In the 44th match of the 12th edition of Indian Premier League 2019 in which Mumbai Indian Defeat Chennai Super Kings by 46 runs at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Friday.
First time in this season Chennai loss their match on the home Ground with the lowest score. Maybe the day was not for Chennai.
Skipper Rohit Sharma hit his maiden half-century of the season as Mumbai Indians produced an all-around effort to register a convincing 46-run win over defending champions Chennai Super Kings in an IPL match in Chennai on Friday. MI's win Friday ended CSK's winning streak of five games at home this season.
Prior to the match, CSK won the toss and elected to field first but were dealt a big blow ahead of the match with captain Dhoni missing out due to fever. Also, Faf du Plessis and Ravindra Jadeja missed out and Santner, Murali Vijay and Dhruv came in.
The Rohit-led MI, a three-time champion, came up with an all-around performance to silence the Lions at its own den. Rohit top-scored with 67 from 48 balls with the help of six fours and three sixes to help MI post 155 for four on a slow and turning Chepauk surface after being sent into bat. And then MI bowlers led by Sri Lankan Lasith Malinga (4/37) bundled out CSK for 109 in 17.4 overs, the defending champions' lowest total at home.
Despite everything Rohit led from the front with a typically elegant half-century, his first of the season, during which he hit some big sixes and looked in control for the most part. He was holed out to Vijay at long-on off Santner, who bowled a brilliant spell.
Besides Malinga, Krunal Pandya (2 for 7 in 3 overs) and Jasprit Bumrah (2 for 10 in 3 overs) did the damage.
By virtue of this win, MI has jumped to the second spot in the point table with 14 points from 11 games.
Despite the loss, CSK still leads the chart with 16 points from 12 matches after losing 4 matches.
