Ipl 2018 MI vs CSK

 Ipl 2018 MI vs CSK : 

After six games, Mumbai Indians finally clinched the key moments on Saturday to post an eight-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings for its second victory of the season.

Chasing a sub-par 170 for victory, a good start by Suryakumar Yadav laid the foundation for Evin Lewis and skipper Rohit Sharma to finally find some form to take the defending champion home.

MI was 50 for no loss at the end of the PowerPlay, but CSK pulled things back in the next four, giving away just 21 runs and picking up a wicket. Lewis struggled against Harbhajan Singh and Imran Tahir, playing out 13 dot balls from the first 25 he faced.

But in the 11th over, Lewis got two sixes off Tahir, first over cover and then a half-tracker that went over long-on. This eased the pressure on Rohit, who got going with two sixes off Shane Watson.

With 22 required off the last two overs, Rohit scored four boundaries in the 19th over off Shardul Thakur as he remained unbeaten on 56. CSK also suffered a blow with pacer Deepak Chahar, who left the field after bowling 2.1 overs, ruled out for two to three weeks with a hamstring injury.

Earlier, put in, CSK was cruising at 91 for one after 10 overs before Rohit’s inspired decision to give Krunal Pandya another over when Ambati Rayudu and Suresh Raina were looking good after Watson had fallen cheaply.

Krunal sent back Rayudu and MI got a period of four overs where it conceded only 14 runs that took the wind out of CSK’s sails.

Rayudu on song again

Rayudu, who started his innings by charging Mitchell McClenaghan, did not allow the MI bowlers to settle as he kept hitting boundaries.

CSK depends a lot on Raina to anchor the innings and the left-hander began positively as he top-scored with an unbeaten knock off 75 off just 47 balls.

He started with a six over mid-wicket off Krunal and was able to clear the boundaries over long-on and midwicket whenever the bowlers erred in length.

MI got two quiet overs by Krunal and Markande after the PowerPlay before Rayudu and Raina went after Ben Cutting, who replaced Mustafizur, to score 14 runs off his only over.

Raina then picked Mayank Markande for a four over covers and a six over long-on in the 10th over.

Though he scored 22 off the last two to help CSK post 169, it was not enough.