MUMBAI INDIANS VS CHENNAI SUPER KINGS - 1ST INNINGS HIGHLIGHTS
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1. Pace attack - Deepak Chahar's impressive debut and Shane Watson's experience - brought early wickets
2. Rohit Sharma's and Evin Lewis' early exit were huge blows on MI's batting firepower
3. A slow start in the powerplay meant that the middle order needed to go all out for a big score
4. Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan took their time to build an innings - which kept the initial run rate low, but also set a solid foundation for later
5. The spin combo of Harbhajan Singh and Ravindra Jadeja after a good pace spell challenged MI - which they faced well
6. Good fielding here and there from CSK, saved runs and as well as got a wicket through catches
7. Mark Wood started well and did not allow the two batsmen to settle down after they faired decently well against spin
8. Imran Tahir leaked runs, and Ishan built up a good innings and put the pressure back on CSK
9. The momentum that MI built slowly but surely shifted almost completely to them in the 12th over. A dropped catch by Jadeja - though a tough catch to take - did not help. Suryakumar Yadav started firing as well
10. Shane Watson took the important wicket of Suryakumar Yadav -who played a good innings of 43 from 29 - and broke the partnership
11. Imran Tahir got the wicket of Ishan Kishan (40 from 29), who was batting well. Another catch in the match!
12. Krunal Pandya accelerated and helped MI race towards a respectable target
13. Bravo's tight 18th over - giving away just three runs - controlled the brothers' (Hardik Pandya and Krunal) partnership an brought the brakes to the innings.
14. Krunal's great batting, especially in the 19th over, saw that MI was going towards a tough target for CSK.
15. Hardik Pandya's injury in the great over of Bravo for CSK's last, saw the MI could reach not as much as they would have wanted, to a total of 165/4