IPL 2023: Jadeja's three-wicket burst, Rahane's whirlwind knock and other top moments from MI-CSK match

The famed Mumbai Indians-Chennai Super Kings rivalry, aka IPL’s ‘El Clasico’, did not quite live up to its billing of being the fiercest rivalry in the Indian Premier League (IPL) as CSK cruised to a rather one-sided victory on Saturday to collect their second win of the 2023 season.

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Chennai manage to slow Mumbai down through a flurry of wickets after Rohit Sharma and Co got off to a flying start and managed to restrict them to 157/8 — a total that was well short of the par score.

Four-time champions CSK would then recover from a shaky start, stitching some big partnerships along the way and chasing the target down with seven wickets and 11 deliveries to spare to condemn five-time winners MI to their second consecutive defeat in the season.

Chennai continued their impressive march after starting with a defeat against defending champions Gujarat Titans as a result of their victory, jumping to the fourth spot with a second win on the bounce. Mumbai, on the other hand, stayed at the eighth spot, above Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad — two other teams yet to open their account in the 16th season.

As we look back at the events of the 12th match of IPL 2023, we bring to you some of the standout moments and developments from the game:

CSK spinners strangle MI batting unit

MI got off to a promising start after being invited to bat with both openers, skipper Rohit Sharma and wicket-keeper Ishan Kishan, getting off to promising start as the hosts raced to 61/1 at the end of the powerplay. Ravindra Jadeja’s dismissal of Kishan in the first over after the end of the fielding restrictions, though, would trigger a collapse from which Mumbai would not recover, and would set the tone for the rest of the game.

Kishan holed out to long on off Jadeja’s bowling, while Suryakumar Yadav suffered yet another failure after a brilliant decision by MS Dhoni to review an unsuccessful caught-behind appeal, resulting in a faint nick on UltraEdge. Jadeja would then pull off a brilliant catch off his own bowling to dismiss Green before Santner trapped Arshad Khan leg-before as MI crumbled from 64/1 to 76/5.

Jadeja’s ‘Catch of the Day’

Among the standout moments of the day was Jadeja pulling off a blinder off his own bowling to dismiss MI all-rounder Green in the ninth over. The Australian struck the ball with almighty force, enough to scare umpire Chris Gaffaney into shuffling anxiously to his right and falling over after losing his balance in the process.

Sensational catch