Despite Mumbai Indians winning the toss, they were unable to capitalise it into a win against Chennai Super Kings. The man behind the stumps, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, did not allow the players of Mumbai Indians to defend the target of 207 runs. The tactics of Dhoni and the outstanding bowling of Matheesha Pathirana helped the CSK in winning this match.
Though Rohit Sharma tried his best for the team, smashing his 2nd Indian Premier League century, he was not able to chase down the target and convert it into a win.
Both the teams were in incredible form today. Here is a list of all the award winners from this game.
Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings Award Winners, Man of the Match IPL 2024:
Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings Electric Striker of the game:
The Punch.ev Electric Striker of the Match between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings goes to Shivam Dube. #TATAIPL | @Tataev | #PunchevElectricStriker | #BeyondEveryday | #MIvCSK pic.twitter.com/B8Zm1SVSHH
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Shivam Dube of Chennai Super Kings was awarded the Electric Striker of the game for playing a phenomenal knock of not out 66 runs in just 38 balls. Dube made a strong comeback in today’s match and smashed 10 fours and 2 sixes. He helped the team to set up a huge target of 207 runs for Mumbai Indians.
Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings Fantasy Player of the game:
The RuPay on the go four of the Match between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings goes to Rohit Sharma.#TATAIPL | @RuPay_npci | #MIvCSK pic.twitter.com/PD605qFxQ8
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 14, 2024
The hitman of Mumbai Indians, Rohit Sharma won the Fantasy Player of the game. Rohit smashed a century in the match and scored 105 runs in just 63 balls. He smashed 11 fours and 5 sixes in the match with a strike rate of 166.67.
Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings Super Sixes:
🎥 It's That Moment
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OUT. OF. SIGHT 💥
Rohit Sharma deposits a 90m MAXIMUM into the crowd 💪
He has moved past FIFTY and looks in brilliant touch! 👏 👏
Watch the match LIVE on @StarSportsIndia and @JioCinema 💻📱#TATAIPL | #MIvCSK | @ImRo45 | @mipaltan pic.twitter.com/qfM2qiZcqd
The centurion of today’s match, Rohit Sharma was also awarded with the Super Sixes award for hitting maximum number of Sixes in the match. The former captain of Mumbai Indians was in tremendous form at Wankhede today and smashed 5 sixes in the match.
Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings Super Fours:
ROHIT SHARMA, THE LONE WARRIOR…!!!!!
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– The Wankhede, players and coaches giving standing ovation and appreciating The Hitman Hundred. 🙌 pic.twitter.com/lqH9us99RT
Rohit Sharma not just won the fantasy player of the game and Super Sixes award, he also won the award for hitting the most number of fours in the match. Rohit Sharma, the fearless opener of Mumbai Indians hit 11 fours in the match. Though he was not able to win the match for his team, he once again won the heart of all the Mumbai Indians Fans.
MI vs CSK Kings Man of the Match:
Captain @Ruutu1331 called him "Baby Malinga" and he – Matheesha Pathirana – bagged the Player of the Match award for his brilliant 4⃣-wicket haul as @ChennaiIPL seal a win over #MI 👏 👏
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Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/2wfiVhdNSY#TATAIPL | #MIvCSK pic.twitter.com/9sDGUNMGVO
The outstanding performance of Matheesha Pathirana awarded him the Man of the Match award. The young CSK players with his top-notch yorkers took away 4 wickets by just giving 28 runs in 4 overs with an economy of 7.00.
Matheesha Pathirana’s Stats in the game:
Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy |
4 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 7.00 |
Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings Key moments:
Surya Kumar Yadav is a key player for Mumbai Indians and he was selected as an impact player to make some impact in the chase that was tremendous. However, things didn’t go according to the plans of Mumbai and he got out on the second ball with zero runs. This was a major hit for Mumbai Indians and they couldn’t recover from it.
A small cameo from Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the last over provided the crucial runs on the scoreboard that became the difference in the end.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni capitalised on Hardik Pandya by hitting him out of the ground on three successive balls in the last over.
Rohit Sharma scored 100, but he didn’t celebrate it a lot because the team didn’t win the game. It was a bittersweet century for the Indian captain.