MI vs CSK Highlights IPL 2020 Match 1: Chennai Super Kings Beat Mumbai Indians by 5 Wickets

CSK win by five wickets! That's it! Chennai Super Kings win this IPL 2020 opening encounter. Faf du Plessis hits the winning runs for CSK. He stays unbeaten on 58 off 44 balls. CSK open their account on the IPL 2020 points table.

OUT! Is there some drama left? Sam Curran departs after playing a cameo. He has brought CSK clsoe to victory with his blinder of innings. Sam Curran c Pattinson b Bumrah 18(6)

OUT! Krunal Pandya strikes for Mumbai Indians. Is the little too late or MI can still make a comeback in this contest? Pandya traps Ravindra Jadeja in front of the wickets. R Jadeja lbw b Krunal Pandya 10(5)

Ravindra Jadeja is the new batsman in and not MS Dhoni! Meanwhile, Jadeja is off the mark quickly and has picked two boundaries. Chennai Super Kings need 29 more runs to win from 18 balls.

OUT! Rahul Chahar strikes for Chennai Super Kings. Finally a breakthrough for Mumbai Indians. Ambati Rayudu's fine knock comes to an end. He skies one high in the air and the bowler settles underneath it to complete the catch. A Rayudu c and b Rahul Chahar 71(48)

Down to last five overs now. The partnership has already crossed the hundred-run mark. Mumbai Indians need quick wickets here to pull things back in their favour. Meanwhile, CSK 47 runs away from victory.

Chennai Super Kings need 58 more runs to win from 36 balls. Meanwhile, the partnership between Faf du Plessis and Ambati Rayudu is nearing the hundred-run mark.

That's fifty up for Ambati Rayudu. He brings it up with a fabulous short off Jasprit Bumrah. Rayudu is making sure that CSK march ahead with wickets in hand. The required run-rate continues to be over nine runs per over.

Halfway through and Chennai Super Kings need 93 more runs to win from 60 balls. The partnership between Faf du Plessis and Ambati Rayudu is now worth 64. Mumbai Indians desperately need a wicket here.

Rahul Chahar into the attack now. Rohit Sharma is now shuffling his bowlers. Important for Mumbai Indians that they pick a wicket here and put the brakes on scoring again. Eight runs from Rahul's first over.

End of Powerplay overs and the match is nicely poised. Mumbai Indians have slight advantage, but one good partnership and Chennai Super Kings are back in the game.

No bowling change yet for Mumbai Indians. Trent Boult and James Pattinson have done well thus far. Looks like Jasprit Bumrah will be used as the first change. Meanwhile, the required run-rate for CSK is now 9.33 runs per over.

Ambati Rayudu and Faf du Plessis have the responsibility now to take Chennai Super Kings close to the target. Meanwhile, both of them have picked a boundary each.

OUT! Poor start this for Chennai Super Kings. James Pattinson strikes as well as he traps Murali Vijay in front of the wickets. Vijay decides against taking the review despite Faf du Plessis suggesting he should go for it. Replays confirm the ball was missing the wickets! Error in judgement there by Vijay. M Vijay lbw b Pattinson 1(7)

OUT! What a start for Mumbai Indians! Trent Boult traps Shane Watson in front of the wickets. Good comeback by Boult after being hit for a boundary earlier in the over. S Watson lbw b Boult 4(5)

That’s the end of Mumbai Indians’ innings. So CSK need 163 runs to win this encounter. Chennai bowlers did well to pull back things towards the end. Otherwise at one stage Mumbai were threatening to go past 180-run mark. Do join us back for CSK;s response.

OUT! Deepak Chahar picks a wicket as well. Trent Boult is bowled. Mumbai Indians losing plot here. They need to bat sensibly now and try to last the 20 overs. T Boult b Chahar 0(1)

OUT! Wickets falling in a hurry here. Lungi Ngidi adds third wicket to his kitty. James Pattinson is caught near the boundary rope. CSK pulling back things here in these last overs. J Pattinson c du Plessis b Ngidi 11(8)

OUT! Lungi Ngidi picks his second wicket. This is a big one. Kieron Pollard is caught behind. Ngidi bowls back of a length delivery and Pollard fails to make a connection with it. K Pollard c Dhoni b Ngidi 18(14)

Mumbai Indians’ total goes past the 150-run mark. Kieron Pollard is batting on 18 off 13 balls. With two overs to go, Pollard will be looking to score quickly.