Dream11 IPL Match 1: CSK beat MI by 5 wickets in the opening game of IPL 2020. Finally much awaited and world biggest T20 tournament Indian Premier League 2020 kick start today in Abu Dhabi. A blockbuster inauguration match between defending champion Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings finished few minutes back where MS Dhoni team won the game. Now I will share the details of each IPL game match in my way.
1st Game (Chennai Super Kings Vs Mumbai Indians)
Game Date: 19th Sept 2020
Details: Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni won the toss and elected to field first in the first game of IPL 2020. CSK included Shane Watson, Faf Du Plessis, Sam Curran and Lungi Ngidi as four foreign players for this game.
Dwayne Bravo unable to play this game due to fitness issue and hence Sam Curran included in the squad. While Mumbai Indians included Saurabh Tiwary in pace of Ishan Kishan as he was not completely fit for the game.
Four foreign players for MI for this game was Quinton De Kock, Keiron Pollard, James Pattinson and Trent Boult. Mumbai Indians scores 162/9 in their 20 overs. Saurabh Tiwary scored 42 of 31 balls and Quinton de Kock scored 33 of 20 balls. For CSK Lungi Ngidi picks 3 wickets for 38 runs in his 4 over quota.
Chennai Super kings chased the target by scoring 166/5 in 19.2 overs. Ambati Rayudu scored 71 runs 48 balls and Faf Du Plessis scored 58* in 44 balls.
MI: 162/9 in 20 overs
CSK: 166/5 in 19.2 overs
Result: CSK won by 5 wickets
Man of the Match: Ambati Rayudu
Stats
– This is 100th Win for MS Dhoni as a captain and Chennai Super Kings in the IPL and 2nd best after MI.
– First win in six matches for CSK against MI since beating them by one wicket in the opening game of IPL 2018
– MI vs CSK head to head in IPL
MI won 17
CSK won 11
– MI is the only side that has won more matches than they have lost against CSK.
– Since 2013, Mumbai Indians are the only team to have a win-loss advantage over Chennai Super Kings, with Rohit Sharma’s team beating the MS Dhoni-led side 10 times in 16 encounters, including the finals of 2013, 2015 and 2019
– Mumbai Indians last won their opening match of an IPL season in 2012. Meanwhile, Chennai Super Kings, who are the traditional slow starters, have won their openings games both times since returning in 2018.
– Most dismissals vs leg spin since IPL 2017 (right handers)
9 Rohit Sharma
8 AB de Villiers/ Robin Uthappa
– Mumbai Indians opening match of a season since 2013
2013 v RCB: Lost by two runs
2014 v KKR: Lost by 41 runs
2015 v KKR: Lost by seven wkts
2016 v RPS: Lost by nine wkts
2017 v RPS: Lost by seven wkts
2018 v CSK: Lost by one wkt
2019 v DC: Lost by 37 runs
2020 v CSK: Lost by five wkts
Mumbai Indians captain Rohit sharma after losing the game said “None of our batsmen carried on for us, like du Plessis and Rayudu did for CSK. I think we were 85 in the first 10 overs. Credit to the CSK bowlers, they bowled well at the end to pull things back. Something for us to learn. Still early days. We all want to start really well, it’s crucial in this tournament where momentum is important. Few things for us to learn from this game, we did make few mistakes. Hopefully we’ll rectify those and come out smarter in the next game. We are used to people cheering for us, and we knew this (empty stands) was on the cards. Anyway, this is new normal, but I hope for a while and hope that things get better soon. We need to adapt to the pitches, it got better with the dew coming. You need to hit the gaps and focus on that part of the game. The opposition can tie you down, it’s all about understanding what we need to do.”
Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni after winning the game said “It doesn’t feel like a post match presentation. We may practice enough but when you go on the field you need to assess the conditions and give it your best. It took us time for the bowlers to find the right length on this pitch. Plenty of positives but still plenty of areas for us to improve. In the second half there is a bit of movement till the dew sets in. If you don’t lose wickets early, you have the upper hand. These are the learnings. Rayudu had a wonderful partnership with Faf. Most of us are retired so luckily no injuries as well. The experience pays off, everyone talks about it. You get it only after you play a lot of games. 300 ODIs is a dream for anybody to play and when you put an XI on the field, you need a good mix of youngsters and experienced players. You need the experienced players to guide the youngsters on and off the field. The young players get 60-70 days with the seniors in the IPL. One thing we haven’t done is giving a chance to Jadeja and Curran to come up the order and express themselves which is what we did today. It was a psychological thing of saying that okay, we have batsmen down, so we’ll send one or two of them up to hit a few. It is an amazing job done by the IPL, especially ones behind the scenes. To make it happen there are a hundred different things; as cricketers we easily criticize stuff. To have the practice facilities like these at the ICC academy were fantastic. Unless you get practice facilities you won’t play well in a tournament like this.
That’s all from 1st game of the IPL 2020 and hope you all will like this information. We will be back tomorrow with all the details 2nd game which will be played between Delhi Capitals and Kings XI Punjab.
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