CSK vs MI

11:34 PM local time and IST: So that will be it from Chennai tonight. We will be back with the action in a double-header tomorrow. First up, in Hyderabad, with the Sunrisers taking on Kolkata Knight Riders from 3:30 PM local time. Then, at 7:30 PM local time, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat Titans are hosting Punjab Kings. Do be there for both games with us, friends. This is Sourabh and Bidipto taking your leave. Keep following Sportskeeda! 

Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings captain and Player of the Match, 67* off 48 balls): "Feels good! We started really well in the first two overs, then they got the momentum. But after the power play, we pulled it back well right till the end. Then with the bat, we did lose the early wicket, but with one of the top 3 batting till the end, the job was done. Anshul Kamboj is someone who is keeping his plans really simple. Noor is adjusting well! He is bowling extremely well in the middle overs. We thought that we need to get the balance right today. The extra batter and the extra bowler would come in handy. Prashant Veer and Ramakrishna Ghosh fit the bill well. So, we went with them. Feels good to be there till the end. I was feeling pretty confident about my game, but as is T20 cricket, on some days, things don't go well. But once I got in, I made it sure to stay till the end. Credit to all my close associates and confidantes for keeping me going. Kartik Sharma picks and chooses his deliveries and bowlers, doesn't slog wildly. Great sign for us! We want to keep things really simple. Mistakes can happen, but the comeback in the game is important. We want to do it for the team, the jersey and the fans." 

Kartik Sharma (54* off 40 balls): "Just thought that I had to finish it! Rutu bhaiya said that you back your game, and do the job. The pitch was on the slower side, but I got adjusted to it. All the shots that I played, were enjoyable for me! My celebration was thought of before the match, that if I score a fifty, I will celebrate like that!" 

Hardik Pandya (Mumbai Indians captain): "Not the season I feel, not just the night! They fielded better, batted better and bowled better! 190 should have been a good score, but we couldn't quite get the runs. We needed to play more calculatedly towards the end of our batting innings. The bowling options we had, we gave it everything. But, they were simply better than us." 

11:13 PM local time and IST: Chennai Super Kings win by 8 wickets with 11 balls to spare! 

Ruturaj Gaikwad 67* (48) | Anshul Kamboj - 3/32 (4)
Naman Dhir 57 (37) | Jasprit Bumrah - 1/20 (3)

Two fine partnerships, back to back. And one superb anchoring innings! Last but not the least, a well-deserved first half-century, batting at number 4! Ruturaj Gaikwad and company can sleep well tonight, after such a dominating batting effort! 

Jasprit Bumrah was in amongst the wickets, getting rid of Sanju Samson early. The ball bounced more, moved away and the catch was well take behind the wicket by Ryal Rickelton. 

After that, there was one moment more for Mumbai Indians. Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar making Urvil Patel drag one back on to his stumps. And that was that for the team in blue and gold! 

Even Urvil scored 24 runs at a strike rate of 200.00! Then of course, a match-winning 3rd wicket partnership of 98 runs between young Kartik Sharma and skipper Ruturaj! 

While Ruturaj batted magnificently, reading the play at every stage, Kartik played his game, taking the bowling on when need be and batting sensibly on other occasions. But both of them made sure that runs kept coming.

Ruturaj got to a solidly impressive half-century, and Kartik was elated with his first fifty of the IPL, first of many, surely! 

As for MI, Raghu Sharma's leg-spin bowling was good. He got the ball to turn both ways and showed decent control. 

However, it could not have been a more comprehensive victory for the team in yellow, at home! 

18.1 Trent Boult to Kartik Sharma, WHAT A SHOT TO TAKE THE TEAM HOME! FOUR RUNS AND CHENNAI SUPER KINGS DO THE DOUBLE OVER MUMBAI INDIANS! Full and outside off-stump here. Kartik gets right across the stumps and reverse-scoops it over short third man for a boundary to end the match! 

Trent Boult [3.0-0-33-0] comes back into the attack.

17.6 Krish Bhagat to Ruturaj Gaikwad, OH! Full and tailing in on off-stump here. Ruturaj backs away, then advances and looks to drive over cover. All he does, is inside-edge it on to the pads for no run. 

17.5 Krish Bhagat to Kartik Sharma, short on middle-and-leg. Kartik gets inside the line and pulls it around to long-leg off the back foot for a single. 50 for Kartik! 

17.4 Krish Bhagat to Kartik Sharma, full and on off-stump here. Kartik drills it out of the block hole powerfully, and gets it away to the left of long-on for a brace. 

17.3 Krish Bhagat to Kartik Sharma, AH HA! Good length and slow around off-stump. Kartik tries to muscle that across the line from the crease, and misses out again. 

17.2 Krish Bhagat to Kartik Sharma, HMMM! On the fuller side of good length and slow around off. Kartik's attempted heave over wide long-on, gets beaten here. No run.