Ruturaj Gaikwad (left) of Chennai Super Kings with MS Dhoni during the MI vs CSK match in Dubai on Sunday.
For just 24 inside the powerplay, no one would expect a team to go down four or practically 5. But Chennai Super Kings (CSK) registered a memorable four-wicket win over defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday. Ruturaj Gaikwad’s unbeaten 88 runs and dwayne bravoDeepak Chahar with an early strike helped Chennai register their sixth win in the Indian Premier League (IPL).IPL) Get top position in the points table in 2021 and onwards.
Back in UAE, Mumbai Tick the Powerplay box
One of the key factors behind Mumbai Indians’ incredible run to the fifth IPL title was his bowling in the powerplay with the pace bowler Trent Boult He is ruling the house with his 16 wickets. But in their first seven matches in IPL 2021, Mumbai managed to pick up only four wickets with the new ball at an average of 82, which put them only ahead of Sunrisers Hyderabad. Boult took two of those wickets at 57 with an economy rate of 57.
Returning to the same spot where they finished their unprecedented fifth, Mumbai put up their best performance in the Powerplay, losing to Chennai by four wickets for just 24 runs. bolt sacked Faf du Plessis in the first over Adam Milne, refreshed by his impressive performance in The Hundred, removed Moeen Ali In the second, both for a duck. Boult strikes for the second time, is out Suresh Raina While his compatriots wrapped it up with the captain’s dismissal M S Dhoni. Between the last two dismissals, Ambati Rayudu He took a blow to his elbow and retired hurt, meaning Chennai were effectively bowled out for five at the end of the first six overs.
The last time CSK lost four or more wickets in the Powerplay was 5 for 25 against Mumbai, in the United Arab Emirates (in Sharjah).
Gaikwad vs Bumrah
With CSK’s ship sinking, it was on the shoulders of young Gaikwad that Chennai rested their faith. An innings of genuine maturity, his 88 off 58 balls helped Chennai to reach three for seven, or 7 for 4, to 156 for six. But the real thing about his knock was his fight Jasprit Bumrah, in the death overs.
Arguably no one can be better than Bumrah with the old ball. Only a few of the best T20 batsmen have managed to negate this threat in a classy manner. With Gaikwad going down the order, it was the battle that could decide the fate of CSK and it was the youngster who emerged at the top. Expecting a wider and fuller delivery from Bumrah, he launches it over extra cover for a six. Bumrah bowls another slow delivery, this time an overpitch, and Gaikwad tosses it over cover for a boundary. In the final delivery, Gaikwad fell to a knee and swung a lower full toss over backward square leg for a six.
Deepak Chahar’s tender memory
CSK’s Deepak Chahar celebrates after taking MI’s wicket quinton de kock in Dubai on Sunday.
When India announced their 15-man squad for the T20 World Cup next month, one of the surprising omissions was Deepak Chahar, who was kept in reserve. In 14 T20Is, Chahar took 20 wickets at 19.30 and in the IPL, no bowler has taken a Powerplay wicket (29) like him in the last two seasons. But with India hoping for more spin-friendly pitches in the UAE, there was little to accommodate another swing bowler and a powerplay specialist. Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
Despite all this, Chahar sent a gentle reminder with another impressive performance with the new ball on Sunday. Quinton de Kock started Mumbai’s chances on a positive note but was beaten by a size signal towards the off-stump and got out lbw. Returning for his second over, Chahar stunned Anmolpreet Singh with a perfect knuckleball that landed a full length and rattled it against the off-stump.
Dhoni’s tactical moves
When Dwayne Bravo was brought into the attack, against Ishan Kishan, Dhoni deployed a short cover and extra cover, a rare sight in a T20 game. Kishan escapes on the first ball with the intention of a cover drive, fuller and outside off, but finds a thick inside edge to send the ball over the fine leg fence. Bravo tempted him with a similar delivery and this time Ishaan went for a lofted drive which went straight into the hands of Suresh Raina, perfectly positioned at short cover.
With 72 required from the last seven overs, the most important decision was to bring Josh Hazlewood back into the attack, who was bundled out for 26 in two overs in the powerplay. The stand-in captain looked menacing once again, hoping to pull off the same heist as he had done in their last meeting four and a half months earlier. But the Australian bowled a quick delivery in his first delivery, a sharp in-nipper that skidded low and hit Pollard’s back knee.
The dismissal effectively ended Mumbai’s chances of a comeback. Krunal Pandya The latter was run out after a few deliveries leaving Saurabh Tiwary as the only batsman in the lower order.
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