Defending champions Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings by 10 wickets at Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah and registered their seventh win of the tournament while Chennai Super Kings suffered their eighth loss.
Earlier Mumbai Indians won the toss and opted to field first. Trent Boult gave them a perfect start by removing Ruturaj Gaikwad for a five balls duck. In the next over Jasprit Bumrah removed Ambati Rayudu and N Jagadeeshan and then Boult dismissed Faf du Plessis and at 3/4 Chennai Super Kings was all at sea. MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja too couldn't do anything and got out cheaply and Chennai reduced to 30/6 in the 7th over.
Sam Curran who batted at 7 was rock solid at his end and along with Imran Tahir and Shardul Thakur and took the score to over 100 runs and eventually, Chennai finished on 114/9 in 20 overs. Sam Curran played 52 runs knock while for Mumbai Indians Trent Boult took 4 wickets.
In reply, the new opening pair of Quinton de Kock and Ishan Kishan gave a flying start and both the batsmen kept scoring runs for fun and their unbeaten 116 runs partnership took Mumbai home in the 13th over. Ishan Kishan played 68* runs knock while Quinton de Kock scored 46* runs. Trent Boult was named Man of the Match.
All the major stats and facts from the 41st match between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians in Sharjah :
4/18 - Bowling figures of Trent Boult are his best bowling figures in the Indian Premier League.
4 - Chennai Super Kings lost their first 4 wickets for just 3 runs - the second-lowest score when a team lost their 4 wickets in an IPL match.
Lowest scores when a team lost first 4 wickets in an IPL match -
2/4 - KTK vs Deccan Chargers at Kochi, 2011
3/4 - CSK vs MI at Sharjah, 2020
5/4 - RCB vs RR at Abu Dhabi, 2014
5 - Chennai Super Kings lost 5 wickets in a power play - the first-ever instance of Chennai Super Kings losing 5 wickets in power play in an IPL match.
10 - Trent Boult has taken 10 wickets in power play in this IPL season so far - the most by any bowler.
10 - Mumbai Indians became the first-ever team to beat Chennai Super Kings by 10 wickets in an IPL match.
43 - Sam Curran and Imran Tahir's 43 runs partnership is the highest partnership for the ninth wicket in the Indian Premier League.
Highest 9th wickets partnerships in IPL -
43 - Sam Curran / Imran Tahir vs MI at Sharjah, 2020
41 - MS Dhoni / R Ashwin vs MI at Kolkata, 2013
41 - Dwayne Bravo / Imran Tahir vs MI at Mumbai, 2018
116* - Runs opening partnership between Quinton de Kock and Ishan Kishan is the first 100 plus runs opening partnership for Mumbai Indians since 2018. (102 by Suryakumar Yadav / Evin Lewis vs Delhi Capitals at Mumbai).
