Mumbai Indians (MI) and the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are squaring off in match 38 of IPL 2025 on Sunday (April 20) at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Home team captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and opted to bowl, considering the dew factor in the second innings at the venue.
CSK got off to a sedate start as Rachin Ravindra (5 in 9 balls) and Shaik Rasheed (19 in 20 balls) struggled miserably against MI's new ball bowlers. After Rachin perished at the beginning of the fourth over, debutant Ayush Mhatre injected momentum into CSK's innings with a cameo of 32 (15).
Ravindra Jadeja (53*) and Shivam Dube (50) then took their side forward with sensible half-centuries. As a result, the Super Kings managed to reach a respectable total of 176 for five in 20 overs.
Fans enjoyed the enthralling action that unfolded during the first innings of the IPL 2025 match between MI and CSK on Sunday night. They expressed their reactions by posting hilarious memes on X (formerly Twitter). Here are some of the best memes:
"If you slowed it up a little bit, there was grip"- Mitchell Santner after 1st innings of MI vs CSK IPL 2025 match
During the mid-innings break, Mumbai spinner Mitchell Santner reflected on his team's bowling performance and said:
"I like the old surface and a bit slow, it's a decent score, it looked a good wicket and hopefully boys can get the job done. If you slowed it up a little bit, there was grip, you get the bounce and spin too, you need to mix it up, skid it on and rush it."
"Reasonably happy with the score, powerplay is pretty big good for us in IPL. The last few games, I probably didn't bowl as much as I wanted, I tried to bowl slow, there was something on it surely. Not much dew, hopefully it comes on now, hopefully it's a good chase for us," Santner added.
At the time of the writing, MI reached 112/1 in 12 overs.
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