5-times champions Mumbai Indians were rocked early when Khaleel Ahmed snapped up Rohit Sharma for a duck. Trying to play a flick shot, the former MI captain holed out to Shivam Dube at mid-on. Ahmed would strike once again, sending back Ryan Rickelton after the South African played a delivery on to his stumps.
The Ruturaj Gaikwad-led Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field first against against Suryakumar Yadav’s Mumbai Indians in Match No 3 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday. Surya is leading Mumbai Indians in this fixture with Hardik serving an one-match ban.
Five-time winners CSK augmented their spin attack in the IPL mega auction last year by including Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad Shreyas Gopal and Deepak Hooda, with India veteran Ravindra Jadeja also in the mix. CSK’s pre-season moves indicate how the spin-friendly conditions at the MA Chidambaram Stadium could be a major factor in their game plan.
Khaleel brought back in the attack for the last over inside the powerplay to see if he can stop Tilak’s rampage with the MI batter already hitting ashwin for back to back boundaries in the last over. Now then, here’s Ashwin, back in yellow, set to bowl his first delivery on his return to CSK. And he has the dangerous Suryakumar Yadav to contend with.
