IPL 2025: Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings Match Preview, IPL 2025

3rd T20 • MA Chidambaram Stadium • Chennai

Mumbai Indians

155/9 (20)

Chennai Super Kings

158/6 (19.1)

CSK won by 4 wickets

Info

Fantasy

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Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Table

Date & Time

23 Mar, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

TV/Streaming

JioHotstar, Star Sports Network

Match

3rd T20,

Indian T20 League 2025

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

KN Ananthapadmanabhan (India), Saiyed Khalid (India), Nitin Menon (India, TV)

Referee

Javagal Srinath (India)

Toss

Chennai Super Kings elected to bowl

Pitch Report

75m and 72m square boundaries and downtown it is 74m. There is a sheen on the surface. It looks nice and compact. The average score last season was 170, but it could be a lot higher considering the dew coming in. Spinners will get a little bit of purchase. Change of pace will be key for the pacers.

1st Innings

157Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

131.58Avg SR

2nd Innings

143Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

127.9Avg SR

Weather Update

Playing XILineups Out

Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

CSK

7- 3

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Chennai Super Kings

Mumbai Indians

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Rachin Ravindra

CSK . BAT

65 Runs

1 Match

Ruturaj Gaikwad

CSK . BAT

53 Runs

1 Match

N Tilak Varma

MI . BAT

31 Runs

1 Match

Top Bowlers

Noor Ahmad

CSK . BOWL

4 Wkts

1 Match

Syed Khaleel Ahmed

CSK . BOWL

3 Wkts

1 Match

Ravichandran Ashwin

CSK . ALL

1 Wkt

1 Match

Playing XILineups Out

Fantasy Top Picks

Expert Team 1

R Gaikwad

R Rickelton

Expert Team 2

T Varma

S Dube

Venue Details

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

1st Innings

157Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

131.58Avg SR

2nd Innings

143Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

127.9Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

55%Bat First Bowl First45%

Team Batting First

54%Wins Losses46%

Recent Matches on venue

Match 3 • Mar 23 • Indian Premier League

CSK 158/6 (19.1)

MI 155/9 (20)

CSK won by 4 wickets

vs live score

Match 61 • May 12 • Indian Premier League

CSK 145/5 (18.2)

RR 141/5 (20)

CSK won by 5 wickets

vs live score

Match 49 • May 1 • Indian Premier League

CSK 162/7 (20)

PBKS 163/3 (17.5)

PBKS won by 7 wickets

vs live score

Match 46 • Apr 28 • Indian Premier League

CSK 212/3 (20)

SRH 134/10 (18.5)

CSK won by 78 runs

vs live score

Match 39 • Apr 23 • Indian Premier League

CSK 210/4 (20)

LSG 213/4 (19.3)

LSG won by 6 wickets

vs live score

Match 22 • Apr 8 • Indian Premier League

CSK 141/3 (17.4)

KKR 137/9 (20)

CSK won by 7 wickets

vs live score

Match 7 • Mar 26 • Indian Premier League

CSK 206/6 (20)

GT 143/8 (20)

CSK won by 63 runs

vs live score

Match 1 • Mar 22 • Indian Premier League

CSK 176/4 (18.4)

RCB 173/6 (20)

CSK won by 6 wickets

vs live score

Qualifier 1 • May 23 • Indian Premier League

GT 157/10 (20)

CSK 172/7 (20)

CSK won by 15 runs

vs live score

Match 61 • May 14 • Indian Premier League

CSK 144/6 (20)

KKR 147/4 (18.3)

KKR won by 6 wickets

vs live score

Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Chennai Super Kings

Mumbai Indians

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

CSK

7- 3

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

182

Average Score

175

212/3

Highest Score

247/9

145/5

Lowest Score

139/8

Player of the Match Noor Ahmad

4/18

Lucky Winner Ghanshyam Vaishnav

CSK

Info

Mumbai Indians

155/9 (20)

Batters

Rohit Sharma

0.00

c S Dube b KK Ahmed

Ryan Rickelton

185.71

b KK Ahmed

Will Jacks

157.14

c S Dube b R Ashwin

Surya Kumar Yadav

(C)

111.54

st MS Dhoni b N Ahmad

N Tilak Varma

124.00

lbw b N Ahmad

Robin Minz

33.33

c R Jadeja b N Ahmad

Naman Dhir

141.67

b N Ahmad

Mitchell Santner

84.62

lbw b N Ellis

Deepak Chahar

186.67

Not out

Trent Boult

50.00

c RD Gaikwad b KK Ahmed

V. Satyanarayana Penmetsa Raju

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 4, LB: 1, NB: 1, W: 4)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.75)

155/9

Did not Bat

Vignesh Puthur

Bowlers

EXT

7.25

13.00

9.50

7.75

7.00

4.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Rohit Sharma

c S Dube b KK Ahmed

1-0

0.4

Ryan Rickelton

b KK Ahmed

2-21

2.2

Will Jacks

c S Dube b R Ashwin

3-36

4.4

Surya Kumar Yadav

st MS Dhoni b N Ahmad

4-87

10.3

Robin Minz

c R Jadeja b N Ahmad

5-95

12.4

N Tilak Varma

lbw b N Ahmad

6-96

12.6

Naman Dhir

b N Ahmad

7-118

16.1

Mitchell Santner

lbw b N Ellis

8-128

17.6

Trent Boult

c RD Gaikwad b KK Ahmed

9-141

18.6

Chennai Super Kings

158/6 (19.1)

Batters

Rachin Ravindra *

144.44

Not out

Rahul Tripathi

66.67

c RD Rickelton b DL Chahar

Ruturaj Gaikwad

(C)

203.85

c WG Jacks b V Puthur

Shivam Dube

128.57

c TL Varma b V Puthur

Deepak Hooda

60.00

c VS Penmetsa Raju b V Puthur

Sam Curran

44.44

b WG Jacks

Ravindra Jadeja

94.44

runout (RD Rickelton / DL Chahar)

MS Dhoni

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 5)

TOTAL

(19.1 Ov, RR: 8.24)

158/6

Did not Bat

Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Nathan Ellis

Bowlers

EXT

Trent Boult

9.00

Deepak Chahar

9.00

V. Satyanarayana Penmetsa Raju

13.00

Mitchell Santner

2.1

11.08

Will Jacks

8.00

Vignesh Puthur

8.00

Naman Dhir

4.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Rahul Tripathi

c RD Rickelton b DL Chahar

1-11

1.4

Ruturaj Gaikwad

c WG Jacks b V Puthur

2-78

7.5

Shivam Dube

c TL Varma b V Puthur

3-95

9.4

Deepak Hooda

c VS Penmetsa Raju b V Puthur

4-107

11.4

Sam Curran

b WG Jacks

5-116

14.1

Ravindra Jadeja

runout (RD Rickelton / DL Chahar)

6-152

18.4

Match Info

Date & Time

23 Mar, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

TV/Streaming

JioHotstar, Star Sports Network

Match

3rd T20,

Indian T20 League 2025

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

KN Ananthapadmanabhan (India), Saiyed Khalid (India), Nitin Menon (India, TV)

Referee

Javagal Srinath (India)

Toss

Chennai Super Kings elected to bowl

1 4 2 1 0 1

Over 17

Runs: 9

0 1 6 1 1 6

Over 18

Runs: 15

2 0 0 W 0 0

Over 19

Runs: 2

Over 20

Runs: 6

All Overs

Player of the Match Noor Ahmad

4/18

Lucky Winner Ghanshyam Vaishnav

Commentary

Right then, this brings us to the end of our coverage for the third match of IPL 18. The El Clasico of IPL lived up to its expectations with the Yellow Army coming out triumphant in their first match. This is a familiar territory for the Mumbai Indians as they haven't won their first game in the IPL since 2012. Hardik Pandya will be back for the next game and that will be a massive boost for the five time champions. For the Super Kings, they will again want to make Chepauk their fortress and ensure that the spin trio can weave their magic in the middle overs. The IPL carnival continues and it will the Delhi Capitals who will square off against the Lucknow Super Giants in tomorrow's clash. Do join us at 6:30 PM IST tomorrow for the pre match coverage with the match starting at 7:30 PM IST. Up until then, this is myself (Arya Sekhar Chakraborty) signing off also on behalf of my fellow commentator and good mate Bala. Goodnight fellas!

Noor Ahmad is the Player of the Match, here is what he has to say: Well it feels great to play around the world but it feels special to play in the IPL. Very happy for the contribution today. Most of my focus was bowling in the right areas and let the pitch do the rest. The Surya wicket was special. The stumping from Mahi bhai was just out of this world. It feels great to have some one like him behind the stumps. It's a big bonus for me.

Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings captain): Right after I got out, I was walking. There are games like that when 40 is required and it gets very close. Nice to be on the winning side. That was the requirement for the team. Rahul can go out there and play his aggressive game at the top. I can play both gear. They were right on point. We were really excited having the three spinners bowling in tandem at Chepauk. Yes definitely, Khaleel has been doing well in the last two three years. Noor is an X factor, good to have Ash bhai as well. I mean MS is still the same. He is fitter than previous here and has smashed the biggest sixes in practice. He don't practice too much of keeping to be honest.

Khaleel Ahmed gets the award for bowling the most dot deliveries in the match.

Ruturaj Gaikwad gets the award for hitting most fours in the match.

Rachin Ravindra bags the award for hitting most sixes in the match.

Noor Ahmad gets the fantasy award for bagging 146 points.

Ruturaj Gaikwad gets the award for scoring at the highest strike rate in the match.

Time for the post match presentation ceremony with Harsha Bhogle.

Rachin Ravindra: Mumbai made it really difficult for us, they changed the pace nicely and mixed their lengths. Choked us in the middle overs and made it difficult for us. The Chepauk wicket is definitely tricky at times, you don't know what to expect. Rutu(raj) is amazing, struck at 200 without really trying. Great batsmanship. The pitch was definitely holding a fraction, wasn't turning a mile but their lengths made it difficult to score runs.

Suryakumar Yadav [Mumbai Indians captain]: Absolutely, we were 15-20 runs short. But the fight boys showed is commendable. [On Vignesh Puthur] Amazing. MI is know for that. The scouts, they do this 10 months all round the year. He is a product of that. He has a bright future. I kept his one over. The thought was that, if the game is a little far, we have a chance. There wasn't any dew, it was a little sticky. 15-20 runs, and it would have been a good fight.

11:10 PM IST: Chennai Super Kings won by 4 wickets (with five deliveries to spare)

Rachin Ravindra 65*(45) | Noor Ahmad 4/18(4)
Tilak Varma 31(25) | Vignesh Puthur 3/32(4)

The Chennai Super Kings had to work hard during the run chase but in the end, they ended up winning by 4 wickets and with deliveries five to spare. Mumbai Indians and their first match losses seems never-ending to be honest as they haven't won their first game since 2012 and it continued in the same manner.

Ruturaj Gaikwad sent in Rahul Tripathi to open the innings along with Rachin Ravindra but the ploy didn't work. A well-directed short delivery from Deepak Chahar sent Tripathi back in the hut. Ruturaj Gaikwad came in next and literally turned the game within a few overs.

It looked like Ruturaj was batting on a different surface altogether as some of the shots he played oozed sheer class and confidence. He batted like a champion and took the game away from MI. He shared a 67-run stand with Ravindra, scoring 53 himself. His knock was studded with 6 fours and 3 sixes before being dismissed by the debutant Vignesh Puthur.

He bagged two more, deceiving Shivam Dube and Deepak Hooda with flighted deliveries, tempting them to go for the big shots. He kept MI in the game. Will Jacks then bagged the wicket of Sam Curran but the two Ravindra’s- Jadeja and Rachin ensured stability prevailed as the duo took CSK within touching distance of the victory target.

Rachin smashed two decisive sixes of Vignesh Puthur in the 18th over which was the final nail in the coffin. The match did drag to the final over but it was always CSK’s game. Ravindra then finished off the game with a massive six of Mitchell Santner off the first delivery of the final over. Don't go anywhere, we will be back very shortly with the post-match presentation ceremony.

11:05 PM IST: Rachin Ravindra finishes it off in style against his captain from the national team. Used the depth of the crease and pumped it over the midwicket fence. The target of 156 was never going to be enough but the MI bowlers made a good account of themselves especially after Ruturaj Gaikwad's carnage ended. They took the game to the final over but it was always going to be a tall order. Yet again, Mumbai Indians lose their first game of a season. They haven't won their first game since 2012 and the trend continues.

19.1 Mitchell Santner to Rachin Ravindra, SIX! Seals the game with a big one! Excellent acceleration in the end from Rachin Ravindra. Santner drags it down a touch and he slams it over the mid-wicket fence

Mitchell Santner will bowl the final over.

The match hasn't finished yet folks. CSK still need four more runs to win from the final over and we have witnessed several times that anything can happen in the last over. This is still CSK's game to lose from here. As I am typing, SKY is gobbling a bit and the physio was running in but he sends him back.

overs

152 /6 score