Sanju Samson became the first batsman to score 2 centuries in IPL 2026, Chennai gave the target of this many runs to Mumbai in Wankhede.

The 33rd match of IPL 2026 is being played between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings at Wankhede Stadium. Mumbai Indians won the toss and decided to bowl first, after which Chennai Super Kings, batting first, scored 207 runs for 6 wickets. Sanju Samson scored his fifth century in IPL. Whereas this is his second century this season. Sanju Samson has become the first batsman to score 2 centuries in IPL 2026.

CSK had a good start

In this match against Mumbai Indians, after losing the toss, Chennai came to bat first and Sanju Samson and Rituraj Gaikwad started the innings. There was a partnership of 32 runs between the two for the first wicket, but then Allah Ghazanfar gave the first blow to Chennai Super Kings by dismissing Gaikwad. Gaikwad scored 22 runs on 14 balls.

When it’s Wankhede! 🦁⏪#WhistlePodu#MIvCSK
📷: BCCI pic.twitter.com/3LAHYEIicy

—Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) April 23, 2026

Dewald Brevis and Sarfaraz Khan were out after playing short innings.

After this, Mitchell Santner sent Sarfaraz Khan to the pavilion. Sarfaraz scored 14 runs on 8 balls. Then Shivam Dubey became the victim of Allah Ghazanfar on the personal score of just 5 runs. After this, a good partnership was going on between Sanju Samson and Dewald Brevis, which was broken by Ashwini Kumar by dismissing Brevis. Dewald Brevis returned to the pavilion after scoring 21 runs on 11 balls.

After this, Jasprit Bumrah gave the fifth blow to Chennai Super Kings by dismissing Karthik Sharma. Karthik Sharma scored 18 runs on 19 balls. Then Jamie Overton became the victim of Ashwini Kumar after playing a short innings. Overton scored 15 runs on 7 balls.

Sanju Samson scored his second century in IPL 2026

Whereas Sanju Samson remained at the other end till the end and kept scoring runs. Sanju Samson scored a brilliant century and took the score of Chennai Super Kings beyond 200. This season he scored his second century. Sanju has become the first batsman to score 2 centuries in IPL 2026. Sanju Samson played an unbeaten inning of 101 runs on 54 balls. During this, he hit 10 fours and 6 sixes. This is Sanju Samson’s fifth IPL century.

An innings that pushed @chennaiipl forward, an innings that held them together 👊

Sanju Samson with his 5️⃣th #TATAIPL ton tonight, staying unbeaten through the innings 👏

Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/gGt34dqUoq#TATAIPL | #KhelBindaas | #MIvCSKpic.twitter.com/Kgf5FGl7IO

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 23, 2026

This is the playing 11 of Mumbai and Chennai

Playing 11 of Mumbai Indians: Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Naman Dheer, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (captain), Tilak Verma, Sherfane Rutherford, Mitchell Santner, Jasprit Bumrah, Krish Bhagat, AM Ghazanfar, Ashwini Kumar.

Mumbai Indians Impact Players: Will Jacques, Raj Bawa, Shardul Thakur, Danish Malewar, Mayank Markande.

Playing 11 of Chennai Super Kings: Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Sarfaraz Khan, Dewald Brewis, Shivam Dubey, Karthik Sharma, Jamie Overton, Noor Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapaneet Singh, Mukesh Chaudhary.

Chennai Super Kings Impact Players: Prashant Veer, Matthew Short, Matt Henry, Akeal Hosein, Urvil Patel

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