Chennai Super Kings gave a debut opportunity to pace bowling all-rounder Ramakrishna Ghosh in the match against Mumbai Indians on Saturday (02 May). Ramakrishna made his IPL debut through the match. He took the wicket of Suryakumar Yadav in the first match of his career. But till now if you are wondering who is Ramakrishna Ghosh and how did he reach Chennai Super Kings? So here you will get to know the whole story.

Ramakrishna comes from Nashik in Maharashtra. He was born on 28 August 1997. At present Ghosh’s age is 28 years. He plays as a pace bowling all-rounder.

Chennai bought in the last mega auction

Let us tell you that Chennai had bought Ramakrishna Ghosh for a price of Rs 30 lakh in the mega auction held for the last i.e. 2025 season. Although he did not get a chance last season, the team retained Ramakrishna for the current season.

Vijay Hazare Trophy made headlines

Ramakrishna Ghosh, who played domestic cricket for Maharashtra, made headlines with his explosive performance in the 2025-26 domestic season. In the 50-over tournament, Ramakrishna took 7 wickets for 42 runs in the match against Himachal Pradesh, which was the best performance for the team in an innings in List-A cricket.

In the season, Ghosh did wonders with the ball as well as the bat. He played an inning of 64* runs in 27 balls in the match against Mumbai. With this innings he established himself as a lower order batsman. This performance obviously gave him a chance to debut in the IPL.

Ramakrishna Ghosh’s career

It is noteworthy that Ramakrishna Ghosh has played 13 First Class, 11 List-A and 9 T20 matches in his career so far. He took 28 wickets in first class. Took 21 wickets in List-A and 2 wickets in T20. While batting, he has scored 455 runs in First Class, 246 runs in List-A and 45 runs in T20.

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Chennai Super Kings has defeated Mumbai Indians by 8 wickets. This defeat has given a 440-volt blow to MI’s hopes of going to the playoffs. In this match played at Chepauk Stadium, Mumbai team batted first and scored 159 runs. In reply, the 98-run partnership between Ruturaj Gaikwad and Karthik Sharma led Chennai to victory. This is Mumbai’s seventh defeat in 9 matches.

Mumbai Indians out of playoffs!

Now the question is whether Mumbai Indians are out of the playoffs after their 8-wicket defeat at the hands of Chennai Super Kings. No, there is still hope for Mumbai to go to the playoffs. But his path to reach the last four has become more difficult than before. Now if MI wants to go to the playoffs, they will have to hope that the results of the remaining matches go in their favor and they themselves win all their remaining matches.

Gaikwad and Karthik dominated

Chennai team, which came to chase the target of 160 runs, lost the wicket of Sanju Samson early. Samson was out after scoring 11 runs, while Urvil Patel contributed 24 runs. Chennai’s 2 wickets had fallen at the score of 62, but after that Rituraj Gaikwad and Karthik remained at the crease till the end.

Rituraj Gaikwad scored his second consecutive fifty in IPL 2026, he played a strong inning of 67 runs in 48 balls. On the other hand, Karthik Sharma scored the first half-century of his IPL career, scoring 54 runs from his bat. Karthik has also become the second youngest player to score a fifty for Chennai in the Indian Premier League. The youngest fifty for CSK is in the name of Ayush Mhatre.

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Chennai did this for the third time

This has happened only for the third time in the history of IPL, when Chennai has defeated Mumbai Indians in both the matches of the season. Earlier also in 2014 and 2023, CSK had done this. When these two teams met for the first time in IPL 2026, Chennai had registered a huge victory of 103 runs. Now once again Chennai has made MI a big defeat by 8 wickets.

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Only one match will be played in IPL 2026 this Saturday i.e. today. There will be two matches on Sunday. Today the teams of Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians will face each other at MA Chidambaram Stadium i.e. Chepauk in Chennai. This is the second match of both the teams this season. Earlier, Chennai had defeated Mumbai in Wankhede. Now Hardik Pandya’s MI will take the field with the intention of avenging the defeat at home.

IPL 2026 is not going well for both Mumbai and Chennai. Mumbai is at number 9 in the points table. Has won only two matches out of 8 matches. In such a situation, if Mumbai loses today then it will almost be out of the race for the playoffs. Talking about Chennai Super Kings, they are at seventh place in the points table. Rituraj Gaikwad’s team has won three matches in eight matches so far.

Who is ahead in head to head?

If we talk about head to head between Chennai and Mumbai, there is a tough competition between the two teams. However, Mumbai is a little ahead. Chennai has defeated Mumbai 19 times so far, while Mumbai has defeated Chennai 21 times. The interesting figures are from 2023. You will not believe that Chennai has defeated Mumbai five times since 2023, whereas during this period MI has defeated CSCO only once.

MA Chidambaram Stadium Pitch Report

The pitch of MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai is suitable for spinners. Not many big scores are made here. However, this match is at night, so it remains to be seen whether dew falls or not. At present, the team winning the toss can decide to bowl first.

match prediction

Our match prediction meter is saying that the team batting first has more chances of winning in this match. That means there are chances of getting defended today.

Probable playing eleven of Chennai Super Kings- Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Sarfaraz Khan, Dewald Brewis, Shivam Dubey, Karthik Sharma, Jamie Overton, Akil Hussain, Noor Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj and Mukesh Chaudhary.

Impact Player- Aman Khan/Gurjanpreet Singh

Probable playing eleven of Mumbai Indians- Ryan Rickleton (wicketkeeper), Will Jacques, Naman Dheer, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya (captain), Robin Minze, Shardul Thakur, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah and Allah Ghazanfar.

Impact Player- Mayank Markande/Ashwini Kumar

Will MS Dhoni Play Today Against Mi: Half of the IPL 2026 season is over, but since the beginning, the biggest question is that when will former Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni play the first match of the season? Today the 44th match of the season will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians at Chepauk Stadium from 7:30 pm. Before the match, fans are curious to know the answer to this question whether Dhoni will play the first game of the 2026 season today or not?

Let us tell you that on March 28, the day of the beginning of the current season, Chennai had issued an update saying that Mahi may be out of action for the first 2 weeks of the season. But now more than a month has passed and Dhoni has not returned. So let us know what is the latest information about his playing today.

Batting coach gave update

Chennai’s batting coach Michael Hussey has given the latest update regarding Dhoni’s fitness. In the press conference before the match against Mumbai, Hussey told that Dhoni is ready for batting and wicketkeeping, but the problem regarding running still persists.

Hussey said that Dhoni is recovering fast and is very close to returning. However, he did not tell whether Dhoni would play against Mumbai or not. Hussey further said that Dhoni is gradually moving towards full fitness.

Ready for batting and wicketkeeping, problem is with running.

Hussey further said that at present Mahi is working on his running, which is the biggest problem. Otherwise he is completely fit for batting and wicketkeeping. Hussey further said that Dhoni will return only when he feels completely fit. Now it will be interesting to see when Dhoni returns.

Performance of Chennai Super Kings in the season

So far in the season, Chennai has played 8 matches, in which they have won 3. Have faced defeat in the remaining 5 matches. The team is present at 7th position in the points table.

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Only one match will be played in IPL 2026 this Saturday i.e. today. There will be two matches on Sunday. Today the teams of Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians will face each other at MA Chidambaram Stadium i.e. Chepauk in Chennai. This is the second match of both the teams this season. Earlier, Chennai had defeated Mumbai in Wankhede. Now Hardik Pandya’s MI will take the field with the intention of avenging the defeat at home.

IPL 2026 is not going well for both Mumbai and Chennai. Mumbai is at number 9 in the points table. Has won only two matches out of 8 matches. In such a situation, if Mumbai loses today then it will almost be out of the race for the playoffs. Talking about Chennai Super Kings, they are at seventh place in the points table. Rituraj Gaikwad’s team has won three matches in eight matches so far.

Who is ahead in head to head?

If we talk about head to head between Chennai and Mumbai, there is a tough competition between the two teams. However, Mumbai is a little ahead. Chennai has defeated Mumbai 19 times so far, while Mumbai has defeated Chennai 21 times. The interesting figures are from 2023. You will not believe that Chennai has defeated Mumbai five times since 2023, whereas during this period MI has defeated CSCO only once.

MA Chidambaram Stadium Pitch Report

The pitch of MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai is suitable for spinners. Not many big scores are made here. However, this match is at night, so it remains to be seen whether dew falls or not. At present, the team winning the toss can decide to bowl first.

match prediction

Our match prediction meter is saying that the team batting first has more chances of winning in this match. That means there are chances of getting defended today.

Probable playing eleven of Chennai Super Kings- Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Sarfaraz Khan, Dewald Brewis, Shivam Dubey, Karthik Sharma, Jamie Overton, Akil Hussain, Noor Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj and Mukesh Chaudhary.

Impact Player- Aman Khan/Gurjanpreet Singh

Probable playing eleven of Mumbai Indians- Ryan Rickleton (wicketkeeper), Will Jacques, Naman Dheer, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya (captain), Robin Minze, Shardul Thakur, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah and Allah Ghazanfar.

Impact Player- Mayank Markande/Ashwini Kumar

MI vs CSK Score IPL 2026: Batting first, Chennai Super Kings have scored 207 runs. Sanju Samson has scored the fifth century of his IPL career and second century of the IPL 2026 season. He completed his century on the last ball of the innings. He has equaled KL Rahul in terms of scoring most centuries in the Indian Premier League. He has also scored a total of 5 centuries in IPL. 207 runs scored by Chennai, this is also the third highest score of CSK against Mumbai Indians.

Samson hit a century

Sanju Samson has scored his fifth century in the 179th innings of his IPL career. Now only Virat Kohli, Chris Gayle, Jos Buttler are ahead of him in terms of scoring centuries in the Indian Premier League. Virat has scored 8 centuries, Butler has scored 7 centuries and Gayle has scored a century in his historic career. KL Rahul and Sanju Samson have scored centuries five times each. Samson scored 101 runs against Mumbai. If he had scored 3 more runs, he would have touched the mark of 5000 runs in his IPL career.

At one time, Samson’s chances of completing a century were decreasing. Because from the beginning of the 17th over till the end of the 18th over, Samson was able to play only one ball. But in the last 2 overs he scored a century by taking maximum strikes.

Chennai rained fours and sixes

Chennai Super Kings scored 207 runs and during this the batsmen hit 12 sixes and 19 fours. The team scored 148 runs only through boundaries. Samson alone hit 10 fours and 6 sixes in his memorable innings of 101 runs. The last 3 overs were excellent for CSK as the batsmen scored a total of 43 runs in the last 18 balls.

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Trending video: One of the biggest superstars of cricket in the third match of IPL 2025, Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s entry shook the stadium. As soon as Dhoni landed on the field to bat, the audience welcomed him by making tremendous noise. During this time, the entire stadium resonated with the slogans of “Dhoni … Dhoni …”. But there was an interesting view in this atmosphere, when Mumbai Indians owner Neeta Ambani was seen closing both her ears to avoid this noise.

Neeta Ambani closed both ears on MS Dhoni’s entry

The craze of IPL touches new heights every year, but when it comes to MS Dhoni, the craze of his loved ones reaches a different level. In this match too, as soon as Dhoni left for batting, there was a scream in the entire stadium. The name of “Tala” was echoed all around. People stood up and greeted him and some fans also became emotional. While Dhoni’s fans were joyful of joy on one side, the reaction of Mumbai Indians owner Nita Ambani caught everyone’s attention.

Nita Ambani ji closing her ears during ms dhoni’s entry pic.twitter.com/lptcjyh2kw

– `(@Worshipdhoni) March 24, 2025

As soon as the noise in the stadium increased, they closed both their ears. The video of his reaction is becoming increasingly viral on social media. Fans are giving various reactions to this. Some people described it as a noise rescue, while some called it the strength of Dhoni’s fan following.

Chennai won a thrilling match

MS Dhoni is one of the biggest superstars in the cricket world. Even if their bat is always thunder or not, but their presence fills the stadium with thrill. Regardless of the fans of any team, when Dhoni comes into the field, the stadium echoes with applause and screams. In this great match of this yesterday, Chennai Super Kings defeated Mumbai Indians by 4 wickets.

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Users react like this

The video is being shared on social media from different platforms, which has been seen by millions of people till now, while many people have also liked the video. In such a situation, users are giving various reactions about the video. One user wrote … Thala for a Region. Another user wrote … MS Dhoni’s point is different. So there was another user wrote… It is not wrong to close the ears to protect the noise, but would the ears be closed even if it was at Rohit’s entry?

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Csk vs mi 1st innings highlights: Mumbai Indians have scored 155 runs while playing first. There was a very tight bowling from Chennai, that is why Tilak Verma was the highest run -scorer for Mi. His bat scored only 31 runs. For Chennai Super Kings, Noor Ahmed took 4 wickets, while Khalil Ahmed also wreaked havoc and dismissed 3 batsmen. Please tell that in this match, Rohit Sharma’s name has been added to an embarrassing record.

Rohit Sharma played 4 balls, but was dismissed without opening an account. Rohit has now been out at a score of 18 times in IPL history, which is the highest. He equaled Dinesh Karthik and Glenn Maxwell in terms of most duck in IPL history. This time, Will Jax, who was playing for Mumbai, also failed, who scored 11 runs. Suryakumar Yadav definitely stayed at the crease for some time, but MS Dhoni stumped out fast off Noor Ahmed’s ball. Surya was able to score only 29 runs.

Mumbai’s batting was such a bad condition that Tilak Verma, who scored the most runs for the team, scored 31 runs. Naman Dhir also contributed 17 runs and Mitchell Santner also contributed 11 runs.

A bowler saved shame

The shame of Mumbai Indians has been saved by a bowler. The team lost 8 wickets on a score of 128. It seemed as if the Mi team would reach the score of only 140. But Deepak Chahar brought the score of 28 not out in 15 balls to the score of 150. Chahar hit 2 fours and 2 sixes in his short innings.

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Today is a double header match in IPL 2025. The second match of the day will be between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians. This time the command of Chennai Super Kings will not be Mahendri Singh Dhoni, but Rituraj will take over Gaikwad. At the same time, the command of the team of Mumbai Indians has been given in the hands of Surya Kumar Yadav. However, the team’s regular captain Hardik Pandya lives. But in this match, he will not play due to the ban.

Chennai team is known for aggressive performance at home ground but Mumbai’s team is no less powerful. In such a situation, this match is going to be quite exciting. You can watch all the matches of IPL 2025 live on your TV, mobile, laptop etc. sitting at home. The match can also be seen for free on the online platform. We are giving you complete information about this here.

When will CSK vs mi match live match?

The Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians (CSK vs mi) match will be played on Sunday, March 23.

Where will CSK vs Mi Match Live Match be played?

Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians (CSK vs mi) match will be played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

CSK vs Mi Match Live will start at what time?

The Chennai Super Kings vs. Mumbai Indians (CSK vs mi) match will begin today at 7.30 PM.

How to see CSK vs Mi Match Live Match Live?

You can watch the Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians (CSK Vs Mi) match on TV with the rights Star Sports. That is, you can watch its live telecast on Star Sports Network.

How to watch CSK vs Mi Match Live Match online?

You can also watch CSK vs Mi Match Live Match online. The match can be livestream at Jiohotstar. The match will be streaming free for geographstar customers. Or you already have such a mobile recharge plan activated in which you can see the match free.