Wankhede Stadium mein IPL 2025 ke ek dhamakedaar muqable mein Mumbai Indians (MI) ne Chennai Super Kings (CSK) ko 9 wickets se karari hara di. Rohit Sharma aur Suryakumar Yadav ne ek zabardast partnership se match ko ek tarafaa bana diya.
177 runs ke target ka peecha karte hue, Rohit ne 45 balls par 76* aur Surya ne sirf 30 balls par 68* run banakar CSK ke bowlers ki dhajjiyaan uda di. Dono ke beech 114-run ki unbroken partnership ne MI ko aasaan jeet dilayi. CSK ke liye sirf Ravindra Jadeja ne ek wicket liya, woh bhi sirf 18 runs dekar.
CSK ne pehle batting karte hue 176/5 ka score banaya. Shuruat thodi dhimi rahi, lekin Shivam Dube (50 off 32) aur Ravindra Jadeja (53* off 35) ne milkar ek crucial 79-run stand banaya. Debutant Ayush Mhatre ne bhi 15 balls mein 32 runs banakar apni chhapa chhodi.
Lekin, post-match presentation mein MS Dhoni ka tone kuch aur hi keh raha tha. Unhone direct na sahi, lekin clearly Dube-Jadeja ki slow batting ko target kiya, especially un middle overs mein jab CSK ko momentum banana tha.
“We were quite below par. Knew dew would come in the second half. Bumrah one of the best death bowlers in the world, MI started their death bowling early, we should have started our slog early. We should have capitalised and got those runs. [Mhatre] Batted well, he picked his shots well. Wanted to play his shots, we also haven’t seen him much. Odd ball was gripping. They played spin well. We never had a par score. If you give away too many in the first six. It wasn’t like it was coming on nicely. We need to realise, we are successful because we play good cricket. But we need not get too emotional. We need to see if we are playing the right form of cricket, trying to put right amount of runs. A few more catches will help, we are trying to plug in the holes. Take one game at a time. Look at the combinations for the next season, if we don’t qualify.”
Dhoni ka yeh bayan yehi dikhata hai ki unhe lagta hai CSK ne beech ke overs mein hi match haara. Jab Jadeja aur Dube ne 29 balls tak boundary nahi maari, toh momentum MI ke haath chala gaya. Wahaan se wapas aana mushkil ho gaya.
CSK ko ab na sirf agle matches jeetne honge, balki apne batting approach ko bhi reconsider karna padega. Nahi toh playoff ka sapna reh jaayega sapna hi.
