CSK vs MI Highlights, IPL 2026: Ruturaj Gaikwad and Kartik Sharma partnership seals win for CSK

Jamie Overton to Hardik Pandya, Another top delivery. Overton bashes the hard length at over 144 clicks and gets the ball to jump off the deck. Hardik Pandya gets squared up as the ball goes quickly past the outside edge.

Jamie Overton to Hardik Pandya, Edged, but lands short! Hard length in the channel, nips away from the right-hander. Hardik Pandya is indecisive and looks to leave it late, but ends up getting an outside edge that goes down to the right of the keeper. Sanju Samson dives across and collects it on the bounce with the right glove.

Jamie Overton to Hardik Pandya, That's brilliant stuff from Overton. Good length at the stumps, at 145.5 kph. Pandya taps it into the deck and Overton just leaps across to his right in the follow-through and collects the ball, having a faking throw at the batter. Pandya is taken aback and scampers back, falling down in the process.

Jamie Overton to Naman Dhir, Slower one, attacking middle stump, Dhir stays back and angles the ball away behind square leg for a single.

Jamie Overton to Hardik Pandya, Dug in well short and right at the batter. Pandya rushes down the pitch and then just leaves it alone. Sanju Samson has a fumble behind the stumps, and the batters pinch a bye.

Noor Ahmad to Hardik Pandya, Bowled from around the wicket, full and outside off. Hardik Pandya punches it through extra cover and picks up a run.

Almost a mix-up between the fielders, but Gaikwad holds on to it. Urvil almost ran into the skipper, but just prevented himself. Hardik Pandya, the MI skipper, is in at number 6.

Noor Ahmad to Tilak Varma, OUT! CAUGHT! That's a brave piece of bowling from Noor Ahmad and he picks up his second wicket. Noor offers more flight on this one and tosses it full and outside off. Tilak Varma is drawn into the drive and looks to smash it over covers but ends up mistiming it badly. The ball gets sliced up around extra cover, where Ruturaj Gaikwad calls for it and pouches it calmly, even though Urvil Patel from cover-point nearly barges into him. Mumbai Indians are 109/4.

Noor Ahmad to Naman Dhir, A slight fumble and the batters get a single. Shortish length outside off, cut away off the outside edge and just to the left of Shivam Dube at short third for a single.

Noor Ahmad to Tilak Varma, Full again, at the stumps, worked away wide of mid on for one more.

Noor Ahmad to Naman Dhir, Full on leg stump, clipped away to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Is Dhir stumped out? Sharp glovework from Samson from behind the stumps. He seems confident, so does Noor, but Naman is going nowhere. The on-field umpire sends it upstairs for a review. First, UltraEdge is being checked and it comes up with a flat line. The triple-angled replay comes up and a zoomer is deployed as well. It detects that some part of Naman's back boot is inside the crease and is grounded just when Samson breaks the stumps. NOT OUT loads on the giant screen.

Noor Ahmad to Naman Dhir, Close but not close enough! Nicely bowled by Noor Ahmad, though. Flatter one, on a nagging length and outside off. Naman Dhir lunges across to drive but the ball turns in a bit and goes past the outside edge. Sanju Samson whips off the bails in a flash but replays eventually confirm that Dhir's back leg was inside the popping crease when the bails came off. NOT OUT.

Tilak seems to have hurt his left wrist in the process of scooping the ball. Takes the gloves off and shakes the pain off. The ball rams straight on his wristwatch and it comes off. The physio is out there to check him up. Applies a bit of magic spray. Noor Ahmad is back on. 2-0-19-1 so far.

Jamie Overton to Tilak Varma, Another dot! Jamie Overton lands this on a good length and around off, Tilak Varma goes down and across for a premeditated scoop but misses and takes a blow on his left hand.

Jamie Overton to Tilak Varma, Fuller and on the pads, Tilak Varma flicks it away wide of deep square leg and comes back for the second run.

Jamie Overton to Tilak Varma, Beaten! Short of a length and on off, angles away, Tilak Varma tries to cut but gets beaten due to the extra bounce.

Has Gaikwad saved a boundary? He dived to his right and took the sting out of the ball and got back up, sprinted hard from mid off. Slid to flick the ball back before the ropes. The replay confirms it is a clean save from the CSK captain.

Jamie Overton to Naman Dhir, Excellent effort! Pitched up and on off, Naman Dhir drills it hard and wide of mid off. Ruturaj Gaikwad puts in a dive to his right and gets a hand on it to take the sting out but the ball still rolls behind him. He gets up and chases after it, and slides forward to push the ball back inside. Three runs taken. The replay shows that it is a clean stop as well.

Jamie Overton to Tilak Varma, Fuller and on middle, Tilak Varma works it off the inner half of the bat through square leg for a single.

Jamie Overton to Tilak Varma, Just short! Jamie Overton sees the batter advance and hits the deck hard, around off. Tilak Varma reaches out to push it away but the ball just holds up on the surface a bit. It spoons up off the higher part of the bat towards cover, where Shivam Dube moves sideways to his right initially and then puts a dive forward but fails to reach it.

Change? Yup. Jamie Overton is introduced into the attack now. And misses his run up. Walks back to reload.

Ramakrishna Ghosh to Naman Dhir, Much fuller and around off, Naman Dhir drives it firmly but straight to extra cover.

Ramakrishna Ghosh to Tilak Varma, Short of a length and on off, Tilak Varma stabs it through covers for one. 100 UP FOR MI!

Suryakumar Yadav is extremely disappointed as he makes a slow walk back. Got another good start, but not to be yet again for him. In walks Tilak Varma at number 5.

Ramakrishna Ghosh to Suryakumar Yadav, OUT! STRAIGHT TO THE FIELDER! A special moment for Ramakrishna Ghosh as he gets his MAIDEN IPL WICKET. He bends his back and bangs this hard into the pitch, just on off. Suryakumar Yadav sways away a bit and tries to cut it away but this is too close to his body and he fails to free his arms fully. He ends up hitting it aerially and straight towards deep point, where Dewald Brevis does not have to move much and takes a good catch. SKY hangs his head back in disbelief but his lean run in this IPL still continues.

Ramakrishna Ghosh to Naman Dhir, Good stop! Good length and around off, Noor Ahmad opens the bat face and guides it wide of point. Prashant Veer dives to his left and saves a certain boundary. Just one!

Ramakrishna Ghosh to Naman Dhir, FOUR! Two in two! Hits the length hard, on off, Naman Dhir stays put in his crease this time. He gets on top of the bounce and flat-bats it over mid off for another boundary.

Ramakrishna Ghosh to Naman Dhir, FOUR! Up and over! Short of a length and outside off. Naman Dhir gives the charge, stays leg side of the ball and extends his arms to slap it over extra covers for a boundary.

Halfway reached. There's a good bit of tussle between bat and ball. Just when CSK managed to bowl a couple of quiet overs, MI have hit back hard in response to keep themselves afloat. Ramakrishna Ghosh (1-0-7-0) to continue.

Noor Ahmad to Naman Dhir, Goes short again and around off, Naman Dhir punches it through covers for one more.

Noor Ahmad to Naman Dhir, Shorter and on off, Naman Dhir moves back and swats it down the ground. Noor Ahmad gets his left boot in the way of it to make a half-stop.

Noor Ahmad to Suryakumar Yadav, Flatter, full and on leg, Suryakumar Yadav drills it to long on for a run.

Noor Ahmad to Suryakumar Yadav, SIX! Even better and bigger! Floated, full and around off, Suryakumar Yadav takes his front leg out of the way, hits it through the line, dispatching it over the long off fence for a biggie.

Noor Ahmad to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! Gets it through! A bit of a drag down, outside off. Suryakumar Yadav gives himself some room and cuts it away past the diving point fielder to his right for a boundary.

Noor Ahmad to Naman Dhir, Tossed up, full and on off, Naman Dhir prods forward and taps it in front of point for a single.

STRATEGIC BREAK! It's been a good tussle between bat and ball. Mumbai Indians have managed to run away in terms of the scoring rate but do have a solid platform to launch from. Chennai Super Kings, on the other hand, have bowled well, but a couple of costly overs have dented them quite a bit and they will look to pick up a few more wickets through this middle phase. MI have some power to come but they will love for Suryakumar Yadav to play a big knock here. Should be an interesting phase of play. So, let's get back to it. Also, Noor Ahmad is back into the attack.

Ramakrishna Ghosh to Naman Dhir, Pitched up and on middle and leg, Naman Dhir clips it away wide of long on for one more. Just 7 runs off the over, good start from Ramakrishna Ghosh!

Ramakrishna Ghosh to Suryakumar Yadav, Hard-length delivery, on off, Suryakumar Yadav opens the bat face and runs it down to deep third for one.

Ramakrishna Ghosh to Suryakumar Yadav, Good length and on off, keeps a bit low, Suryakumar Yadav stays back and stabs it to the left of the bowler.

Ramakrishna Ghosh to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! SKY gets going now! Fuller in length and well outside off. Suryakumar Yadav, seeing the width on offer, throws his hands at it, flaying it over backward point for a boundary.

Ramakrishna Ghosh to Suryakumar Yadav, Back of a length and on middle, nips back in, Suryakumar Yadav looks to push it away but gets an inside edge towards short mid-wicket.

Ramakrishna Ghosh to Naman Dhir, Hits the length hard, on off, angles in a bit, Naman Dhir pats it in front of cover for a single.

The debutant, Ramakrishna Ghosh to have a bowl now.

Prashant Veer to Naman Dhir, Arm ball, pushed into the batter on the leg stump. Naman Dhir shimmies down the track and knocks this full ball to the right of long on for an easy single. 7 runs from the over. 2-0-25-0 so far for Prashant.

Prashant Veer to Suryakumar Yadav, Overpitched delivery, on middle, Suryakumar Yadav drives it through the vacant mid off region for a single.

Prashant Veer to Suryakumar Yadav, In front of the stumps, full in length. Suryakumar Yadav gets on the front foot and eases it to extra cover.

Prashant Veer to Naman Dhir, Quicker and flatter, full on middle and leg. Dhir leans forward and clips it into the leg side just beside the pitch and is called through for a quick run. Prashant rushes forward to collect the ball, but by then, the batters complete the single. A hasty one, though.

Prashant Veer to Naman Dhir, FOUR! All class from Dhir! Serves it up there, does Veer. Full and around off. Naman Dhir hits it with the turn, stays leg side of the ball and lofts it inside out over cover for a boundary. 

Prashant Veer to Naman Dhir, Slides it into the batter, too full at 93.2 kph. Dhir drives it straight back at the bowler.