The Chennai Super Kings beat the Mumbai Indians by eight wickets at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai in Match 44 of the 2026 Indian Premier League.
The Mumbai Indians were dented early after electing to bat first as Will Jacks fell to Anshul Kamboj in the second over of the game. Ryan Rickelton and Naman Dhir stabilised the Mumbai innings with a 58-run stand off 33 balls. Rickelton fell to Noor Ahmed for 37, which brought Suryakumar Yadav to the crease. He scored a 12-ball 21 before falling to debutant Ramakrishna Ghosh.
This slowed the Mumbai Indians down, as Tilak Varma managed five runs and Hardik Pandya scored a slow 18 off 23 balls. Naman Dhir scored 57 off 37 balls, as the Mumbai Indians finished their innings with a score of 159/7. Pace bowler Anshul Kamboj finished with exceptional figures of 3/32 in his four-over spell.
The Chennai Super Kings were dented early in the chase, as Jasprit Bumrah had Sanju Samson caught behind in the second over of the game. Ruturaj Gaikwad took the attack to the Mumbai Indians’ bowlers and was joined by Urvil Patel, who scored a 12-ball 24 before falling to AM Ghazanfar at the crease. This brought Kartik Sharma to the crease, who, along with the skipper Gaikwad, steadied the innings.
The pair put on a 98-run stand off 75 balls as they led the Super Kings home with 11 balls to spare. Gaikwad finished unbeaten on 67 off 48 balls, while Kartik finished on an unbeaten 54 off 40 deliveries, his maiden half-century after his big-money acquisition in the auction.
The win sees the Super Kings jump to sixth place on the points table, with four victories. They will be looking to make a late push for the playoffs. The Hardik Pandya-led Mumbai are all but out of the competition, with just two wins in nine matches, and are left with only an outside chance to make it further in the tournament.
Here are the most important stats and milestones from Match 44:
- Ruturaj Gaikwad: Second-most 50-plus scores for CSK in IPL – 24
- Ruturaj Gaikwad: 200 T20 Sixes
- Ruturaj Gaikwad: 500 T20 fours
- Ruturaj Gaikwad: 250 fours in IPL
- Kartik Sharma: Second-youngest batter to score a half-century for CSK – 20y 6d
- Ryan Rickelton: Joint second-most sixes in the powerplay for an MI batter – 5
- This is the third time CSK are doing the double over MI after 2014 and 2023.
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