CSK knocked out of playoffs race; MI win by five wickets
Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings by five wickets to end playoffs hopes of four-time IPL winners at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai yesterday. Daniel Sams scythed through Chennai’s top-order with three wickets in the powerplay, while Jasprit Bumrah and Riley Meredith plucked one each to leave the opposition reeling at 29/5. Chennai kept losing regular wickets to eventually fold for just 97. Sams picked up three wickets while Meredith and Kumar Kartikeya snared two wickets each. For Chennai, skipper Dhoni was the top-scorer with an unbeaten 36. In response, Mumbai stuttered at the start to lose both Ishan
Kishan and Rohit Sharma. But the young pair of Tilak Varma and Hrithik Shokeen combined to keep the scoreboard ticking, before Tim David finished the game with a 7-ball 16.