For more than one reason, it was a seminal night in the Indian Premier League. Defending champions Mumbai Indians inflicted a 10-wicket defeat on their arch rivals Chennai Super Kings on Friday. It all but marked the end of an era as CSK are set to miss out on playoffs for the first time in history.
Trent Boult starred with the ball and Ishan Kishan with the bat in a decisive performance by Mumbai in Sharjah.
Boult took four wickets as Chennai – at one stage four wickets down with just three runs scored – were restricted to 114/9 off their 20 overs. Kishan then hit 68 and Quinton de Kock 46 as Mumbai sped to 116 in 12.2 overs without losing a wicket.
IPL 2020: As Mumbai Indians continue to soar, Chennai Super Kings hit rock bottom
It was Mumbai’s first 10-wicket victory over Chennai and the first time MS Dhoni’s Chennai have lost by such a margin.
Mumbai went to the top of the IPL standings while three-time champions Chennai went to the bottom of the eight-team race.
In Rohit Sharma’s absence due to injury, Kieron Pollard led MI on the night and continued his winning streak as captain. He led Trinbago Knight Riders to the Caribbean Premier League title after going unbeaten earlier this year.
Here are the key stats from MI vs CSK:
This is Chennai Super Kings' 200th T20 match including the IPL & CT20.
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) October 23, 2020
It's the first time they've lost five wickets in the first six overs in their T20 history.#IPL2020 #CSKvMI #CSK #MI
Highest 9th wkt stands in IPL:
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) October 23, 2020
43 - Curran/Tahir, CSK v MI, 2020
41 - Dhoni/Ashwin, CSK v MI, 2013
41 - Bravo/Tahir, CSK v MI, 2018#IPL2020 #CSKvsMI
Lowest totals to include a fifty in #IPL:
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) October 23, 2020
(having lost 9 wkts or more)
96/9 RCB v RPS 2016 (V Kohli 55)
108/9 KKR v CSK 2019 (A Russell 50*)
114/9 CSK v MI 2020 (S Curran 52)#CSKvsMI #MIvCSK #IPL2020
Mumbai Indians becomes the first the team to beat CSK by 10 wickets in the history of IPL. #MIvsCSK #CSKvsMI
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) October 23, 2020
Chennai Super Kings' biggest losses in Twenty20 cricket:
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) October 23, 2020
By runs - 60 runs vs Mumbai Indians in 2013
By wickets - 10 wickets vs Mumbai Indians, Today
By balls - 46 balls vs Mumbai Indians, Today
Today's game was CSK's 200th T20 match. #IPL2020 #CSKvMI
Defeats by most balls remaining for #CSK
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) October 23, 2020
46 vs MI Sharjah 2020 *
40 vs DD Delhi 2012
37 vs MI Mumbai WS 2008
34 vs RR Jaipur 2008
This is also CSK's first ten-wicket defeat; the previous biggest being nine-wicket loss against MI at the Wankhede in 2008.#CSKvMI
This is the first time a team has beaten #CSK by 10 wickets in the IPL. Sides conceding 10-wicket wins most often:
— Stat Doctor🩺 (@stat_doctor) October 23, 2020
4 - KXIP
2 - RR, MI, DC, GL
1 - CSK*
Now, SRH, KKR and RCB are the only remaining teams that have never conceded a 10 wicket win.#CSKvsMI #IPL2020
First time #CSK lose by 10 wickets in their IPL history.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) October 23, 2020
First time #CSK fails to reach the playoffs as well.
A season to forget for @ChennaiIPL #IPL2020 #CSKvsMI
Kieron Pollard as captain in Twenty20s in 2020:
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) October 23, 2020
Matches - 17
Won - 15
Lost - 1
N/R - 1
The 10-wicket win over CSK was Pollard's 15th consecutive T20 win as captain! #IPL2020 #CSKvMI
Walking in to bat in the 2nd over, this is the earliest MS Dhoni has faced a delivery in an innings in the IPL.#IPL2020 #CSKvMI #CSK #MI
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) October 23, 2020
Kieron Pollard last 16 T20 matches as captain
— JSK (@imjsk27) October 23, 2020
W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W
As captain he has lost only one T20 this year against Ireland#CSKvMI
(With AFP inputs)