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The 29th Match of IPL 2024 was organized at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super King. Mumbai Indians won the toss and chose to bowl.
Chennai Super Kings Innings:
Chennai Super Kings did not start well as Ajinkya Rahane got out in the second over after scoring 5 runs off Gerald Coetzee. The other opener captain Ruturaj Gaikwad was playing well. At the end of 6 overs of power play, Chennai Super Kings lost 1 wicket and scored 48 runs.
Ruturaj Gaikwad and Rachin Ravindra put on a partnership of 52 runs for the 2nd wicket. Shreyas Gopal dismissed Rachin Ravindra in the 8th over. Then Shivam Dube came to bat. The partnership of Ruturaj Gaikwad and Shivam Dube scored 90 runs in 45 balls.
Ruturaj Gaikwad was dismissed in the 16th over by Hardik Pandya. Ruturaj Gaikwad scored 69 off 40 balls with 5 fours and 5 sixes. Daryl Mitchell came to bat after that. He scored 17 runs off 14 balls and got out in the 2nd ball of the 20th over by Hardik Pandya.
Then MS Dhoni came out to bat and scored 20 runs in the last 4 balls. He hit 3 sixes in three consecutive balls and scored 2 runs in the last ball. Shivam Dube also played an outstanding inning, he scored an unbeaten 66 off 38 balls. He hit 10 fours and 2 sixes.
For Mumbai Indians, Hardik Pandya took 2 wickets and Gerald Coetzee and Shreyas Gopal took 1 wicket each.
Mumbai Indians Innings:
Mumbai Indians started well as Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan started playing very aggressively. At the end of 6 overs of power play, Mumbai Indians scored 63 for no loss.
Matheesha Pathirana dismissed Ishan Kishan in the 8th over. Ishan Kishan scored 23 runs in 15 balls. He hit 3 fours and 1 six. Suryakumar Yadav got out on the third ball of this over without scoring any runs. Mustafizur Rahman took a great catch on the boundary line.
Tilak Varma played well coming to bat at the 2nd down. Tilak Varma made 31 off 20 balls with 5 fours. After Tilak Varma got out in the 14th over, Hardik Pandya could not stay on the wicket for long, he got out after scoring 2 runs in the 16th over.
Tim David was dismissed in the 17th over, he scored 13 runs off 5 balls with 2 sixes off Mustafizur Rahman. Matheesha Pathirana dismissed Romario Shepherd with a brilliant delivery in the 18th over.
The wicket was falling at one end and Rohit Sharma was playing steadily at the other end. He remained unbeaten on 105 off 63 balls and hit 11 fours and 5 sixes. But despite his outstanding performance, Mumbai Indians scored 186 runs at the end of 20 overs for the loss of 6 wickets.
For Chennai Super Kings, Matheesha Pathirana took 4 wickets and Mustafizur Rahman and Tushar Deshpande took 1 wicket each.
The summary of the scorecard of this match is given below.
Scorecard Summary:
| Chennai Super Kings Innings (206/4 in 20 overs) | Mumbai Indians Bowling |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad 69 (40) | Hardik Pandya 43/2 (3 overs) |
| Shivam Dube 66* (38) | Gerald Coetzee 35/1 (4 overs) |
| MS Dhoni 20* (4) | Shreyas Gopal 9/1 (1 over) |
| Mumbai Indians Innings (186/6 in 20 overs) | Chennai Super Kings Bowling |
| Rohit Sharma 105* (63) | Matheesha Pathirana 28/4 (4 overs) |
| Tilak Varma 31 (20) | Tushar Deshpande 29/1 (4 overs) |
| Ishan Kishan 23 (15) | Mustafizur Rahman 55/1 (4 overs) |
Result:
Chennai Super Kings won the match by 20 runs.
Player Of The Match:
Matheesha Pathirana was the player of the match.