In the battle of two heavyweight teams, it was Sanju Samson who shone with the bat with his unbeaten ton before Akeal Hosein stole the show with the ball with his 4-wicket haul and Noor Ahmad chipped in as CSK thrashed MI by 103 runs. CSK batted first, and through a century from Sanju Samson and others chipping in, they got to 207/6 in 20 overs.
In reply, Akeal Hosein bamboozled them and picked up 4 wickets, while Noor Ahmad picked up 2 wickets, and the others got wickets each as CSK skittled MI out for 104 in 19 overs. MI were thoroughly outplayed in all facets of the game by CSK.
Sanju Samson’s Masterful Unbeaten Ton Powers CSK To Competitive 207/6
Put into bat first, keeper batter Sanju Samson and captain Ruturaj Gaikwad came out to bat for CSK while Jasprit Bumrah took the new ball for MI. CSK were quickly off the blocks as Gaikwad showed the right intent and was quickly off the blocks. Sanju got his eye in as Gaikwad did the bulk of the scoring initially. The duo put on 32 inside 3 overs before Gaikwad fell for 22 off 14 balls with 3 fours and one six to his name to Allah Ghazanfar. Sarfaraz Khan came out to bat next.
Samson then upped the ante and took on the bowling post Gaikwad’s dismissal. Sarfaraz also played his shots and got off the mark with a straight boundary past the bowler. The duo looked good and added 40 crucial runs for the second wicket before Sarfaraz fell for 14 off 8 balls with 3 fours to his name to Mitchell Santner. Shivam Dube came out to bat next. At the end of the power play, CSK were 73/2 in 6 overs.
Sanju kept the scoreboard ticking along while Dube struggled in his stay at the crease. Samson and Dube added 19 runs for the third wicket before Dube fell for 5 off 8 balls as he was cleaned up by Ghazanfar. Dewald Brevis came out to bat next. He was quickly off the blocks, taking on the bowlers at will. Sanju and Brevis got together to forge a stand to take CSK forward.
Brevis played his shots by playing the upper cut and all. He was taking the short ball on, but that short ball brought about his downfall. The duo added 31 runs for the 4th wicket before Brevis upper cut it to the third man fielder. He fell for 21 off 11 balls with one four and two sixes to his name to Ashwani Kumar. Kartik Sharma came out to bat next.
Kartik came out and struggled out there. But he managed to hit a couple of sixes off Santner to show his talent to everyone. Samson was doing the heavy lifting and scoring the bulk of the runs. The duo of Kartik and Samson added 43 runs for the 5th wicket before Kartik fell for 18 off 19 balls with 2 sixes to his name to Jasprit Bumrah. Jamie Overton came out to bat next.
Overton struck some lusty blows as he hit two boundaries and a maximum in his cameo as he made 15 off 7 balls with 2 fours and one six to his name. Samson was also in full flow. The duo added 16 runs for the 6th wicket before Overton fell for 15 off 7 balls with 2 fours and one six to his name to Ashwani Kumar. Impact Player Akeal Hosein came out to bat next.
From here, it was Sanju Samson taking full charge of proceedings. With two overs to go and the score at 181, he did the bulk of the scoring and took the score from 181 to 207, adding 26 runs in the last 12 balls with Samson completing a memorable 2nd ton for CSK and 5th in IPL history. He carried his bat and remained unbeaten on 101 off 54 balls with 10 fours and 6 sixes to his name, while Hosein was unbeaten on 2 off 2 balls. CSK finished with a competitive 207/6 in 20 overs. 9 extras given by the fielding side.
Allah Ghazanfar was the pick of the bowlers for MI with figures of 2/25 in 4 overs. Ashwani Kumar finished with 2/37 in 4 overs. Jasprit Bumrah finished with 1/31 in 4 overs. Mitchell Santner finished with 1/44 in 4 overs. Hardik Pandya finished with 0/38 in 2 overs. Krish Bhagat finished with 0/31 in 2 overs. This meant that MI needed 208 runs to win off 20 overs to beat CSK.
Akeal Hosein’s 4-wicket haul bamboozles MI to give CSK a resounding 103-run win
Chasing 208 for the win, keeper batter Quinton de Kock and Danish Malewar came out to bat for MI while Akeal Hosein, the impact player, came onto bowl for CSK. Akeal game CSK the perfect start as just 7 runs were scored in the first over before Malewar fell a golden duck to Hosein. Naman Dhir came out to bat next. Quinton de Kock did not last long as the score stayed at 7 before de Kock fell for 7 off 10 balls with one six to his name to Mukesh Choudhary.
Suryakumar Yadav came out to bat next. Just 4 runs were added to the tally before Naman fell for a bronze duck cleaned up by Hosein. MI were now 11/3 in 2.3 overs. Tilak Varma joined Surya in the middle. The duo tried to resurrect the innings by playing slowly and then upped the ante. At the end of the power play, MI were struggling 29/3 in 6 overs. The duo played through the middle overs, and Surya and Tilak resisted CSK’s challenge to a degree.
The duo added 73 crucial runs for the 4th wicket to give stability to the innings before Tilak fell for 37 off 29 balls with 5 fours to his name to Hosein. Captain Hardik Pandya came out to bat next. Just one run was added to the tally before Hardik fell for 1 off 2 balls to Noor Ahmad. Sherfane Rutherford came out to bat next and fell first ball for a golden duck to Noor, who had two in two balls.
Concussion substitute Shardul Thakur came out to bat next and started playing Test cricket. Just 2 runs were added to the tally before Suryakumar fell for 36 off 30 balls with 5 fours to his name as Hosein had another wicket. Krish Bhagat came out to bat next. Thakur and Bhagat were batting as if they were playing the longest format of the game.
They took their time and added 13 runs for the 8th wicket before the 100 came up for MI in 17 overs. Bhagat next fell when the score was 100 to Jamie Overton as he fell for 7 off 15 balls. Ashwani Kumar came out to bat next. Thakur was the next one to go for 6 off 12 balls to Anshul Kamboj. Jasprit Bumrah came out to bat next. The last wicket pair added 4 runs to the tally before Bumrah was the last one to go, Gurjapneet Singh. Ashwani Kumar was unbeaten on 1 off 6 balls as MI were bowled out for 104 in 19 overs. 7 extras given by the fielding side.
Akeal Hosein was the pick of the bowlers for CSK with figures of 4/17 in 4 overs as an Impact Player. Noor Ahmad finished with 2/24 in 4 overs. Mukesh Choudhary finished with 1/31 in 4 overs. Anshul Kamboj finished with 1/10 in 3 overs. Jamie Overton finished with 1/14 in 2 overs. Gurjapneet Singh finished with 1/7 in 2 overs. So, CSK thrashed MI by 103 runs and climbs to 5th in the points table while MI slips to 8th position. Sanju Samson was awarded the Player of the Match.
What Lies Ahead
So, CSK climbs upwards to 5th in the points table with this resounding win, while MI slips down to 8th in the points table. Work to do for the Mumbai Indians going forward. Coming up next is the defending champions, RCB, playing GT in a crucial clash for both teams. RCB needs to fight back from their last match loss and show their class. So, a lot to look forward to for both teams going ahead. CSK plays GT in Chennai on Sunday, while MI plays SRH next week.
So, a lot to look forward to in IPL 2026.
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