Now only seven teams are left in the race for the IPL 2022 playoffs, as the journey of Chennai Super Kings is over after Mumbai Indians. Chennai has suffered the 8th defeat and with this the team of Chennai captained by MS Dhoni has been out of the race for the playoffs. Let us inform that Gujarat Titans have qualified for the playoffs. In such a situation, now only 7 teams are left, which will fight for the remaining three places of the playoffs. After Gujarat, Lucknow Super Giants, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Delhi Capitals, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders have a chance to qualify for the playoffs.
In the 59th league match of IPL 2022 played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Mumbai Indians defeated Chennai Super Kings by 5 wickets. This is Mumbai’s third win in this season, while Chennai has lost the 8th match. Both Chennai and Mumbai are out of the race for the playoffs. In this match, Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bowl first. This decision of captain Rohit Sharma proved to be right, as Chennai could not even score 100 runs.
The entire team of defending champions Chennai was bundled out after scoring 97 runs in 16 overs. For CSK, captain MS Dhoni scored 36 runs in 33 balls with the help of 4 fours and 2 sixes. 12 runs by Dwayne Bravo and 10-10 runs by Ambati Rayudu and Shivam Dubey. Apart from these, no batsman could cross the double figure. Daniel Sams got three wickets for Mumbai, while Riley Meredith and Kumar Karthikeya got two successes each.
At the same time, chasing the target of 98 runs, the start of Mumbai Indians was not good, as the team lost 4 wickets for 34 runs. For Mumbai, Tilak Verma scored 34 runs, captain Rohit Sharma and Hrithik Shokeen scored 18-18 runs, while Tim David scored 16 runs. Mumbai achieved this target by losing 5 wickets in 14.5 overs. For Chennai, Mukesh Chaudhary got 3 wickets and one wicket each for Simarjit Singh and Moeen Ali.