New Delhi: In the second match of the double header on Sunday, Chennai Super Kings defeated Mumbai Indians by 4 wickets. Batting first, Mumbai Indians scored 155 runs. CSK captain Rituraj Gaikwad gave a good start along with Rachin Ravindra, after which Vignesh Puthur brought Mumbai Indians back by taking 2 wickets, but Suryakumar Yadav made a big mistake by stopping his fourth over. Chennai won the match by 4 wickets by scoring the winning run on the first ball of the last over. Here are the 3 major reasons for Mumbai Indians’ defeat.

Mumbai Indians’ top batsmen flopped

Mumbai Indians, who lost the toss and came to bat first, had a very bad start. Rohit Sharma returned to the pavilion without opening his account. He was dismissed by Khalil Ahmed. After this, the other opener Ryan Rickelton was also out after scoring 13 runs. None of the Mumbai Indians batsmen could perform well. You can guess this from the fact that the highest score in the innings was of Tilak Verma, who scored 31 runs. Captain Suryakumar scored 29 runs. It was Deepak Chahar who scored 28 runs in the end, otherwise the team would have been limited to around 130. Will Jacks scored 11, Robin Minj scored 3 runs.

Stopping Vignesh Puthur proved costly

The 67-run partnership between Rituraj and Rachin had put Chennai in a strong position. But Vignesh Puthur, who came as an impact player in place of Rohit Sharma, bowled brilliantly in his debut match. He got Mumbai back in the match by dismissing Shivam Dubey (9) after Rituraj (56). After this, he took the third wicket in the form of Deepak Hooda. He had taken 3 wickets in 3 overs but Suryakumar Yadav stopped his over. Perhaps this was a big mistake by Surya. Puthur took 3 wickets for 32 runs in his 4 over spell. If he had bowled the fourth over during that time, he could have taken a wicket and increased the problems of CSK.

All four foreign players of MI flopped

All the four foreign players included in the playing 11 of Mumbai Indians team flopped. Ryan Rickelton scored 13 and Will Jacks scored 11 runs. In bowling, Trent Boult gave 27 runs in 3 overs and did not take any wicket. Spinner Mitchell Santner bowled 2.1 overs and conceded 24 runs, he too did not take any wicket. Will Jacks took 1 wicket for 32 runs in 4 overs, he too could not make a big impact.