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Patna : Chennai Super Kings (CSK) were restricted to 114/9 by Mumbai Indians (MI) in the 41st match of IPL 2020 at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE, on October 23, 2020, night, courtesy all-rounder Sam Curran, who scored 52 in 47 balls hitting 4 fours and 2 sixes. Sam Curran added 43 runs with spinner Imran Tahir for 9th wicket.
Curran hit Boult for 3 fours in last over. Boult, however, bowled him on the last ball of the over, his 4th. MI had won the toss but opted to bowl. Rohit Sharma did not play in this match. Keiron Pollard is leading the MI in this match.
Fast bowlers : Trent Boult and Jasprit Bumrah, and spinner Rahul Chahar rattled the CSK batsmen with their bowling. Boult took 4/18 in 4 overs while Bumrah took 2/25 in 4 overs. Fast medium bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile took 1/25 in 4 overs while Rahul Chahar took 2/22 in 4 overs.
Batting first, CSK made a horrible start losing their first four wickets for just 3 runs. They were reduced to 21/5 after 5.2 over and then to 30/6 after 6.4 overs. CSK lost their 7th wicket at 43 and 8th at 71. Opener Ruturaj Gaikwad was first to go for zero making it 0/1. Gaikwad fell to Boult. Ambati Rayudu fell to Bumrah for 2 and it was 3/2. N Jagdeeshan fell to Bumrah for zero and it was 3/3. Opener Faf du Plessis fell to Boult for 1 making it 3/4. Ravindra Jadeja fell to Boult for 7 and it was 21/5. Captain M S Dhoni fell to Rahul Chahar for 16 making it 30/6. Deepak Chahar fell to Rahul Chahar for zero and it was 43/7.
Chasing the target, MI were 17/0 after 2.1 over.