Chennai Super Kings (CSK) made a strong comeback in the 33rd match of IPL 2026. In this match he faced Mumbai Indians (MI). The match was played on 23 April at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Batting first, Chennai gave a big target of 208 runs but Mumbai team could not reach this target. The result was that CSK won the match by a huge margin of 103 runs.
After this spectacular victory, Chennai Super Kings have made a huge jump in the points table. The team has directly risen from 8th position to 5th position. In the 7 matches played so far, Chennai has won 3 and lost 4, while their net run rate is +0.118. On the other hand, Mumbai Indians have suffered losses. The team has slipped from 7th position to 8th position. Mumbai has also played 7 matches but has won only 2 and lost 5. His net run rate is -0.736.
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CSK innings
After losing the toss, Chennai Super Kings had to bat first. The team made a great start and scored 73 runs after losing 2 wickets in the powerplay. After this, Mumbai bowlers got some hold in the middle overs, due to which Chennai could add only 76 runs between 7 and 15 overs and also lost 2 wickets. However, CSK made a comeback in the last overs. Between 16 and 20 overs, the team scored 58 runs after losing 2 wickets. Due to this strong finish, Chennai Super Kings made a big score of 207 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs.
For CSK, Sanju Samson batted brilliantly and scored unbeaten 101 runs. Apart from him, captain Ruturaj Gaikwad could score only 22 runs. Whereas in the bowling of Mumbai Indians, AM Ghazanfar and Ashwini Kumar took 2-2 wickets. Jasprit Bumrah and Mitchell Santner also got 1 wicket each.
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Mumbai Indians innings
Chennai bowlers maintained control throughout the entire innings of Mumbai Indians from the beginning till the end. The beginning of Mumbai itself was very bad. In the powerplay, the team scored only 29 runs and lost 3 wickets. After this, the situation worsened between 7 and 15 overs. During this, Mumbai lost 4 wickets and could add only 65 runs. At the same time, the team completely disintegrated in the death overs. Here 3 wickets fell and only 10 runs could be scored. The result was that Mumbai Indians were all out after scoring only 104 runs in 19 overs and Chennai won the match comfortably by 103 runs.
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Tilak Verma scored the maximum 37 runs for Mumbai Indians. Apart from him, Suryakumar Yadav added 35 runs. None of the remaining batsmen could go beyond 8 runs. Danish Malewar, Naman Dheer and Sherfane Rutherford were out without opening the account. Talking about Chennai’s bowling, Akil Hussain was completely dominant and he took maximum 4 wickets. Apart from him, Noor Ahmed took 2 wickets. Among the remaining bowlers, Mukesh Chaudhary, Anshul Kamboj, Jamie Overton and Gurjapneet Singh got 1 wicket each.
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