IPL 2018: Chennai Super Kings beat Mumbai Indians by 1 wicket

Chennai Super Kings beat Mumbai Indians by 1 wicket An injured Kedar Jadhav becomes the hero for the returning Chennai Super Kings It was Dwayne Bravo's heroic effort that saved CSK from a certain defeat

The inaugural IPL 2018 match featuring CSK vs MI (Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians), played at Wankhede in Mumbai on April 7th, saw Chennai beat three-time champions Mumbai Indians by 1 wicket. 

Just when it looked Mumbai Indians had the game in their bag, having reduced CSK to 118 for eight, in their chase of 165 for four, Dwayne Bravo smashed 68 off 30 balls (seven sixes) to help take CSK closer to the target. An injured Kedar Jadhav returned to bat for CSK and sealed the deal with a six and a four.

The match details are as below:

BATSMaN	Dismissal	RUNS	BALLS	4S	6S	S.RATE
Shane Watson	c E Lewis b H Pandya	16	14	1	1	114.29
Ambati Rayudu	lbw b M Markande	22	19	4	0	115.79
Suresh Raina	c K Pandya b H Pandya	4	6	0	0	66.67
*Kedar Jadhav	Not Out	24	22	1	2	109.09
MS Dhoni (c & wk)	lbw b M Markande	5	5	0	0	100.00
Ravindra Jadeja	c S Yadav b M Rahman	12	13	1	0	92.31
Dwayne Bravo	c R Sharma b J Bumrah	68	30	3	7	226.67
Deepak Chahar	st I Kishan b M Markande	0	1	0	0	0.00
Harbhajan Singh	c J Bumrah b M McClenaghan	8	5	1	0	160.00
Mark Wood	c M Rahman b H Pandya	1	3	0	0	33.33
Imran Tahir	Not Out	2	2	0	0	100.00

CSK scored 169 for 9 wkts in19.5 Overs

BATSMEN	Dismissal	RUNS	BALLS	4S	6S	S.RATE
Rohit Sharma (c)	c A Rayudu b S Watson	15	18	1	1	83.33
Evin Lewis	lbw b D Chahar	0	2	0	0	0.00
Ishan Kishan (wk)	c M Wood b I Tahir	40	29	4	1	137.93
Suryakumar Yadav	c H Singh b S Watson	43	29	6	1	148.28
Hardik Pandya	Not Out	22	20	2	0	110.00
Krunal Pandya	Not Out	41	22	5	2	186.36

MI scored 165 for 4 wkts in 20.0 Overs