Mumbai Indians (MI) vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) IPL 2026 highlights: Sanju Samson’s 100 has taken Chennai Super Kings to 207/6 against Mumbai Indians. In the chase hosts crumbled and got bundled out for just 104 runs. Earlier, Mumbai skipper Hardik Pandya won the toss and opted to bowl first against Ruturaj Gaikwad’s Chennai Super Kings.
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Coming into the game both teams were languishing near the bottom of the points table with equal wins from equal games. Both MI and CSK have two wins in six matches in IPL 2026. Hardik Pandya’s Mumbai sit in seventh place with a +0.067 net run rate, while Ruturaj Gaikwad’s Chennai are eighth among ten teams with a -0.780 NRR.
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MI lead CSK in head-to-head encounters, having won 21 of the 39 matches played between the two sides in IPL. CSK have emerged victorious 18 times.
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Match EndedIndian Premier League, 2026 – Match 33
Mumbai Indians
104 (19.0)
vs
Chennai Super Kings
207/6 (20.0)
Match Ended ( Match 33 )
Chennai Super Kings beat Mumbai Indians by 103 runs
Mumbai Indians batter Tilak Verma celebrates after scoring a hundred against Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad. (CREIMAS)
T20 is increasingly becoming a format where strike rates for batsmen at the top matter a lot more than before. Under such circumstances, Tilak Varma is an anomaly — he is an innings builder and not someone who dominates from ball one. He reads the situation and then turns it around in a short time. That shift — from control to acceleration — is a clear pattern in how he bats in the shortest format. The latest example was during MI’s previous match against the Gujarat Titans. The southpaw, who walked out after the sixth over with MI tottering at 44/3, did not break stride in the first half of his innings, focussing more on strike rotation to be on 19 runs in 22 balls. (READ MORE)
