IPL 2023, MI vs CSK stats: Rohit Sharma goes past 5,000 runs for Mumbai; Rahane smashes fastest fifty of season

Chennai Super Kings vanquished fierce rivals Mumbai Indians in the 12th match of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023, cruising to a seven-wicket victory with plenty of deliveries to spare to collect their second win on the trot.

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Inviting Mumbai Indians to bat first, the CSK attack bled runs in the powerplay as Rohit Sharma and Co raced to 61/1 at the end of the powerplay. It was all Chennai thereafter however as disciplined spells from Ravindra Jadeja (3/20 and Mitchell Santner (2/28) combined with MS Dhoni’s brilliance behind the stumps that led to a superb review triggered a batting collapse that Mumbai wouldn’t recover from.

The hosts would crumble to 76/5, losing four wickets for just 12 runs, and would only cross 150 in the end thanks to vital contributions from Tim David and Hrithik Shokeen.

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The 158-run target that they set however, would prove too low thanks to Ajinkya Rahane’s fireworks on CSK debut. Rahane raced to a 19-ball half-century and forged a match-winning partnership with opener Ruturaj Gaikwad, allowing Chennai to go past the finish line in a canter towards the end.

Along the way, there were a number of records broken and milestones achieved, which we take a look at in greater detail below:

— Rohit Sharma went past the 5,000-run mark during his knock of 21 off 13 balls, becoming only the third cricketer after Virat Kohli (RCB) and Suresh Raina (CSK) to score 5,000 runs or more for a single franchise in the IPL.

Rohit Sharma becomes the first player to score 5000 runs for Mumbai Indians.

Others with 5000+ runs for an IPL team:
Virat Kohli for RCB
Suresh Raina for CSK

— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) April 8, 2023

— Ajinkya Rahane brought up his half-century in just 19 deliveries, the quickest of IPL 2023 so far.

— The MI-CSK clash on Saturday was the first in the history of the IPL to not feature either Dwayne Bravo or Kieron Pollard.

— CSK registered their first victory at the Wankhede Stadium since IPL 2018.

— The seven-wicket win over MI was their 15th against the five-time champions. They now have a 15-20 head-to-head record against Rohit and Co.

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