult and Mitchell Santner got 1-1 success. However, their bowling was not enough to give the team victory.

Mumbai's defeat, Suryakumar's captaincy failed

In this match, Mumbai was captained by Suryakumar Yadav due to the ban on Hardik Pandya. However, he could not lead the team to victory and had to face defeat in the very first match.