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A six from Rachin Ravindra and Chennai Super Kings have won the game by four wickets. Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians continue their unwanted record of losing their campaign opener since 2012. This is 13th time in a row that the side has lost its opening match of the tournament.

Naman Dhir bowled two dot balls to new batter MS Dhoni and Chennai Super Kings need 4 runs off the final over.

Ravindra Jadeja is run-out! And there walks MS Dhoni to bat. He enters amid a huge roar from the crowd. CSK need 4 runs to win off 8 balls.

Rachin Ravindra got a friendly full toss from Vignesh Puthur on the third ball of the over and slammed it away for a six to race to his fifty in 42 balls. He smashed another six on the final ball of the over. 15 runs came off the over. Chennai Super Kings need 6 runs in 12 balls.

CSK 150/5 (18)

Ravindra Jadeja slammed a four on the second ball of Trent Boult's over. The ball over saw Chennai Super Kings scoring a total of 10 runs. CSK need 21 runs in 18 balls. Vignesh Puthur has come in to bowl his final over.

This is good batting from CSK's Rachin Ravindra and Ravindra Jadeja. The duo know that the asking rate is well under control and so they relied on taking singles and managed to get six runs off the Naman Dhir over. Chennai Super Kings need 31 runs in 24 balls.

CSK 125/5 (16)

On the second ball of the over, Mumbai Indians reviewed for an LBW dismissal against Ravindra Jadeja. They lost the review as the ball was found to be missing the leg stump. Chennai Super Kings need 37 runs in 30 balls.

After conceding 29 runs in his first three overs, Will Jacks has finally taken a wicket. Sam Curran went for a big one and completely missed the delivery that disturbed the woodwork. Chennai Super Kings are five down.

Even though Vignesh Puthur has struck thrice, Chennai Super Kings stay in command. CSK need 40 off 36 balls with set batter Rachin Ravindra nearing his fifty.

CSK 116/4 (14)

This is magical bowling from the left-arm wrist spinner as he has claimed his third wicket in the third over. Deepak Hooda went for a biggie and failed to connect it well, and ended up being caught out in deep. That is wicket number three for Mumbai's debutant Vignesh Puthur. 

Vignesh Puthur starts his third over with another flighted delivery and Rachin Ravindra showed him his class. The southpaw danced down the track and timed his shot to perfection. The ball went right down the ground for a biggie. Chennai Super Kings need 50 runs in 53 balls.

Debutant Vignesh Puthur has struck again! This time he removed Shivam Dube. It was a flighted delivery from the left-arm wrist spinner and Dube fell for it. He tried to go for a fancy shot and ended up being caught at long-on. That is the second wicket for Puthur.

A wicket for Mumbai Indians! An impact player and also a debutant, Vignesh Puthur, provides them the wicket. Ruturaj Gaikwad departs for 53 off 26 after hitting the ball to Will Jacks at long-off. CSK need 77 runs in 72 balls.

A single and Ruturaj Gaikwad races to his half-century in just 22 balls. This is the CSK captain's fastest fifty in Indian Premier League. He is playing at a strike rate over 220 but such effortless his stroke play is that it never felt like that. CSK are cruising towards the total.

CSK 74/1 (7)

Easy pickings for Ruturaj Gaikwad. It was a bit flighted fuller ball outside off stump from Will Jacks and Gaikwad took the offering. He hit a lofted drive over the deep extra cover for a six. This is supreme dominance from CSK.

CSK 71/1 (6.3)

14 runs came off Mitchell Santner's first over. Chennai Super Kings are right in command at the end of first powerplay. They lost just one wicket and have scored more than 10 runs per over. CSK need 94 runs in 84 balls. Mumbai Indians badly need a wicket to keep themselves motivated.

Satyanarayana Raju, the pacer who is playing for Mumbai Indians in place of recovering bowler Jasprit Bumrah, leaked 13 runs in his first over. Ruturaj Gaikwad slammed the 25-year-old fast bowler for two consecutive fours as he failed to keep his line tight. 

CSK 48/1 (5)

Wow! That is a terrific pull shot from Ruturaj Gaikwad for a six. It was a half-tracker from Deepak Chahar with no troubling pace in it and Gaikwad pulled it away for a biggie. He is looking in great touch tonight the CSK captain!

CSK 35/1 (3.4)

This Trent Boult over has taken the pressure off the back of Chennai Super Kings. 12 runs came off it as Ruturaj Gaikwad slammed two fours in the first two balls of the over. The right-handed batter doesn't have a good record vs Bount but tonight looks different.

Chennai Super Kings' strategy has backfired as Deepak Chahar has dismissed Rahul Tripathi. CSK decided to send impact sub Tripathi ahead of Gaikwad but the former batter failed with a 3-ball 2. It was a short ball from Chahar and Tripathi mistimed it. The ball lobbed behind and fell into the hands of wicketkeeper Ryan Rickelton.

That was a good first over from Trent Boult. He bowled a wide in it but still kept his deliveries tight in the over to not give CSK opener any boundaries.  

A light show took place at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. Just when it ended, the Mumbai Indians players walked into the stadium. Rachin Ravindra is out there to open and it is a surprise plan from CSK as Rahul Tripathi, an impact sub, walks out to accompany the captain. So no Ruturaj Gaikwad as opener.

"I felt good (bowling in the powerplay) because I like to swing the ball and that's my strength. If I bowl three overs I think I get it on the basis of my strengths. At the start I was looking for swing, but it wasn't doing much. Then in the middle overs Noor, Jaddu, Ashwin did well. I feel this (total) should be chased down," said Khaleel Ahmed at the innings break.

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Mumbai Indians have got a fighting total on the board. Deepak Chahar's 28 not out off 15 helps them get past the 150-run mark. Suryakumar Yadav (29) and Tilak Varma (31) too played decent knocks but none of them could take their innings deep, courtesy Noor Ahmad. The spinner dismissed both SKY and Tilak and ended his four overs with quota of 4 for 18. 

Trent Boult it OUT! Khaleel Ahmed takes the third wicket and he ends with figures of 3 for 29. Impressive bowling from the left-arm pacer. One more over left and MI are nine down!

Good review from Chennai Super Kings and they earn a wicket for it. Nathan Ellis' delivery skid and hit Mitchell Santner's pad. The pacer appealed for an LBW but umpire was unconvinced. Even MS Dhoni suggested captain Ruturaj Gaikwad that it would have gone over the stumps, but Ellis convinced the skipper to go upstairs. Ball-tracking revealed it was out and Ellis could not control his happiness as he hugged Dhoni in celebration. 

Noor Ahmad ends his quota of four overs with figures of 4 for 18. What a sensational spell this is from the left-arm wrist spinner. Three more overs left in the Mumbai Indians innings. Can they get past 150?

More trouble for Mumbai Indians as their last recognised batter Naman Dhir is out! Noor Ahmed gets his fourth wicket. What a sensational spell this is turning out to be! He spun it around the legs of Naman to clean up the batter. Note that he still has five deliveries left in his spell. 

MI 118/7 (16.1)

Eight runs came off Nathan Ellis' over. While Khaleel Ahmed rocked Mumbai Indians' start, Noor Ahmed poured cold water on the side's fightback. Four more overs are remaining in the MI innings. Naman Dhir and Mitchell Santner are out there at the middle for the side.

Good control from Chennai Super Kings this is! They have bowled really well and that sees Mumbai Indians still under pressure despite a good partnership from Tilak and Suryakumar. Five more overs remaining and MI must get something around 160 to put up a good fight. 

Noor Ahmad gets the wicket of Tilak Varma! The MI batter is gone for 31 off 25 balls and Mumbai Indians are six down. Chennai Super Kings are right on top of this game. This is the third wicket for Noor and he litereally broken the back of MI.

Robin Minz is OUT! Mumbai Indians are in real trouble here. They are five down with only 95 runs on the board. Noor Ahmad flighted the ball and Minz mistimed it to the player at long-off.

Just one run came off Ravichandran Ashwin's over. The wicket of Suryakumar Yadav puts Chennai Super Kings back in control of the game. Tilak Varma is still there at the crease and Mumbai Indians would want him to take his innings deep.

Suryakumar Yadav is OUT! Quick glovework from MSD behind the stumps and SKY doesn't even wait for third umpire's decision and walks away. It was infact a lightning-fast stumping from Dhoni. In real-time, he clipped off the bails at the blink of an eye. Mumbai Indians are four down.

MI 87/4 (10.3)

It was a carrom ball from R Ashwin on the fifth ball of the over and Suryakumar Yadav hit it back towards him. The ball was at a height and Ashwin failed to take the catch despite getting both his hands to it.  

Tilak Varma hit a beautiful slog-sweep to Ravindra Jadeja on the first ball of the over for a six. The spinner managed to make a good comeback after that and conceded overall 10 runs in it. The duo of Tilak and Surya has added 40 runs off 27 balls for the fourth wicket so far. 

Noor Ahmad has started with a seven-run over. No boundary came in it but good running between Suryakumar and Tilak saw the players stealing twin couples in it. This partnership could be the key for Mumbai Indians tonight.

Tilak Varma got a six on the fourth ball of Ravindra Jadeja's over after being lucky. Sam Curran made a huge judgement error at long-off that saw Varma survive, or he would have been gone. Mumbai Indians and Tilak are lucky there!

That is the end of the first powerplay. Mumbai Indians have fought well despite losing three wickets. They have scored 52 runs in it. What has been the silver lining for them is the scoring intent of their batters. The side, however, needs a solid partnership to actually make a comeback in the game.

MI 52/3 (6)

Tilak Varma has stated with two fours in two balls. He first hit R Ashwin delivery over the backward point for a four before he brought out a reverse-sweep to score another four through gully region. This is a confident start for MI's one of most reliable batters.

MI 44/3 (5)

Will Jacks is gone! He wanted to play it over the mid-off fielder but has been caught out for 11 off 7 balls. Mumbai Indians are in some real trouble now after losing three wickets inside powerplay. They still have 8 balls left in the PP.

MI 36/3 (4.4)

Ravichandran Ashwin bowled it full and gave it flight outside off stump and Suryakumar Yadav went with an aerial shot. That was a beautifully timed inside out shot from the star T20 batter and also the captain of MI for tonight.

MI 35/2 (4.2)

Suryakumar Yadav slammed a four on the fifth ball of Nathan Ellis' first over. A total of 9 runs came off it. Mumbai Indians need a strong partnership from this point to post a competitive total on the board. They need 10 to 15 extra runs on the board as dew could arrive in the second innings.

2.2 - Ryan Rickelton is gone! Khaleel Ahmed is breathing fire! He has now picked another wicket. Rickelton is out after he has played on the delivery on his stumps.

Rohit Sharma has equalled the record of Dinesh Karthik and Glenn Maxwell for registering most ducks in IPL. All three of them now stand at 18 ducks each.

Two fours in three balls from Ryan Rickelton. Not a bad start this is for an IPL debutant! Sam Curran is the bowling who has been hit for the boundaries.

Brilliant bowling from Khaleel Ahmed and he gets the reward for it. The ignored India star troubled Rohit Sharma in the first three balls before claiming his wicket on the fourth one. Rohit played it direct into the hands of short mid-wicket.

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Mumbai Indians have picked Satyanarayana Raju as a replacement for Jasprit Bumrah in the playing XI. The veteran India and MI pacer is set to miss more than a couple of games for MI as he is currently recovering from a back injury and this sees 25-year-old Satyanarayana Raju making his IPL debut.

Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Rachin Ravindra, Deepak Hooda, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, MS Dhoni(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Nathan Ellis, Khaleel Ahmed

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton(w), Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Naman Dhir, Robin Minz, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Satyanarayana Raju

"I am good with batting first. We had a lovely camp back home, we were here 2-3 days before. Both are unbelievable franchises in terms of achievements. I am sure it will be a good game. Rickleton, Jacks, Santner and Boult are the four overseas," said MI's stand-in captain Suryakumar Yadav.

"We are bowling first. Playing on this pitch for the first time, so don't really know how it will play. So we just want to adapt and chase accordingly. Looks a good wicket to bat. Prep has been good. We had our young wicket-keeper coming back early to the camp. Noor, Ellis, Rachin and Sam Curran are the overseas," said CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad after winning the toss.

Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad has won the toss and opted to bowl first against Mumbai Indians at Chepauk.

Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni(w), Sam Curran, Ravichandran Ashwin, Matheesha Pathirana, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Nathan Ellis, Mukesh Choudhary, Rahul Tripathi, Deepak Hooda, Khaleel Ahmed, Jamie Overton, Shaik Rasheed, Anshul Kamboj, Shreyas Gopal, Noor Ahmad, Gurjapneet Singh, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Andre Siddarth C, Vansh Bedi

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Naman Dhir, Ryan Rickelton,Robin Minz(w), Mitchell Santner, Jasprit Bumrah, Reece Topley, Trent Boult, Deepak Chahar, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Krishnan Shrijith, Karn Sharma, Corbin Bosch, Raj Bawa, Arjun Tendulkar, Bevon Jacobs, Ashwani Kumar, Satyanarayana Raju, Vignesh Puthur

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CSK face a healthy selection conundrum for the opening slot with one among the two Kiwis, Rachin Ravindra and Devon Conway, set to partner skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad at the top. The middle order is set to feature the likes of Rahul Tripathi, Shivam Dube, Hooda and Vijay Shankar, followed by Dhoni and Jadeja.

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MI will also be without regular skipper Pandya for this clash as the India all-rounder serves a one-match ban for the team’s slow over-rate in their final league match last year. But for a team which has no dearth of leadership options, MI will have India T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav leading them in their tournament opener and important away clash.

On the other hand, the absence of India bowling spearhead Bumrah could be acutely felt in the MI ranks as the right-arm pacer remains on a comeback trail from a back-related issue which has kept him sidelined so far this year. Bumrah is expected to miss the initial stages of this IPL and his absence will leave MI without their lethal weapon in the death overs, presenting the management with a headache to work with other options and strategies.

1.) MS Dhoni has scored a whopping 4,669 runs for Chennai Super Kings. He needs just 19 runs more to become the highest run-getter for the side in IPL history.

2.) Already the most successful wicketkeeper in the IPL history, Dhoni needs 10 more dismissals to become the first player to reach 200 dismissals as a wicket-keeper in the tournament.

3.) A half-century in this IPL would make MS Dhoni the oldest wicket-keeper in the T20 league's history to reach the 50-run mark in a single innings.

Chennai Super Kings will lean on their formidable spin strength under favourable conditions at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai as well as recent record against Mumbai Indians sans Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya, when the two sides face each other in their Indian Premier League (IPL) campaign opener.

While Chennai Super Kings will be playing with a full-strength squad, Mumbai Indians will not have their captain Hardik Pandya and ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah for the game. Hardik will be serving a one-match ban for slow over-rate offence in IPL 2024, while Bumrah is currently recovering from a back injury.

Hello everyone, welcome to the 'El Clasico' of the Indian Premier League. Two most successful franchises and also arch-rivals Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians face each other in their campaign opener. Stay connected to this space for the live score and updates related to the game.